Chief of Staff - SVP, GM, Foot Locker & Kids Foot Locker

Overview

This hybrid position will be located at our Corporate Office in New York, New York. Expectations for hybrid in-office schedule is three days a week; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

 

NYO

2 Pennsylvania Plaza

New York, NY 10119

 

The Chief of Staff (CoS) to the SVP, GM, Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker serves as a strategic partner, integrator, and trusted advisor to the senior executive.  The SVP, GM leads the Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker businesses, with oversight of Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, and Product Development, ensuring alignment between product strategy, customer needs, and business objectives. The SVP, GM is responsible for driving the overall commercial strategy and product direction for the businesses, while building strong partnerships with key vendor partners. The Chief of Staff plays a critical role in driving alignment across the leadership team, managing strategic initiatives, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring the executive remains focused on the organization's highest-impact priorities.

Success in this role requires someone who is detail‑oriented, a strategic thinker, results‑driven, and able to operate with a high sense of urgency while maintaining an even‑tempered, calm presence during complexity and change. The ideal candidate is self‑motivated, highly collaborative, open to new ideas, an effective decision‑maker, and capable of navigating ambiguity with clarity and confidence. Regular travel is required. This is intentionally designed as a 2–3 year developmental opportunity, preparing a high‑potential leader for broader enterprise roles. The ideal candidate will have several years of direct product, merchandising, or buying experience, ideally within athletic specialty, sporting goods, brand, or retail.

 

Great brands reflect culture. The best ones help shape it. At Foot Locker, we’re rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. From Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker to Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, our brands sit at the intersection of sport, style, and self-expression.

 

As part of the DICK’S Sporting Goods family, you’re backed by the resources, reach, and career opportunities of a world-class sports company. That unleashes Foot Locker to keep pushing forward with the agility and edge that define the brand. We’re looking for great people who want to influence culture and the generation that is shaping what’s next.

 

Whether you’re building strategy, shaping innovations, or creating unforgettable customer moments, you’ll contribute to decisions and experiences that define our brands’ impact in the communities we serve.

 

Come change the game with us. Apply today!

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Business Alignment

• Partner closely with the SVP, GM to define, refine, and communicate the overall vision, strategy, and annual priorities for the North America business.
• Drive alignment across cross‑functional leaders, ensuring strategic initiatives are clearly articulated, well understood, and consistently executed.

Executive Support & Advisory

• Act as a liaison between the SVP, GM's office, direct reports, and internal/external stakeholders.
• Communicate project requirements, gather and interpret status updates, identify next steps, and proactively resolve issues.
• Escalate risks and barriers as appropriate, ensuring the executive always has clear visibility into priorities, challenges, and required decisions.

Vendor & Client Meeting Leadership

• Lead the preparation, advanced planning, and orchestration of leadership team, vendor, and client meetings.
• Ensure meeting objectives are clear, participants are well‑prepared, and critical action items and next steps are captured, assigned, and tracked to completion.

Project Management & Special Initiatives

• Independently own and execute special ad‑hoc projects end‑to‑end, often requiring deep understanding of organizational objectives, particularly across Finance and operational functions.
• Apply strong discretion and maintain strict confidentiality when managing sensitive or high‑visibility initiatives.
• Establish structure, process, and accountability mechanisms to move complex workstreams forward with clarity and speed.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience influencing and partnering with senior leaders in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking skills, and the ability to quickly grasp operational mechanics across diverse functions.
• Advanced organizational, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to create clarity in ambiguity.
• Experience leading cross‑functional initiatives or facilitating complex project delivery preferred.

 

At Foot Locker, we value innovation, authenticity, and integrity in all that we do.  To uphold the security and fairness of our hiring process, we ask that candidates refrain from using AI tools, including ChatGPT, during interviews and assessments.  To ensure a smooth and secure experience, please review the following guidelines:

• Cameras must be on for all virtual interviews.
• AI tools are strictly prohibited during interviews or assessments.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work together to create a transparent and equitable hiring experience.

Benefits

The annual base salary range is $130,000-$145,000. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible to receive short term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below.

 

Foot Locker Benefits:• Employee Discount• Paid Time Off• Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage• 401(k) | Roth 401(k)• Life Insurance• Flexible Spending Account• Opportunities for Advancement• Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses• Strong Company Culture• Employee Resource Groups