Expert Product Line Manager, Energy Footwear

About the role

You will report to the Senior Director of Energy Product and partner closely with fellow Product Line Managers, Merchants, Design, Product Development and other key stakeholders across the Nike organizations. Beyond your core team, you will collaborate with Design, Product Creation teams, Brand Marketing, Consumer Insights, Planning, Sourcing, and Finance to bring product to life for the Energy category.

Responsibilities

The Expert Product Line Manager will lead a focused and intentional line of Global Energy Footwear, owning a clearly defined product scope and ensuring depth, clarity, and excellence across every stage of the footwear creation process. You will serve as a subject matter expert on the Footwear Creation Process and calendar, aligning critical gates and dates across the Energy/Quick Strike calendars. Partnering closely with Energy Marketing, Design, and Product Creation, you will develop footwear that ladders up to key cultural moments on the seasonal calendar and respond to ad‑hoc business needs. You will brief, line plan, and lead your assigned Energy Footwear line end‑to‑end, collaborating with product creation, design, merchandising, and brand teams, and act as the internal footwear subject matter expert and spokesperson for your specific Energy footwear scope, including work developed with external collaborators and cultural talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Retail Merchandising or a related field (or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training)
• Minimum of 8 years of directly relevant work experience
• Excellent and creative consumer/marketplace understanding
• Sophisticated understanding of lifestyle footwear (tastes, habits, preferences, interests & behaviours)
• Appreciation and understanding of macro/micro‑culture, style, luxury, and streetwear
• High taste level

Skills

• 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
• Strong connection to sport, culture, and creativity, with genuine excitement to contribute to Nike and be part of the Global Energy Footwear team