Expert Product Line Manager, Energy Footwear

Nike; Pahokee (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike seeks an Expert Product Line Manager for Global Energy Footwear to own a focused product line and drive depth and excellence across the creation process. You will partner with design, merchandising, and product development to ensure alignment with seasonal calendars and key cultural moments.

The role requires a deep understanding of lifestyle footwear, strong communication, and the ability to navigate a fast-moving, matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Retail Merchandising, or a related field.
• A minimum of 8 years directly relevant work experience.
• Demonstrate excellent and creative consumer/marketplace understanding.
• Ability to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of lifestyle footwear, including tastes, habits, preferences, interests, and behaviours.
• An appreciation and understanding of macro/micro-culture, style, luxury, and streetwear.
• High taste level.
• Collaborative nature.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proven ability to operate with agility in a fast-moving environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Experience working with external collaboration partners, including talent or entertainers, and navigating work at the intersection of brand, culture, and product.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently, including flexibility for occasional short-notice travel.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed organisation, where relationship management and influencing skills are critical keys to success.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and demonstrates a high level of agility in response to evolving priorities.
• Comfortable operating with flexibility and urgency.
• Footwear product expert who can work cross-functionally to brief, create, and line plan in partnership with design, product development, merchandising, and external partners to build pinnacle footwear for Nike.

Responsibilities

• Lead a focused and intentional line of Global Energy Footwear with a clearly defined product scope.
• Ensure depth, clarity, and excellence across every stage of the footwear creation process.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the Footwear Creation Process and calendar.
• Align critical gates and dates across the Energy/Quick Strike calendars.
• Partner with Energy Marketing, Design, and Product Creation to develop footwear that ladders up to key cultural moments on the seasonal calendar.
• Respond to ad-hoc business needs as they arise.
• Brief, line plan, and lead the assigned Energy Footwear line end-to-end.
• Collaborate closely with product creation, design, merchandising, and brand teams.
• Act as the internal footwear subject matter expert and spokesperson for the specific Energy footwear scope.
• Work with external collaborators and cultural talent on product developed in partnership.

Skills

Bachelor's degree understanding

8+ years experience

Excellent communication

Lifestyle footwear knowledge

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Retail Merchandising or related field

Job description

About the Role

The Expert Product Line Manager leads a focused and intentional line of Global Energy Footwear, owning a clearly defined product scope and ensuring depth, clarity, and excellence across the footwear creation process. The role reports to the Senior Director of Energy Product and partners closely with fellow Product Line Managers, Merchants, Design, Product Development, and other stakeholders across Nike. It also collaborates with Design, Product Creation, Brand Marketing, Consumer Insights, Planning, Sourcing, and Finance to bring product to life for the Energy category.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a focused and intentional line of Global Energy Footwear with a clearly defined product scope.
• Ensure depth, clarity, and excellence across every stage of the footwear creation process.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the Footwear Creation Process and calendar.
• Align critical gates and dates across the Energy/Quick Strike calendars.
• Partner with Energy Marketing, Design, and Product Creation to develop footwear that ladders up to key cultural moments on the seasonal calendar.
• Respond to ad-hoc business needs as they arise.
• Brief, line plan, and lead the assigned Energy Footwear line end-to-end.
• Collaborate closely with product creation, design, merchandising, and brand teams.
• Act as the internal footwear subject matter expert and spokesperson for the specific Energy footwear scope.
• Work with external collaborators and cultural talent on product developed in partnership.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Retail Merchandising, or a related field; any suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• A minimum of 8 years directly relevant work experience.
• Demonstrate excellent and creative consumer/marketplace understanding.
• Ability to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of lifestyle footwear, including tastes, habits, preferences, interests, and behaviours.
• An appreciation and understanding of macro/micro-culture, style, luxury, and streetwear.
• High taste level.
• Collaborative nature.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proven ability to operate with agility in a fast-moving environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Experience working with external collaboration partners, including talent or entertainers, and navigating work at the intersection of brand, culture, and product.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently, including flexibility for occasional short-notice travel.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed organisation, where relationship management and influencing skills are critical keys to success.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and demonstrates a high level of agility in response to evolving priorities.
• Comfortable operating with flexibility and urgency.
• Footwear product expert who can work cross-functionally to brief, create, and line plan in partnership with design, product development, merchandising, and external partners to build pinnacle footwear for Nike.

The Application Process

The interview process offers accommodations including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.