Senior Manager - Product Innovation

Who We Are

Lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. We set the bar in technical fabrics and functional design to create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. Our success is built on innovative products, strong retail presence, commitment to our people, and deep community connections. We focus on creating positive change toward a healthier, thriving future, prioritizing an equitable, inclusive and growth‑focused environment for all employees.

The Product Innovation team shapes, surprises, and engineers delight into the future guest experience through advanced innovation principles. We go beyond classic research and development, exploring possibility for both body and mind within all the places that our guests and Lululemon choose to play together.

The Senior Manager, Innovation Management serves as the central hub for strategy, operations, and thought partnership across the early‑stage Innovation & Athlete Performance Portfolios. This role mobilizes a diverse ecosystem of researchers, creatives, academics, start‑ups, and cross‑functional partners to transform nascent ideas into innovation concepts that are valuable, viable, and holistically considered.

• Lead and develop team members
• Manage human insights, applied scientific research, make, and raw material creation through a wide array of techniques
• Deliver understandable, translatable, and immersive evaluations of products and technologies supporting the business in strategic decision making
• Communicate expertise through analytical methods to explore how guests interact with products in relevant environments, generating a prolific output of potential value propositions for our guests
• Determine how and where to scale innovation and maintain the integrity and intention of those innovations

• A degree in management, sport science, business, merchandising, or relevant operational field
• 12+ years of experience influencing product creation, business thinking, and unlocking new knowledge, with proven experience in Innovation Management

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, without taking yourself too seriously.

Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

Lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is CAD $167,400–219,700 annually; base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. Permanent employees may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to eligibility requirements.

At Lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth.

• Extended health, dental, and mental health benefits
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Generous employee discount
• Fitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top‑up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series

Note:

The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

In‑person collaboration and connection are important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.