WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This leader sits within Global Product Management for Nike Basketball Footwear, leading the product management vision and creation strategy for SGA. They guide a team of product managers and partner across Design, Development, Engineering, Sourcing, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Brand, Marketplace, Geo, and Consumer Insights to create athlete-informed footwear that blends performance, innovation, and commercial impact. Through strong cross-functional leadership, they drive clarity, alignment, and momentum across the product creation journey while elevating both team performance and product excellence.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Nike Basketball is looking for a proven footwear product leader who knows how to translate athlete insight into footwear that moves the game forward. This individual brings deep expertise across the full footwear creation process—from line planning and development through commercialization, manufacturing, and marketplace execution—and consistently turns strategy into exceptional product.
They bring a strong balance of strategic thinking and operational excellence, leading with clarity in dynamic environments, simplifying complexity, and building trust across diverse cross-functional teams. They understand how to make decisive choices, influence without authority, and keep the athlete at the center of every decision.
- 10+ years of experience in footwear product management, product creation, merchandising, or related fields.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Product Management, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- A minimum of 9 years directly relevant work experience
- 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 leverage athlete insights, consumer understanding, and marketplace trends to shape product strategy, innovation, and storytelling.
- Exceptional organizational and operational leadership skills, with 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.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
The ideal candidate raises the standard for product quality, construction, fit, testing, storytelling, and consumer impact through deep product knowledge and an uncompromising commitment to craft. They are also a strong people leader who develops talent, fosters accountability, creates an inclusive team culture, and empowers product managers to grow while delivering results together.
- Lead end-to-end product strategy and creation for SGA basketball footwear, from line planning through final product approval.
- Champion athlete-led creation by translating 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 to ensure speed and executional rigor.
- Partner with Design, Development, Engineering, Sourcing, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Brand, Marketplace, Geo, and Consumer Insights to create alignment, accelerate decision-making, and deliver world-class product.
- Elevate product quality, craftsmanship, construction, storytelling, and consumer impact through deep footwear creation expertise and a relentless focus on the athlete.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product managers by creating clarity, accountability, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
- Build a culture rooted in collaboration, athlete proximity, product excellence, innovation, and winning together.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in footwear product management, product creation, merchandising, or related fields
- Minimum of 9 years directly relevant work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Product Management, or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- Demonstrated expertise across the footwear creation process: line planning, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and go-to-market execution
- Deep understanding of footwear construction, product engineering, materials, fit, testing, and creation processes
- Proven ability to leverage athlete insights, consumer understanding, and marketplace trends to shape product strategy and storytelling
- Exceptional organizational and operational leadership skills managing complex product portfolios and calendar milestones
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable culture
Nike Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nike and has not been reviewed or approved by Nike.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is complemented by options such as a Mega Backdoor Roth and deferred compensation for eligible earners. Financial coaching and structured savings programs support long-term financial security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a stock discount sits alongside broad-based equity vehicles like RSUs and non-qualified stock options. These avenues expand wealth-building opportunities beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave includes maternity and paternity time, recently expanded in the U.S. to 16 weeks and extended to part-time retail teammates. Additional supports include childcare assistance at select locations and family-building benefits such as fertility, surrogacy, and adoption.
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