Director, Global Football Footwear Product Management

Nike • Beaverton, OR

7d

About The Position

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

The role leads end-to-end product strategy and creation for Nike Global Football footwear, from line planning through final product approval. The Director translates athlete experience, feedback, consumer understanding, and performance insights into product direction, while driving operational rigor across creation gates, calendar milestones, business reviews, and cross-functional deliverables. They raise standards for product quality, construction, fit, testing, storytelling, and consumer impact, and lead, coach, and develop a high-performing product management team. The position fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, athlete proximity, product excellence, innovation, and winning together.

Nike offers accommodations for the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications. Candidates who need disability-related assistance or accommodation during the application process may complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in footwear product management, product creation, merchandising, or related fields.
• A minimum of 9 years of directly relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Product Management, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• 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 use athlete insights, consumer understanding, and marketplace trends to shape product strategy, innovation, and storytelling.
• Exceptional organizational and operational leadership skills, including 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 Nike Global Football footwear, from line planning through final product approval.
• Translate 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.
• Partner with Design, Development, Engineering, Sourcing, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Brand, Marketplace, Geo, and Consumer Insights to align teams, accelerate decisions, and deliver product.
• Elevate footwear quality, craftsmanship, construction, fit, testing, storytelling, and consumer impact.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product managers by creating clarity, accountability, and growth opportunities.
• Build a culture rooted in collaboration, athlete proximity, product excellence, innovation, and winning together.

What This Job Offers

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