VP, AI-Driven Product, Research & Experience Design

Footlocker; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 330,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

Paid Time Off

Health Coverage

401(k) Plan

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Advancement Opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Company Culture

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Foot Locker is seeking a Vice President to lead product management, user research and experience design across our multi-brand retail landscape. This role focuses on AI-enabled interaction, strategy alignment, and value-focused portfolio management, partnering with Engineering and DICK'S Sporting Goods to drive adoption and measurable business impact.

The hybrid NYC role emphasizes in-office collaboration three days per week, with a drive to ship prototypes, test ideas and scale solutions that

Qualifications

• Deep retail domain understanding across stores, merchandising, inventory and fulfillment.
• Executive leadership in product management, strategy or technology with enterprise scope.
• Ability to lead PM, User Research and Experience Design as integrated capabilities.
• Experience leading agile org changes and measurable value.
• Experience measuring business impact of technology investments with data.
• Knowledge of AI interactions and prototyping; hiring strong leaders.
• Proven track record advancing initiatives with business partners.
• Balance between value creation and reliability, modernization and tech debt.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, CS, Engineering, Marketing or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define interaction vision for AI-enabled experiences across customers and associates.
• Design for users and AI agents to make products and services legible and trustworthy.
• Design AI behavior, explainability and handoffs between agents and people.
• Provide AI-assisted tools to store associates with stock context and decision support.
• Lead service design for journeys across digital and store touchpoints.
• Collaborate with Creative Services to reflect Foot Locker's brand strategy.
• Build and scale a shared design system for adaptive, AI-generated interfaces.
• Lead user research and continuous practice feeding problem selection and impact assessments.
• Lead product operating model transition in an AI-enabled delivery framework.
• Curate strategy and alignment across Foot Locker landscape with multiple stakeholders.
• Build Impact Intelligence and sponsorship-driven metrics governance.
• Partner with DICK'S Sporting Goods on integration decisions and standards.
• Build and develop the team, clarifying leadership roles and capability needs.

Skills

Retail domain knowledge

Executive leadership

Product management

Change management

Impact measurement

AI prototyping

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/Engineering/Marketing

Job description

Foot Locker is seeking a Vice President to lead product management, user research and experience design across our multi-brand retail landscape. This role focuses on AI-enabled interaction, strategy alignment, and value-focused portfolio management, partnering with Engineering and DICK'S Sporting Goods to drive adoption and measurable business impact.

The hybrid NYC role emphasizes in-office collaboration three days per week, with a drive to ship prototypes, test ideas and scale solutions that