Job Description

Title Product Manager - Retail Product Lines 3

Location Beaverton, OR

Duration 2.5 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 joining the Training Apparel creation team.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We’re looking for someone who is obsessed with making world class training apparel and understands what product excellence means.

An individual who has a history of effectively influencing internal and external partners. This person works collaboratively with others as part of a triad team, supporting efforts to achieve meaningful objectives and remaining connected to sports and sport lifestyle daily. They are expected to think ambitiously, overcome obstacles, innovate, and implement strategies to benefit the athlete.

The candidate needs to have heightened awareness of lifestyle and performance industries/competitive landscape, a passion for Nike and men’s product, and confidence with verbal and written communication.

Qualifications:

Bachelors’ Degree in Marketing, Retail Merchandising, Business, an equivalent to 2 additional years' relevant work experience or combination of relevant education, experience, and training

• Minimum 6 years' relevant experience in product-related roles
• Product management experience and knowledge in performance apparel a plus

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

If this is you, you will manage and oversee the product creation for our elite to everyday training athletes. This is a high visibility role with both strategic and creative facets of the work.

You will lead product and design reviews, connect with merchandising at key strategy check-ins, participate in cross-functional meetings, create compelling visual tools to influence design, merchandising and our downstream geography partners.

Product Strategy and Business Insight:

Defining and driving a vision and product strategy that transcends the sport and drives energy at retail

• Working with design and merchandising to enable clear storytelling all the way to our athletes and consumers
• Partnering with sports marketing, Nike training athletes and consumers to gather insights and product approval

Key competencies:

• Leads with a positive collective spirit and creates a ‘one team’ environment across functions

Demonstrates the capability to effectively navigate unclear situations and establish a clear path forward for the cross-functional team in ambiguous circumstances.

• Ability to communicate in consistent, clear, agile and timely manner with cross-functional partners - written and verbally
• Strategic thinking with ability to balance elite athlete needs and unlock retail opportunities
• Consistently looks at trend and cultural insights to help shape and understand the business
• Acknowledges and celebrates differences to arrive at the best outcome
• Leads by example and can hold team accountable for meeting deadlines and delivering quality work
• Continually works on a growth mindset to open new ways of operating and learning.