Director

lululemon located at Vancouver, BC is currently accepting applications for the position of Director – Global Search & Discovery. The company is looking for a motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills who is ready to start as soon as possible. The employer is offering a full-time position.

Employer Name: lululemon
Position: Director – Global Search & Discovery
Salary: $196,600 – $258,100 CAD annually
Employment type: Full-time
Location: Vancouver, BC

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Job Description

• The candidate will be responsible for defining and leading lululemon’s global Search & Discovery strategy to ensure guests can easily find, explore, and engage with products and content across digital platforms and emerging AI-powered experiences.
• The candidate will be responsible for managing end-to-end digital findability and discovery performance across Organic Search, Internal Search & Discovery Experience, and Trust & Discovery Signals while balancing global standards with regional priorities.
• The candidate will be responsible for establishing the vision, standards, governance framework, and success metrics for search, navigation, taxonomy, filters, recommendations, ratings and reviews, and discovery content while partnering with Product, Technology, Analytics, and regional teams to achieve measurable business outcomes.
• The candidate will be responsible for leading external discoverability across search engines, AI assistants, answer engines, and emerging LLM-powered platforms to ensure lululemon products and content remain accurate, trusted, and easily discoverable.
• The candidate will be responsible for continuously optimizing onsite search and product discovery experiences through data-driven insights, experimentation, and innovation to improve relevance, findability, engagement, conversion, and guest satisfaction.
• The candidate will be responsible for defining and governing discovery data, metadata, and trust signal standards to ensure products and content are accurately understood, ranked, and surfaced across owned, partner, and AI-powered platforms.
• The candidate must collaborate with regional Marketing, Finance, and Digital leaders to align traffic planning, demand generation, discovery performance, and business insights while translating data into actionable recommendations and strategic priorities.
• The candidate will be responsible for building, leading, and developing a high-performing global team by creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning while coaching future leaders within the function.
• The candidate will be responsible for building strong relationships with executive leadership, regional organizations, and cross-functional partners to influence priorities, investment decisions, and long-term digital strategy.
• The candidate will be responsible for serving as lululemon’s thought leader in search, discovery, and agentic commerce by identifying emerging trends, technologies, and opportunities that strengthen brand visibility, relevance, and competitive advantage across onsite and offsite discovery experiences.
• The candidate will be responsible for communicating strategic direction, performance insights, and recommendations to senior leadership to help shape the future of digital discovery and guest experience at lululemon.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must have 10+ years of experience and demonstrated leadership in Organic Search and SEO.
• The candidate must have strong proficiency with platforms including Google Search Console, enterprise crawling tools, and emerging AI search measurement platforms.
• The candidate must demonstrate curiosity and innovation in the evolving search landscape, including AI, GEO, and AEO, with specific examples of experimentation and measurable impact.
• The candidate must demonstrate a highly strategic and operational mindset.
• The candidate will be required to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance, and other business groups.
• The candidate must have experience in consumer, retail, e-commerce, marketplaces, or digital platform environments, which is strongly preferred.
• The candidate should have regional and global experience, which is preferred for this role.
• The candidate must acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for their actions and decisions.
• The candidate must possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously seek innovative ways to achieve strong results.
• The candidate must communicate with honesty and kindness while encouraging others to do the same.
• The candidate must lead with courage, recognizing that the possibility of greatness is greater than the fear of failure.
• The candidate must foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• The candidate must integrate fun and joy into their way of working while maintaining a balanced and positive approach.

Additional information

Work conditions

• The candidate will be required to support in-person collaboration and connection as an essential part of the company culture.
• The candidate will be required to perform work onsite for a minimum of 4 days per week.

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