Senior Director, Product Line Management - Global Training Apparel

Nike • Beaverton, OR

11d

About The Position

This role leads product strategy and product creation for Training Apparel, building innovative, high-performance products with strong style for athletes worldwide. Reporting to the VP of Global Training Apparel, the Senior Director leads a team responsible for a key portion of the Training Apparel line and partners with Merchandising, Design, Development (TechDev), Materials, Sourcing, Costing, Brand, Sales, and Geography teams.

The role drives the product strategy and creation process from concept through commercialization and production, ensuring on-time delivery and development against critical dates, product specifications, and sustainability, performance, and profitability goals. It owns product realization, product-line planning and evolution, and business profitability; sets direction for category product stories; and oversees execution through market. The role requires strong strategic vision, product taste, business insight, communication, and the ability to influence across a highly matrixed organization.

Requirements

• Passion for apparel, training, and trends.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Retail Merchandising, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• 10+ years of experience in a product, merchandising, buying, sales, trend, or apparel-related field.
• In-depth understanding of consumers, the marketplace, competition, and industry trends in training and fashion.
• Proven ability to lead through influence and build collaborative relationships across a highly matrixed, cross-functional organization.
• Excellent leadership skills and a consistent record of developing top talent.
• Strong product foresight and aesthetic sensibility.
• Strong business insight and analytical abilities to guide product and line decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to senior leadership and large audiences.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and product creation for Training Apparel.
• Lead a team responsible for a key portion of the Training Apparel line.
• Drive the product creation process from initial concept through commercialization and production.
• Ensure on-time delivery and development against critical dates, product specifications, and sustainability, performance, and profitability goals.
• Own product realization, including product-line planning and evolution and business profitability.
• Lead the category product creation team and set direction for category product stories.
• Oversee product execution through to market.
• Build a clear strategic plan and lead its execution with process clarity and a solution-oriented mindset.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and regularly present to large audiences, including senior leadership.
• Develop top talent and build collaborative relationships across the organization.

Benefits

• Interview accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.

What This Job Offers

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