Tester Team Community Manager

At Vibram, we're about pushing boundaries and unlocking potential. We value curiosity, creativity, imagination, and a strong drive to make things better. We thrive on change, diversity, and bold thinking. We're looking for achievers, innovators, and forward‑thinkers ready to make an impact. Bring your unique skills and passion to a dynamic, constantly evolving environment. Join us and help shape what's next.

We're looking for a dynamic Tester Team Community Manager to build, activate, and nurture a strong local community around the Vibram Tester Team, with Boulder as the core hub. This role exists to make Vibram more present, relevant, and integrated within the Outdoor and Sport ecosystem, connecting product testing, athletes, creators, and consumers through authentic, experience‑led engagement. This is a hands‑on, entrepreneurial role at the intersection of community, testing, sport, and brand.

• Continue to create, build, and grow a local community centered around Vibram Testers and the Vibram Tester Team.
• Foster meaningful interactions between Testers, local athletes, outdoor enthusiasts, and the broader sport community.
• Act as a connector between Vibram, its Testers, and the local Outdoor/Sport ecosystem.

• Help make Vibram Boulder more active, visible, and integrated within the local community.
• Develop partnerships and relationships with local clubs, gyms, coaches, athletes, events, and key opinion leaders.
• Ensure Vibram is perceived as an active participant—not just a brand—in the local outdoor and sport culture.

Host events at the Vibram Boulder office, with opportunities to replicate successful formats in other Vibram USA locations.

Plan and execute community‑driven events with the Vibram Tester Team, including:

• Public product testing sessions
• Community sport activities and group runs/hikes
• Educational or storytelling moments around testing, performance, and innovation

• Identify, select, and support Testers' personal projects that align with Vibram's values, product categories, and community goals.
• Help shape these projects so they contribute to product insight and testing credibility, local community building, and a stronger sense of "Vibram community"
• Provide guidance, structure, and visibility to high‑potential initiatives.

• Work closely with:
  Innovation & Testing, Marketing & Brand, Sales and local leadership
• Share insights from the community and Testers back into the organization to inform product development, storytelling, and activation strategies.

• Proven experience in community management, grassroots marketing, events, or sport/outdoor culture.
• Strong understanding of outdoor, performance, and/or sport communities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: comfortable building from scratch and operating with autonomy.
• A natural ability to build relationships with authenticity and enthusiasm

• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and events simultaneously
• Comfortable working in both structured and unstructured environments
• Strong alignment with Vibram's values: performance, authenticity, innovation, and community

Vibram is a dynamic, growth‑focused company seeking team members who are ready to grow alongside us. We offer a competitive total rewards package, a relaxed and collaborative work environment, and an energizing culture that supports continuous learning and professional development.

Vibram is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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