Location: Canada
State/Province/City: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Time Type: Full-time
Global Events & Experiences Lead | Contract until September 2026
Description & Requirements
Global Partner Events & Experiences Lead
About the Role
As a Global Partner Events & Experiences Lead you will play a critical role within the Global Events & Experiences team. In this role you will support a portfolio of events that power our business objectives bringing our brand and culture to life for our internal & partner collective. Additionally, you will support the planning and execution of various events and brand experiences. Your work will be instrumental in building a globally coordinated approach to how we create experiences that provide relevance to our guests and employees and distinction for our brand. You will achieve this by fostering cross functional relationships while operating with a global mindset. Based on project specifics, you will also support the full event life cycle from concept to execution and the guest experience from start to finish ensuring that each guest touch point appropriately expresses the lululemon brand.
What you’ll do
- Portfolio Strategy - Support the project strategy, approach, resource planning and roadmap for a portfolio of global events that support the long-term growth and evolution of the global event strategy.
- Cross-functional partners (internal/global/external) - Responsible for cross functional collaboration with a team of partners to support bringing events in the partner portfolio to life around the globe.
- Team Trainings - Responsible for the development of event training plans for the extended team, including staff, contractors, volunteers, vendors and suppliers and accountable to leading the briefing and training of this team on-site
- Event Logistics - Supports event brief development, and responsible for project management, creating operational plans, ongoing project communication, budget management and operational planning and execution.
- Vendor Management – Responsible for vendor selection for owned bodies of work using both lululemon preferred vendors and sourcing new relationships. You will also participate and sometimes own relationship management of those vendors.
- Guest Journey (innovation) – Support creating, innovating and carving out a strategic guest journey that ensures the development of relevant, influential and net-new ways to approach event experiences and achieve event objectives.
- Reporting – Responsible for leading the information gathering of feedback through guest surveys, team and vendor debriefs. Own creation of post-event reporting including analysis of feedback, developing post-event recap decks, KPI reporting and reconciling budget and expenses.
- Global Consultation - You consult on event experiences across all regions through developing integrated channel plans, sharing learnings and tested best practices.
- Event Support – Responsible for supporting events put on by the Global Events & Experiences team.
What you bring
- An undergraduate degree is preferred 5-8 years’ relevant experience in event planning and production, marketing, public relations or relevant field
- Experience in strategizing and managing large scale capability projects with multiple cross functional partners
- Experience in data capture, reporting and analytics as well as the implementation of policy and procedures is a plus
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities
- Innovative and strategic thinker able to apply entrepreneurialism to each project
- Able to work independently with minimal direction, seeking coaching and guidance as needed
- Leads through lululemon’s core values of honesty, courage, personal responsibility, connection, entrepreneurship, fun and inclusion
How you’ll work
- Level: Individual Contributor – Lead Level
- Reports to: Senior Manager, Global Events & Experiences
- Portfolio: Global Partner Events & Experiences including but not limited to Analyst events , Vendor events, Media events, Ambassador events, lululemon Gives events, and strategic partner events.
- Location/Travel: Vancouver based. Global team; with occasional travel for key events as needed.
Our must-haves
- Create inclusive experiences where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
- Communicate with honesty and kindness; build trust and foster connection.
- Lead with courage and curiosity; innovate to achieve great results.
- Take ownership, operate with urgency, and bring clarity.
- Integrate fun and joy into how we work together.
Additional Notes
Authorization to work in Canada is required for this role.
Authorization to work in Canada is required for this role.
Compensation and Benefits Package
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 from $81,500-$107,000annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program 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 and dental benefits, and mental health plans
- 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 (to name a few)
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.
workplace arrangement
This role is classified as Hyrbid under our SSC Workplace Policy:
In-Person
In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.
Remote – Field Based
Field/Community-based work is necessary or important within a designated area, with relevant travel required.
Remote – do not post the word “Exception”
Outside reasonable commuting distance to an office site, work is performed from home.
Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. Lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that Lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.
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