International Business Manager

Job Description: The International Business Manager will support the International Team in driving growth, expansion, and operational excellence across global selling platforms. You will play a critical role in the development and execution of strategies and initiatives to support Pattern’s International expansion and growth goals – including go-to-market strategies. If you are great at nurturing internal and external relationships, developing and executing on growth initiatives, business partnering with a team of eCommerce professionals, and improving operational efficiencies, we want you to apply! This role is highly cross-functional, strong stakeholder management skills, requires strategic thinking, analytical rigor, and strong execution skills. Experience in eCommerce and Retail is preferred Frequently Asked Questions What is a day in the life of an International Business Manager/ International Strategy Ops Manager?

• This role supports the International Team on
  • Go to Market Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive go-to-market strategies for international expansion, including launching new markets, marketplaces, and offerings. It is an advantage if your past projects include developing the strategy to enter new markets, playing an active role in launching a broad range of offerings new markets / marketplaces notwithstanding
  • Market Analytics and Insights: Analyse marketplace data and trends to identify growth opportunities, expansion into new channels or regions. optimization performance and inform strategic decisions. Ability to synthesize findings into actionable recommendations and act as part of the ongoing team to translate these recommendations into results
  • Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships: Help support the development and execution of high impact initiatives, including cultivating key partnerships that align with business goals
  • Project Management and Implementation: Lead and/or manage cross-functional projects, track KPIs, and drive continuous process improvements to scale existing and new business offerings within and for the International business which may include coordinating with stakeholders domestically and internationally
  • Stakeholder Management and Cross Functional Collaboration: Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams such as brand management, product, marketing, sales, operations, and finance to align on priorities, coordinate efforts to maximize growth opportunities. This may include acting as a key point of contact for brand and marketplace partners and ensuring our efforts are in alignment with their business objectives and growth goals
  • Problem Solving and Strategic Planning: Identify and address complex business challenges in a fast moving environment and must be comfortable working with ambiguity. Support long term growth strategies and operational planning
  • Business Insights and Analytics: Leverage data analysis to uncover insights, inform decision making, measure effectiveness of initiatives and drive adoption across business units

What does high performance look like?

• You follow through with all assignments in a timely manner
• You give 100% to all tasks and projects you are given
• You actively comment and participate in group collaborations
• You will take full ownership of your projects and follow through to completion
• You identify gaps in current processes and take initiative to improve them

Sounds great! What’s the company culture?
We are looking for individuals who are:

• Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes
• Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data
• Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern
• Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners

What is the hiring process?

• Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team
• Video interview with a hiring manager
• Onsite interview with a panel of department leaders
• Professional reference checks
• Executive review
• Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

• Discuss professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples
• Provide insights on how you can add value and be the best addition to the team
• Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern
• Share experience on any side projects related to data and analytics

Why should I work at Pattern?
Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the e-commerce industry! We are a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include

• Unlimited PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Onsite Fitness Center
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Casual Dress Code
• Competitive Pay
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred

Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws Pattern is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
Pattern is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.