HEAD OF MARKETING SPECIALTIES & HIGH-END OFFER

Job description

Richemont, one of the world leaders in the luxury sector, has various Houses specializing in jewelry, watches and high-end accessories. Each Maison proudly embodies a tradition of style, quality and craftsmanship and Richemont strives to preserve the heritage and identity specific to each of them. At the same time, we are committed to innovating and designing new products in line with the values ​​of our Houses, through a process of permanent creativity.

HEAD OF MARKETING SPECIALTIES & HIGH-END OFFER

CDI

Plan-les-Ouates
 

FOR THOSE WHO SEEK EXCELLENCE

Join one of the most respected Maisons in fine watchmaking where excellence is both a given and a never-ending quest. Play your part in driving our collective success.
 

YOUR ROLE

We are seeking a Head of Marketing Specialties & High-end Offer to define and implement the 3-5-year product strategy among Les Historiques, Métiers d ’Art collections and high-value timepieces, ensuring coherence with our Maison's global strategy, desirability, growth, and profitability. Reporting to the Product Marketing & Creation Direction, this role guaranties operational excellence and product data integrity, supervising quantitative/qualitative analysis and strategic launch planning, and managing a team of 3 team members. A critical responsibility for 2026 will be the integration of small series management into the launch orchestration, from brief to commercialization.
 

PLAYING YOUR PART

DEFINITION OF PRODUCT STRATEGY

• You will define, steer, and present the medium-to long-term product strategy for Specialties & High-End Offer
• You will shape compelling product narratives and storytelling
• You will manage product performance and competitiveness, monitoring KPIs and collaborating cross-functionally
• You will lead and present strategic product presentations internally, as well as during Watches & Wonders and other events
• You will ensure new product coherence with cultural institutions, developing 360° strategies through international partnerships to maximize desirability and business growth

STEERING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS

• You will coordinate new product development flow, including monitoring progress through milestones and validating prototypes and first production pieces with Design and Product Development teams
• You will steer new product launches by coordinating deployment with relevant departments across points of sale and markets
• You will participate in integrating high-end pieces development into a new governance model to ensure agility, product reliability, and enhanced customer experience throughout the production process

PROMOTION OF 360° ACTIVATION TOOLS AND PRODUCT MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT

• You will coordinate internal and external product offer tools to ensure information transmission and relevance for other departments

• You will set up the implementation of 360° Toolboxes with Marketing Communication, Sales, Retail, IT, and Digital departments

• You will create and participate in updating product training tools, whilst guaranteeing semantic and visual coherence around the product offer with Brand Content teams

• You will ensure the creation of new product references, as well as the evolution of Product Marketing information management and dissemination tools

TEAM MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COORDINATION

• You will lead and inspire the Product Marketing Specialties & High-End team, defining vision, coordinating activities, and motivation Talents to achieve strategic objectives and foster collective performance

• You will develop Talent and manage performance

• You will monitor and manage the annual budget, including Travel & Entertainment and other expenses
   

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL?

Success in this role will require

• A Master’s degree in Marketing or equivalent
• A strong experience in a similar role, including expertise in Strategic Marketing / Product Marketing, an excellent knowledge of High Watchmaking, and people management background
• Agility, priority management, Leadership, strong analytical and a strategic vision
• Results and service-oriented, curiosity and a strong interest in Art, Culture, and the High Watchmaking or High Jewelry industry
• Experience in deploying and implementing large-scale projects, as well as strong command of Office Suite, Photoshop, XML files, databases, and ideally Adobe Pro
• Fluency in English and French

Vacheron Constantin celebrates 270 years as the world’s oldest watchmaker in continuous production since 1755.  Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, we operate a global retail network of nearly 200 points of sale across 36 countries. Every member of our exceptional global community of watchmakers, artisans and dedicated professionals share a common devotion to our exceptional heritage and a passion to trailblaze an even brighter future. 

If this fires your imagination, we welcome your application.

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