Senior Director, Technical Product Management, DAI

Nike • Beaverton, OR

115d

About The Position

The Senior Director of Technical Product Management is a strategic leader who oversees the full spectrum of platform and technical products that power enterprise-scale systems. This role sets vision and strategy, influences technology direction, and drives enterprise impact through team leadership, innovation, and cross-functional alignment.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus 12+ years of progressive product management experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership capacity or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.
• 7+ Years strong foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and data platforms.
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or GCP Cloud SQL, Apache Spark and Apache Airflow.
• Strong understanding of Lakehouse architecture, Data Mesh principles, data governance frameworks, and modern data pipelines.
• Proven ability to deliver high-impact, API-first services at scale.
• Proven leadership in managing extra-large, complex product portfolios with cross-functional influence.
• Experience driving major transformation programs (e.g., modernization, platform unification, data strategy).
• Proven capability in building, mentoring, and retaining high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated success influencing C-level stakeholders and performing product teams at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team of Technical Product Managers responsible for building Nike's next-generation data services platform.
• Drive the design and development of API-first, Tier-1, business-critical data services that are secure, scalable, and resilient.
• Partner with business facing products, engineering, and platform teams to define and execute the technical roadmap for Nike's Lakehouse and Data Mesh strategy.
• Champion best practices in data governance, data pipelines, and platform observability.
• Foster a culture of Technical Product excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align Product led initiatives with Nike's broader business and technology goals.
• Manage executive stakeholder relationships and drive alignment on complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Ensure product investments support scalability, resilience, and long-term business agility.
• Create and govern frameworks for product lifecycle management, OKRs, and KPIs.

Benefits

• Accommodations for interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible locations for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees