Director, Sport Product Management, Running - Global Accessories

Who You’ll Work With

This role reports to the VP of Global Accessories and will manage a PM team responsible for Running, Training, and Brand Impact sports. The team pioneers distinctive Accessories product shaped by deep athlete/consumer insights, igniting ideas through close partnership with global sport category, innovation, product and merchandising. The Director has a seat at the x-functional GM staff table, and the Accessories LT table. They represent Sport specific Accessories in strategy, concept, and seasonal product discussions and then inspire a cross functional crew —product management, design, product development - to create H2T athlete uniform solutions, deliver sport moments/promo, and seize outsized marketplace opportunities.

Who We Are Looking For

• A strategic, enterprise-minded leader who shapes product strategy and product creation across multiple interconnected teams.
• An excellent communicator, that can turn sport insights and category strategy goals into a clear, motivating product strategy that drives meaningful brand and business impact.
• Confident in ambiguity, they synthesize imperfect data, resolve complex cross-functional issues, and lead with accountability and influence.
• Steward expert level sport athlete and consumer insights with category business goals, build strong organizational partnerships, and influence/elevate the extended team around them.
• Ideal candidates are self-starters that bring a deep understanding of the athlete, product landscape, and marketplace, while balancing art and science to deliver brand and business results at scale.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the Sport Accessories product creation offense for Running and oversee 2 direct reports covering Training and Brand Impact Sports.
• Responsible for H2T vision for athlete uniform (headwear, socks, bags) for promo and retail.
• Craft the strategy, drive insight gathering and innovation map, align seasonal goals with merch and chassis team, and steer all stages of the creation process.
• Bring clarity, pace, and vision to a cross-functional team to deliver distinct, innovative, consumer-right product for your Sport X Accessories products.
• Bring extensive end-to-end to product creation experience; partner with sport category functions, innovation, and the extended chassis team to unlock Accessories specific opportunities rooted in athlete and consumer insight across chassis and expression—briefing to line management to hand-over presentations.
• Translate enterprise Sport and Accessories objectives into a clear, specific strategy, defined road map, and operating plan; sets measurable goals with regards to brand and business impact across the business segment.
• Lead creation of a sport athlete uniform roadmap and execution for key product and integration gates—Creative Launch, Strategic Innovation Review, Global Geo Handover, etc.
• Help the team navigate ambiguous, complex problems—balancing consumer insights with marketplace intelligence—to deliver consumer-right products for promo, sport moments, concepts and seasonal execution.
• Be an essential member of the leadership team and perform key managerial responsibilities including but not limited to stewarding our annual/seasonal product plans; developing teammates and culture; leading performance management, and resourcing decisions.