Licensing Manager Sweaty Betty

We burst onto the scene as the OGs of female-first activewear back in 1998. And since then weve been on a global mission to empower women through fitness and beyond. By uniting a global community of women our sisterhood together we encourage one another to embrace our bodies and everything we can do with them.

Our sisterhood treats every day like its made for moving and were always pushing to do better too. Like using responsibly sourced materials launching our first-ever FemTech collection designed to keep you moving through menstruation maternity and menopause and supporting girls from all backgrounds to get into sport through our Sweaty Betty Foundation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a Licensing Manager as we continue our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond. You in

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The Licensing Manager is responsible for the end to end management of Sweaty Bettys global licensing partnerships ensuring licensed product is brand right commercially strong and operationally robust while also shaping and delivering future licensing opportunities that introduce Sweaty Betty to new consumers categories and occasions. This role is both hands on and strategic: owning the day to day running of the licensing function (including all product approvals end to end system management and partner governance) while proactively identifying pitching and landing new licensing partnerships that drive incremental revenue and brand elevation.

Key Responsibilities:

DaytoDay Licensing Management & Governance

• Own the endtoend operational management of all existing licensing partnerships acting as the central point of contact internally and externally.

• Lead all product approvals across licensed categories ensuring product materials branding fit quality and storytelling meet Sweaty Bettys brand design and performance standards.

• Partner crossfunctionally with Product Design Brand Legal Supply Chain and Commercial teams to guide the licensed product lifecycle from concept through to market.

• Ensure all licensees operate in line with brand guidelines seasonal direction sustainability standards and commercial terms.

• Manage timelines range plans end to end system management critical paths and signoff processes to ensure ontime rightfirsttime delivery.

• Support contract adherence and renewals in partnership with Legal and Finance ensuring clarity on royalties reporting compliance and performance against plan.

Product & Brand Stewardship

• Act as a guardian of the Sweaty Betty brand within all licensed categories ensuring products feel purposeful elevated and true to the brands femalefirst performanceled ethos.

• Review and approve all licensed product visuals packaging marketing assets and brand usage prior to gotomarket.

• Ensure licensed ranges complement (not dilute or compete with) the core Sweaty Betty assortment.

• Bring a critical eye to product quality pricing architecture and consumer relevance across licensed categories.

Licensing Strategy & Growth

• Define and evolve a clear licensing strategy: identifying the right categories regions partners and consumer entry points for Sweaty Betty.

• Proactively identify new licensing opportunities (e.g. new categories demographics or international markets) that:

• Reach new or adjacent consumers

• Drive incremental profitable revenue

• Strengthen brand perception and brand stretch

• Build compelling business cases and partner propositions including brand rationale commercial forecasts and risk assessment

• Lead earlystage conversations with prospective partners and manage evaluation through to approval and contract stage.

• Stay close to market consumer and competitor trends to ensure licensing opportunities feel modern differentiated and futurefit.

Stakeholder Management & Influence

• Confidently influence senior stakeholders across Brand Product and Commercial functions without direct authority.

• Present licensing plans opportunities and performance updates clearly and credibly to leadership teams.

• Act as a collaborative partner to licensees balancing commercial ambition with brand discipline.

Must Haves:

• Proven experience in licensing partnerships category expansion or brand management within fashion lifestyle activewear or premium consumer brands.

• Strong understanding of product development processes ideally across apparel accessories or adjacent categories.

• Experience managing external partners and complex multistakeholder relationships.

• Commercially astute with the ability to assess opportunity size risk and longterm brand impact.

• Highly organised detaildriven and comfortable owning timelines approvals and governance.

• Strong brand sensibility with confidence to say no when something isnt right for the brand.

• Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with autonomy and accountability.

• Strategic thinker with a handson mindset

• Brandobsessed but commercially grounded

• Calm confident influencer with strong judgement

• Curious marketaware and opportunitydriven

• Resilient and comfortable navigating ambiguity and change

Wolverine World Wide Inc. (NYSE: WWW) is a global footwear and apparel company driven by a vision to Make. Every 1883 the Company builds and grows iconic brands including Merrell Saucony Wolverine Sweaty Betty Chaco Hush Puppies Stride Rite HYTEST and Bates along with footwear licenses for Catand Harley-Davidson. Headquartered in Rockford Michigan the Companys products are sold in approximately 170 countries and territories worldwide. For more information visit .

In 2025 the Company was recognized by Footwear Newsas Company of the Year by Forbesas one of Americas Dream Employers Americas Best Employers for Women and Americas Best Employers for Company Culture and by Inspiring Workplacesas one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces Globally.

Wolverine Worldwide is a Certified Great Place To Work.

Our DEI Commitment

We are working to create a culture and team that represents our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity embody inclusion and create an equitable business. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary. We care about our people our community and world.

We want to stand up for what we believe in and give our people a platform to use their voice. To actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning development and progression across the business. Being clear on the responsibilities we hold each other and to our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs and working harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.

Our DEI mission is to embed diversity equity and inclusion at the heart of our business. To create a culture of belonging that empowers everyone to be their best authentic self. We commit to celebrating different perspectives and to continuously learning developing and challenging ourselves and our partners.

We know were on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we werent up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould we wouldnt be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our DEI committee & DEI Collective to be champions allies and inclusive always. Because when we say all we mean it.