Director, Global Basketball Footwear Product Management - SGA

Nike • Beaverton, OR

13d

About The Position

This leader sits within Global Product Management for Nike Basketball Footwear, leading the product management vision and creation strategy for SGA. They guide a team of product managers and partner across Design, Development, Engineering, Sourcing, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Brand, Marketplace, Geo, and Consumer Insights to create athlete-informed footwear that blends performance, innovation, and commercial impact. Through strong cross-functional leadership, they drive clarity, alignment, and momentum across the product creation journey while elevating both team performance and product excellence.

Nike Basketball is looking for a proven footwear product leader who knows how to translate athlete insight into footwear that moves the game forward. This individual brings deep expertise across the full footwear creation process—from line planning and development through commercialization, manufacturing, and marketplace execution—and consistently turns strategy into exceptional product.

They bring a strong balance of strategic thinking and operational excellence, leading with clarity in dynamic environments, simplifying complexity, and building trust across diverse cross-functional teams. They understand how to make decisive choices, influence without authority, and keep the athlete at the center of every decision.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in footwear product management, product creation, merchandising, or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Product Management, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• A minimum of 9 years directly relevant work experience
• Demonstrated expertise across the footwear creation process, including line planning, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and go-to-market execution.
• Deep understanding of footwear construction, product engineering, materialization, fit, testing, and creation processes.
• Proven ability to leverage athlete insights, consumer understanding, and marketplace trends to shape product strategy, innovation, and storytelling.
• Exceptional organizational and operational leadership skills, with experience managing complex product portfolios and key calendar milestones.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product strategy and creation for SGA basketball footwear, from line planning through final product approval.
• Champion athlete-led creation by translating athlete experience, feedback, and performance insights into clear product direction and actionable strategies.
• Drive operational excellence across creation gates, calendar milestones, business reviews, and cross-functional deliverables to ensure speed and executional rigor.
• Partner with Design, Development, Engineering, Sourcing, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Brand, Marketplace, Geo, and Consumer Insights to create alignment, accelerate decision-making, and deliver world-class product.
• Elevate product quality, craftsmanship, construction, storytelling, and consumer impact through deep footwear creation expertise and a relentless focus on the athlete.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product managers by creating clarity, accountability, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
• Build a culture rooted in collaboration, athlete proximity, product excellence, innovation, and winning together.

Benefits

• We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director