About The Position
The Expert, Sport Product Line Manager – Nike Global Accessories will partner closely with teammates across their Sport and the Accessories product engine, leveraging cross-functional teams in design, development, innovation, merchandising, sourcing, costing, operations, and marketplace to bring the Sport X Accessories vision to life for the athlete. Reporting to an Accessories Sport Product Director, this leader will collaborate across Sport offense and Accessories teams to create a cohesive athlete uniform. The role offers the opportunity to work with entrepreneurial, creative, and agile teammates who embody Nike's unique and innovative spirit. We are seeking a product expert to join our Accessories team, leading the creation of socks, bags, and headwear for their respective sport. This individual will guide cross-functional teams across Design, Development, and Merchandising through the product creation process—from brief to final approval—while driving collaboration, meeting key milestones, and delivering against athlete insights. The ideal candidate will shape and communicate multi-year product and seasonal strategies, develop compelling product briefs grounded in athlete insights, and bring innovative, market-leading products to life. With a deep understanding of the consumer, sport, and competitive landscape, they will balance time between the category and product engine, lead team alignment, drive accountability, and elevate product excellence across the business.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in product management, merchandising, business administration or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- 10+ years of experience in product creation, merchandising, or a related field.
- A track record of optimism, dedication, and curiosity along with a strong desire to learn about new consumers, ideas, and opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Drive product vision across the full value chain, from concept to market.
- Tell compelling product stories that clearly communicate strategy and vision to stakeholders at all levels.
- Serve as a key partner across the sport category, product triad, and cross-functional teams.
- Bring an entrepreneurial mindset to identify opportunities, innovate, and drive the business forward.
- Lead the end-to-end product creation process for a defined product portfolio, balancing business performance with innovative solutions that meet athlete and consumer needs.
- Represent Accessories within the Sport offense, driving cross-functional alignment from line planning through final product approval.
- Research athletes, consumers, products, and marketplace trends.
- Manage product creation workflows and tools, and ensure successful execution against key milestones.
- Present product strategies to geographies and partners.
- Evaluate business performance through financial reviews.
- Drive accountability across the product creation process.
- Champion the consumer by staying connected to trends in sport, culture, and Accessories.
- Build strong partnerships across Sport to create a connected vision across Accessories, Apparel, and Footwear.
- Connect with athletes (amateur to professional) in a calm, calculated, and curious manner to gather insights that feed needs-driven product creation.
- Develop impactful presentations that support assortment planning and sell-in.
- Help bring the athlete uniform to life while driving business growth.
- Solve athlete needs with innovative, market-leading product solutions.
- Drive brand distinction through compelling products that make athletes better.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
