Job Description

Title: Product Manager - Specialized 3

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 6 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will be leading our men’s apparel offense as part of the wider Jordan Streetwear apparel and accessories Product Management team, working with key partners across Design, Development, Merchandising, Sourcing/Costing, Demand Planning, Operations the wider Nike Inc apparel team as well as Jordan Global and Geo partners.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Our Jordan Brand Streetwear Apparel Team is looking for a Lead Product Line Manager with a background in apparel who has a keen interest in Streetwear, strong problem-solving skills, and phenomenal attention to detail. We are looking for a strong collaborator who can bring ideas to life and a proven track record of delivering strong YOY results. You will need strong organizational skills, a drive for crafting outstanding product and the ability to learn, adapt, and lead quickly. A passion for serving our consumers is a requirement! We are looking for someone who will partner effectively with diverse teams around the globe and across the Jordan family. This role requires high workload capacity & resourcefulness – no two days are ever the same.

• Bachelor’s degree in Product Management, Business, Product Merchandising, Product Marketing, Retail Merchandising or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
• A minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience
• Experience in apparel product creation role and deep understanding of the product creation process
• Demonstrate knowledge of the streetwear marketplace and culture of sport with strong consumer understanding
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities, including the ability to motivate, lead, negotiate and impact the triad
• Excellent business management experience, analytical proficiency and understanding of retail math, with experience in Excel/Keynote/Miro/MMX
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will be responsible for leading Men’s Jordan Streetwear Apparel. This will require you to analyze apparel trends in global markets and translate those insights into authentic Jordan Brand opportunities, whilst crafting and communicating a vision for apparel across the wider Jordan Streetwear product, design, merchandising and development teams, driven through end-in-mind storytelling, and consumer-right product strategies.

• Servicing a global marketplace with sharp line planning skills and meeting consumer demands.
• Writing best in class briefs that inspire the holistic triad, connecting with key seasonal footwear and apparel stories.
• Obsessing over the consumer’s culture of influence and creating insights to fuel product lines + opportunities.
• You’ll apply professional understanding of product creation, delivery, and pricing need of consumers, key markets and thoughtful decision making.
• You’ll serve as the primary systems expert in partnership with your key x-functional teammates. Systems integrity and daily maintenance is the highest importance.
• You’ll interface with key marketplace and geo partners to understand consumer and marketplace needs.