Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW) is one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and licensors of footwear and apparel; It’s global footprint spans 170 countries and territories. The Company’s portfolio includes Merrell®, Saucony®, Sweaty Betty®, Hush Puppies®, Wolverine®, Chaco®, Bates®, HYTEST®, and Stride Rite®. The Company is also the global footwear licensee of brands Cat® and Harley-Davidson®.
Wolverine Worldwide is driven by a Vision to Make. Every Day. Better. for its consumers, partners, communities, and shareholders.
In 2025, the Company was recognized by Footwear News as Company of the Year, by Forbes as one of America’s Dream Employers, America’s Best Employers for Women, and America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, and by Inspiring Workplaces as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces Globally.
Wolverine Worldwide is a Certified™ Great Place To Work®.
The Director, Brand Protection will be responsible for protecting the integrity of Wolverine Worldwide’s portfolio of brands by identifying, investigating, and mitigating threats such as unauthorized online sales, gray market distribution, counterfeits, and minimum advertised pricing (“MAP”) violations. Leveraging data analytics, marketplace intelligence, and digital monitoring tools, the Director develops, implements, and monitors the Company’s brand and marketplace integrity strategies and policies across the organization. This role serves as a strategic enabler—partnering cross-functionally to promote brand protection strategies that enable growth and strengthen our brands.
Primary Duties:
Develop and lead brand protection strategies that strengthen marketplace trust, protect brand integrity and support business growth.
Partner with senior executives, brand presidents, and sales, DTC, wholesale, and Legal teams to align on and execute brand protection strategies and policies.
Oversee implementation and enforcement of MAP and marketplace integrity policies across all brands, including monitoring for violations and coordinating appropriate remedial actions with brand leadership and Legal.
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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.
Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
