• Lead and shape the global research and insights vision in partnership with Innovation, Creative Direction, and Business Unit leadership to drive long-term brand and product innovation strategy.
• Establish and oversee cross-functional operating models, communication frameworks, and governance processes that align innovation initiatives across the organization.
• Direct end-to-end research strategies by integrating consumer, athlete, market, and performance insights into holistic evaluations that inform executive decision-making and business priorities.
• Champion a culture of innovation by challenging conventional methodologies, encouraging disruptive thinking, and identifying scalable solutions to complex business and product challenges.
• Define strategic frameworks that translate research learnings into commercially viable performance products and culturally relevant street-ready concepts.
• Lead and expand strategic research partnerships with external agencies, universities, laboratories, and industry experts to deliver validated performance insights and breakthrough innovation opportunities.
• Oversee negotiation and development of collaboration agreements in partnership with Legal and Procurement teams to ensure compliant, scalable, and mutually beneficial partnerships.
• Build, influence, and maintain strong executive-level relationships with key internal stakeholders, external partners, and industry leaders.
• Serve as a senior innovation representative and trusted partner to elite athletes, leveraging athlete insights to influence product direction, storytelling, and innovation strategy.
• Mentor and develop high-performing teams by fostering collaboration, accountability, and a forward-thinking innovation mindset across the organization.
• Drive organizational alignment by presenting strategic recommendations, research outcomes, and innovation opportunities to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Ensure innovation initiatives are executed with operational excellence, measurable impact, and alignment to brand, consumer, and business objectives.

• Extensive leadership experience in research, insights, innovation, or strategy roles within consumer goods, sports, performance, lifestyle, or related industries, with a proven ability to shape long-term innovation agendas.
• Strong expertise in translating consumer, athlete, market, and performance insights into actionable strategies, product concepts, and business opportunities that create measurable impact.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams while fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, accountability, and continuous innovation.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to connect emerging trends, scientific research, consumer behavior, and business priorities into a clear innovation vision.
• Proven experience influencing senior executives and navigating complex stakeholder environments across global organizations.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complex research findings into compelling recommendations for executive audiences.
• Strong track record of establishing and managing strategic partnerships with external agencies, academic institutions, laboratories, athletes, and industry experts.
• Experience negotiating and managing collaborative partnerships in close alignment with Legal, Procurement, and other key business functions.
• Deep understanding of innovation processes, research methodologies, and insight-generation frameworks, combined with the confidence to challenge conventional approaches and drive disruptive thinking.
• Credibility and confidence in engaging with elite athletes, industry leaders, and senior stakeholders, translating their perspectives into meaningful innovation opportunities.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance consumer desirability, technical feasibility, and commercial viability when shaping innovation strategies.
• Highly collaborative and influential leader who thrives in ambiguous environments, drives alignment across diverse teams, and successfully delivers complex initiatives at global scale.
• Passion for sport, performance, culture, and innovation, with a forward-looking mindset and a relentless drive to shape the future of products and experiences.

Influencer & Seeding Support

• Assist with influencer gifting and seeding efforts, ensuring products are packed and shipped on time
• Help maintain inventory records and track shipments
• Research potential influencers and support outreach efforts.

Content & Social Media Monitoring

• Track influencer posts and compile reports on campaign performance
• Monitor industry trends, competitor activities, and social media conversations to identify opportunities
• Assist in collecting and organizing influencer-generated content for internal use.

Administrative & Team Support

• Help manage influencer databases and update team documents
• Help in agency communications, meeting preparations, and scheduling
• Support event coordination and influencer activations as needed.

• Enrolled student for a whole period of an internship in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field

• Passion for influencer marketing, social media, and brand storytelling

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication skills and a proactive attitude

• Familiarity with social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.)

• Basic knowledge of influencer marketing is a plus

• Start date: 01.08.2026; Duration: 6 months.

As CRM Manager, you drive customer engagement and lifecycle performance across Europe by executing and optimizing CRM initiatives.

• Support CRM campaigns across the full customer lifecycle with a focus on email marketing
• Execute acquisition and retention activities across channels and touchpoints
• Plan and deploy campaigns, ensuring high-quality content, consistency, and timely delivery
• Work with CRM tools to manage audiences, data, and campaign setups
• Analyze campaign performance and track key KPIs such as open rate, CTR, and revenue contribution
• Contribute to segmentation, personalization, and customer insights
• Support A/B testing and continuous optimization of campaigns and journeys
• Ensure alignment with brand guidelines, CRM standards, and compliance requirements.

You are a detail-oriented and data-driven CRM professional with a passion for customer-centric marketing and digital innovation. You combine analytical thinking with strong execution skills and a collaborative mindset.

• At least 3 years of professional experience in CRM, E-Mail marketing, or digital marketing
• Strong understanding of CRM KPIs and campaign performance metrics
• Hands-on experience with CRM systems, email service providers, and analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Basic knowledge of HTML for email creation is a plus
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills
• Team player with a proactive, solution-oriented attitude
• A passion for delivering outstanding customer experiences
• Fluent in English; additional languages are considered a plus.

The Project Manager ERP Transformation helps deliver global digital initiatives with focus on rollouts of ERP systems and affiliated ecosystems and continuous improvements thereof, by owning a defined workstream within those projects. The project manager brings structure, transparency, and execution discipline to complex topics, and will develop into a subject-matter specialist, and potentially into a project lead role over time.

Your core responsibilities will be:

• Workstream ownership: Own a defined workstream scope within a project and drive it from plan to delivery.

• Planning & coordination: Translate goals into a clear work plan (milestones, dependencies, risks, next steps) and align it with the project lead.

• Transparency & reporting: Maintain a simple, reliable status view (traffic light, risks/blockers, decision needs) and communicate it consistently.

• Execution discipline: Follow project governance routines, keep commitments, and proactively raise issues early (with options, not just problems).

• Stakeholder collaboration: Work with business, tech, and external partners to progress tasks and resolve dependencies.

• Quality mindset: Ensure workstream outputs meet defined standards, are documented, and are ready for handover.

• Continuous improvement: Capture learnings, improve templates/playbooks, and contribute to reusable assets and knowledge.

• Growth & rotation: Build skills across projects; rotate into different workstreams as you develop.

Main Stakeholders

• Director Project Management

• Project Leads / Project Managers (overall project steering)

• Other Workstream Project Managers (cross-workstream alignment

• Delivery teams (business process managers, IT team, solution architects)

• Business stakeholders, local business process managers, key and end users

• Vendors and implementation partners (as needed)

Required experience & qualifications:

• 2-5 years experience in project delivery, operations, consulting, or similar environments OR strong evidence of delivery mindset (internships, leadership roles, side projects).

• Strong ability to structure work: you can turn ambiguity into a plan and next steps.

• Clear written and verbal communication (you can summarize complex issues simply).

• Reliability and ownership: you follow through and raise issues early.

• Comfort working with multiple stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

• Fluency in English (and ideally comfortable in an international setting).

Nice-to-haves:

• Exposure to digital transformation, ERP, supply chain, finance, or enterprise platforms.

• Experience with agile ways of working, basic testing concepts, or change/training support.

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Excel/PowerPoint.

Development path (why this role exists):

This role is a structured path into global delivery leadership. Typical growth options include

• Deepening into a specialist track (senior workstream lead, coaching, standards)

• Moving into project leadership (project manager / rollout lead)

• Moving into PMO / delivery excellence (methodology, governance, portfolio)

The Teamlead SAP Basis Operations (ERP) is responsible for managing, operating, and continuously optimizing SAP systems across the global PUMA landscape. This role leads a team of SAP Basis professionals to ensure the high availability, performance, stability, and scalability of SAP environments, including SAP S/4HANA (Private Cloud), SAP ECC (R/3), and related components. Combining strong technical expertise with effective leadership capabilities, the role drives operational excellence and supports the execution of strategic SAP initiatives across the organization.

SAP Operations & Service Delivery

• Ensure stable, secure, and uninterrupted operation of SAP systems across all supported regions

• Manage and optimize SAP landscapes including S/4HANA (Private Cloud), SAP ECC (R/3), and related platforms

• Organize and oversee on-call support and incident management processes

• Manage external service providers and ensure delivery in line with defined SLAs and performance standards.

Technical Oversight

• Act as a hands-on expert for SAP Basis operations, providing guidance on complex technical topics

• Oversee system upgrades, patches, kernel updates, and support package implementations

• Monitor system performance and implement optimization measures to ensure efficiency and scalability

• Define and enforce SAP Basis standards, best practices, and operational procedures.

Global Scope & Governance

• Assume responsibility for SAP Basis operations across additional global regions, ensuring consistent service quality and system availability

• Standardize processes, tools, and governance models across regions

• Ensure alignment with global IT strategy, architecture standards, and security requirements.

Project & Transformation Support

• Support and drive SAP-related projects such as upgrades, rollouts, and technical transformations

• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (e.g., Business Solutions, Architecture, Project Management) and external partners

• Contribute to the continuous improvement and evolution of the SAP technology landscape.

• Proven leader of international SAP Basis teams, thriving in fast-paced, global environments

• Deep expertise in SAP Basis with strong exposure to SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC landscapes

• Hands-on expert who combines leadership with active contribution to technical operations and innovation

• Driven to ensure stable, scalable, and high-performing SAP platforms supporting global business operations

• Strong collaborator across regions, functions, and external partners, enabling seamless global delivery

• Proactive, accountable, and solution-oriented mindset with a strong focus on continuous improvement

• Inspires teams through clear communication, trust, and a “BE TOGETHER” team spirit

• Passionate about technology and constantly exploring new SAP capabilities and trends

• Business-fluent English and strong intercultural communication skills.

Role Purpose

• Own end-to-end delivery of global Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) technology and platform rollouts across digital and retail channels

• Lead the introduction, migration, and scaling of core DTC platforms across web, app, and retail

• Ensure a stable, secure, and scalable global DTC technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of complex DTC technology and platform rollouts

• Manage parallel delivery streams across eCommerce, App, POS, OMS, payments, data, and integrations

• Plan and execute international rollouts, including migration, cutover, and decommissioning

• Coordinate dependencies across product, architecture, engineering, retail IT, operations, security, and partners

• Ensure non-functional requirements (stability, performance, security, compliance, scalability)

• Lead cross-functional, international delivery teams

• Manage risks, issues, and escalations

• Execute go-lives, including hypercare and handover to operations

• Provide clear status and decision reporting to senior stakeholders.

Technology Scope

• Digital: E-Commerce (Web & App), CMS, search, personalization, loyalty / membership

• Retail: POS systems, omnichannel use cases (e.g. Click & Collect)

• Core platforms: Commerce / Shop platform, OMS, payments, CRM, PIM, inventory & fulfillment, returns, data & analytics

• Understanding of API-based, event-driven cloud architectures

• Basic knowledge of CI/CD and release management.

Experience, Skills & Working Style 

• 8+ years of experience delivering complex technology projects or rollouts 

• Background in DTC, omnichannel, or retail technology environments 

• Experience with international, multi-region setups 

• Solid understanding of software delivery, integrations, and IT operations 

• Comfortable with classical, agile, and hybrid delivery models 

• Strong ownership, structuring, and communication skills 

• Pragmatic and resilient in high-pressure rollout and go-live phases 

• Experience working with global, cross-functional teams and partners 

• Fluent English required; German is a plus.

• Lead and manage the global Teamsport Marketing team responsible for PUMA’s key Football club and federation partnerships, ensuring strong team development, clear prioritization, and best-in-class execution across all activations and campaigns
• Oversee the strategic marketing direction and activation plans for PUMA’s key global Football partnerships, including Manchester City, AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Portugal national football team, and the Premier League, maximizing the impact of PUMA’s sponsorship investments through integrated global marketing strategies
• Drive effective short- and long-term communication plans in partnership with the wider marketing organization for global PUMA teams and federations to maximize brand visibility, cultural relevance, and commercial impact
• Oversee action plans for scheduled events, reactive opportunities, and seasonal campaigns across PUMA Football assets, including product launches, club milestones, key fixtures, tournaments, and cultural moments
• In collaboration with Creative Services and agency partners, oversee the creation of premium and impactful content, including visual, video, digital, and social assets to elevate PUMA’s Football storytelling across all channels
• Lead the planning and execution of PUMA’s activations during major club pre-season tours in close collaboration with global and local internal stakeholders, partnership managers, and club representatives
• Lead strategic planning initiatives and provide Football teams and federations expertise to the wider Marketing organization, ensuring alignment between business objectives, product storytelling, and brand campaigns.

• 8+ years of experience in Brand Marketing, or Sports Marketing, preferably within the sporting goods, football, or lifestyle industry
• Proven leadership and people management experience, with the ability to lead, develop, and inspire high-performing teams in a fast-paced global environment
• Extensive experience in developing and leading integrated global marketing campaigns and partnership activations for major sports properties, clubs, federations, or athletes
• Strong understanding of the global Football landscape, including club football culture, athlete marketing, fan engagement, and sponsorship ecosystems
• Demonstrated experience managing high-profile partnerships and working with top-tier clubs, federations, agencies, and commercial stakeholders
• Strong strategic planning and project leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects and stakeholders simultaneously
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating effectively with Product, Creative, Sports Marketing, PR, Social Media, Commercial, and regional marketing teams
• Strong skills in storytelling, campaign development, agency management, budget oversight, and integrated brand communications
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with strong intercultural competence and stakeholder management capabilities across global markets
• Highly organized, proactive, resilient, and solution-oriented, with the ability to perform confidently under pressure and within tight timelines
• Fluent in English; additional languages are considered a plus
• Willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis.

As Senior Service Manager within Global DTC Technology, you will drive operational stability and service excellence across PUMA’s global DTC Technology landscape. The role focuses on Incident Management, Production Support governance, operational escalations, and cross-functional coordination across Product, Engineering, Platform Operations, and Business teams.

You will act as a central coordination point during incidents, go-lives, hypercare phases, and critical operational situations to ensure fast alignment, structured communication, and efficient issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate Major Incident Management across global DTC platforms and services

• Act as central coordination bridge between Engineering, Product, Operations, and Business stakeholders

• Drive operational escalations and coordinate resolution of critical production issues

• Orchestrate support activities during incidents, go-lives, and hypercare phases

• Ensure clear stakeholder communication during operational disruptions

• Improve incident processes, escalation flows, and service governance standards

• Drive continuous improvement based on incident trends, root cause analysis, and operational KPIs

• Coordinate operational support activities across global teams

• Support operational reporting, KPI tracking, and service transparency.

We are looking for a strong operational leader with proven experience in Incident Management, TechOps, Service Management, or Production Support within complex digital or eCommerce environments.

The ideal candidate combines strong coordination and stakeholder management capabilities with a hands-on execution mindset and the ability to stay structured and calm during critical operational situations.

You should bring:

• Several years of experience in TechOps, Incident Management, Service Management, or Production Support
• Strong experience coordinating cross-functional teams during major incidents, escalations, go-lives, or hypercare phases
• Experience working in global eCommerce, retail, or digital platform organizations
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business teams
• Ability to drive alignment and orchestrate activities across Engineering, Product, Operations, and Business stakeholders
• Strong ownership mentality, problem-solving capabilities, and operational execution focus
• Experience working within distributed and international delivery organizations
• Familiarity with modern digital commerce landscapes and operational dependencies across platforms, integrations, and third-party services
• Comfortable working in agile and fast-paced environments

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with SFCC, OMS, Payments, App, or composable commerce environments
• Exposure to cloud operations, observability, or platform operations setups
• Experience supporting global rollouts and large-scale production environments

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred
• Comparable practical experience is equally valued

• Daily communication with colleagues in the Asia development office for a variety of tasks, including placement and tracking of sample orders, arranging sample requests and clarifying daily issues

• Support on daily maintenance of the Product Information Database (PAC), create colorway documents, sign off colorways and input of important style information

• Key member for conducting detailed research and presentation of current market trends in Teamsport footwear

• Support the Product Engineer with maintaining the Rapid Prototyping machine and printing out prototype outsole designs for review

• Handle your own Graphic Update development projects for the upcoming seasons

• Support the development team with their projects, including ordering of Fit and Wear Test Samples, system maintenance, analysis presentations, and maintenance of the Teamsport project calendar

• Work as part of a cross-functional team (development/marketing/design) to ensure alignment between divisions on key topics and to gather needed information to answer questions coming from the Asia Development team

• Complete Red Tag sign-off to confirm styles for production, making sure shoe quality and required specifications are met.

• Enrolled student for the entire period of an internship in an appropriate field of studies, such as, but not limited to, Sports Technology, Sports Science, Materials Science or Engineering

• Ability to work flexibly in a team

• Desire to learn and take initiative

• Keen interest in performance sports such as football, handball, and cricket

• Basic footwear knowledge

• Proficient in MS-Office applications

• Start date: 01.05.2026; Duration: 6 months.

PUMA Group is seeking a Tax Manager to join our Global Tax team. This role focuses on managing and supporting day-to-day tax activities related to PUMA Group’s central functions in Germany and abroad. Reporting to the Head of Tax Europe & Central Functions, the position covers operational tax topics and ensures timely, accurate compliance and reporting while supporting the strategic tax agenda led by the Head of Tax Europe & Central Functions.

This means your responsibilties are:

• Manage and support day-to-day tax matters for PUMA Group’s central functions in Germany and internationally.

• Coordinate tax compliance activities and provide practical guidance to internal stakeholders on operational tax questions.

• Work closely with Finance, Accounting, HR and other central functions to collect information, align timelines, and ensure tax deliverables are completed accurately.

• Monitor relevant tax law changes and communicate impacts to the Head of Tax Europe & Central Functions; support implementation of required process updates.

• Prepare and/or review tax returns, filings, reports and supporting documentation (including requirements under Global Minimum Tax regulations / Pillar Two, where applicable).

• Support the preparation of tax provisions and disclosures for financial statements related to central and group functions, coordinating inputs and ensuring documentation is complete and audit-ready.

• Act as day-to-day point of contact for tax authorities and external advisors for operational topics; escalate complex matters as needed.

• Drive continuous improvement of tax processes for central functions (e.g., checklists, timelines, documentation standards) and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.

• Professional experience of at least 2–3 years in corporate tax or an international advisory firm, ideally with exposure to operational tax compliance and reporting.

• Strong knowledge of German and international tax laws and regulations.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in English and German.

You are part of the Global Tech Infrastructure team and own the full Enterprise Connectivity platform from global WAN and internet lines to SASE, office sites, cloud networking, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and domain management. You will lead a team of network engineers and work in close partnership with the Global Infrastructure Operations team in Manila, who provide 24/7 monitoring and operations. You define the standards, drive the engineering roadmap, and take end-to-end responsibility for keeping PUMA’s global network infrastructure reliable, secure, and scalable.

You thrive in a global environment where technical depth, ownership, and cross-team collaboration drive real impact? Then read on!

•  Deep expertise in enterprise networking: WAN, SASE, ZTNA, LAN, WiFi, internet connectivity, and firewall technologies
• Proven experience leading network engineering teams and working with remote operations centers
• Solid knowledge of cloud networking concepts (VPCs, VNets, Transit Gateways, hybrid connectivity)
• Strong command of DNS (public & private), DHCP, IPAM, and domain management
• Experience with vendor management: leading ISP, hardware, and technology provider relationships
• Ability to define and enforce technical standards, runbooks, and escalation processes across global and remote teams
• Strong communicator with the ability to align across Cloud, Security, and Operations teams
• Hands-on mindset combined with a strategic view, you can dive deep and still keep the big picture
• Willingness to relocate or already be based in Germany (Nürnberg Metropolitan region)
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken); on-call availability for P1 incidents.

• Learn the entire creative design process from first sketch to final product

• Be responsible for one self-directed, individual projects and support in launching product design ideas in line with specific product strategies

• Generate and present strong product stories, designs and mood boards

• Under the direction of the Design team collect market intelligence, providing the team with accurate and up-to-date information on trends and developments

• Assist the Design team in the creation and maintenance of creative directions, product designs, tech packs, presentation materials, design mini sheets and specifications

• Support the Design team on general tasks, such as create drawings, data management and database upkeep.

• Enrolled as a Design student in a related creative field (fashion design)

• Proficient Adobe Creative suite skills (Photoshop and Illustrator are a must) and MS Office

• Knowledge of 3D modeling is a plus (experience with software like Browzwear/Vstitcher, Clo3D, Modo, Rhino, Keyshot etc.)

• Self-starter: taking initiative, working independently and a hands-on approach with a strong storytelling ability

• Familiarity with market trends relevant to Design and Motorsport in general

• Excellent written and spoken English language skills, project and time management skills

• Starting Date: 01.09.2026; Duration: 6 months.