Director, Global Energy Footwear Product Management - Converse
About The Position
The Director, Global Energy Footwear Product Management leads and develops a global product management team and works closely with Design, Development, Marketing, Merchandising, and Marketplace teams. The role leads the global vision for Converse Energy Footwear, creating products, partnerships, and experiences that build consumer excitement and cultural relevance. It translates emerging consumer, cultural, and marketplace opportunities into product strategies, briefs, and multi-season roadmaps, while using the Energy business to identify and incubate future Converse growth platforms. The director balances near-term marketplace impact with longer-term product and franchise opportunities, makes decisions about investment, exclusivity, scale, and timing, and tests new consumer propositions, product constructs, materials, and storytelling approaches. The position is open to work in Boston, Massachusetts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field; suitable combinations of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
- At least 9 years of directly relevant work experience.
- At least 3 years leading product management, merchandising, or category teams.
- Demonstrated experience managing high-profile product launches or collaborations and working with creative partners, athletes, artists, or cultural collaborators.
- Deep product creation and commercialization expertise.
- Strong consumer and marketplace instincts and understanding of sneaker culture, youth culture, and global fashion trends.
- Ability to build trusted relationships with creative partners and align diverse global and regional stakeholders.
- Ability to make trade-off decisions across investment, exclusivity, scale, and timing.
Nice To Haves
- Master of Business Administration or advanced business degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Define the vision, strategy, and multi-season roadmap for Converse Energy Footwear.
- Identify emerging consumer, cultural, and marketplace opportunities and translate them into energy products, limited-edition launches, collaborations, and innovation concepts.
- Build and maintain a network of influential creators, designers, artists, innovators, cultural leaders, and emerging talent to fuel future product opportunities.
- Lead and develop global product managers and foster a team culture grounded in curiosity, consumer obsession, creativity, accountability, and speed.
- Partner with Design, Development, Marketing, Merchandising, and Marketplace teams to write product briefs, align strategic intent, and bring concepts to market.
- Align stakeholders and make decisions about investment, exclusivity, scale, and timing to support cultural impact and marketplace execution.
- Test consumer propositions, product constructs, materials, and storytelling approaches; use consumer response and commercial performance to identify ideas that can scale into franchises or strategic growth initiatives.
- Manage high-profile product launches and collaborations with creative partners, athletes, artists, or cultural collaborators.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
