Senior Product Line Manager, Global Football Apparel - Clubs & Federations

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

This role will work with Design, Tech Development, Merchandising, Operations, and Sports Marketing teams to manage the product creation cycle.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Sr. Product Line Manager to join our Global Football Apparel Licensed (Clubs and Federations) team.  This role will partner with the apparel product creation team, and drive process and strategy for the best Clubs, Federations, and Athletes in the world.

We are looking for someone that can establish, maintain, and cultivate key relationships with the teams, leagues, and recognize consumer and competitive trends in key global markets. The ideal candidate will be able to leverage athlete, consumer, and marketplace insights and translate them into impactful product narratives and strategies that resonate at a local level.  The Sr. Product Line Manager will lead and collaborate with a specialized product team to deliver and showcase the most innovative and high-performance product in the industry for athletes as well as collaborate with local teammates to deliver retail assortments for consumers. This role will provide an analysis of the current business including bookings and sell-through by channel, country, GEO, style and color, etc.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.

• 3+ years' experience in relevant product related roles

• Product Management and Merchandising skills and understanding of the product process

• Strong business orientation, analytical aptitude, and retail math

• Strong business management experience

• Demonstrated leadership capability, including ability to motivate, negotiate and influence

• Strong global awareness with the ability to navigate international perspectives and cultural differences

• Experience with Keynote, Adobe Suite, PowerPoint and Excel

• Deep knowledge and understanding of athletes, marketplace and consumer landscape

• Passion or interest in Global Football (Soccer) is a plus

• Ability to travel internationally up to 10%

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

You will be responsible for understanding the consumer and analyzing product and competitive trends across key markets. Leveraging these insights, you will inform product creation, delivery, and pricing decisions that align with consumer needs, market dynamics, and channel strategies.

In this role, you will define and communicate a compelling vision for product categories, bringing it to life through strong, end-in-mind storytelling and consumer-right strategies. You will serve as the business voice in key product creation meetings, guiding alignment on product line direction, costing, and pricing.

You will drive execution of key initiatives and guide the product creation process in close partnership with cross-functional teams, including Product, Graphic Design, Materials, Technical Design, Merchandising, Development, and Operations. Additionally, you will oversee the development of presentations to support product sell-in.

You will own line planning at the style/SKU level to optimize productivity, margin, and revenue, while also building and maintaining strong relationships with clubs, federations, and Nike Sports Marketing partners.

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.