Product Creation Business Operations Lead, Footwear [AQ-21929]

About the role

Aquent is partnering with a globally recognized athletic footwear and apparel company to find a Product Creation Business Operations Lead for a contract assignment supporting a high-profile footwear brand. This role is ideal for someone who understands how footwear or apparel products move through development and enjoys improving the processes, tools, and collaboration that make product creation successful. You’ll work closely with product and development teams to keep operations organized, improve workflows, and help cross-functional partners execute against shared priorities. The client is a global leader in athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment, focusing on innovation, performance, and marketing, partnering with top athletes and teams, and emphasizing sustainability and digital advancements to enhance the sports experience.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day business operations across footwear Product Management, Development, Design, Merchandising, and Planning teams.
• Maintain product creation calendars, track milestones, and communicate critical updates.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and implement improvements to processes and workflows.
• Build and maintain collaborative tools, trackers, reporting processes, and documentation.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings to resolve issues, align stakeholders, and drive execution.
• Prepare operational reports and translate information into actionable business insights.
• Develop process documentation and training materials to support consistent execution.
• Coordinate operational projects, managing timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product operations, business operations, project management, or process improvement.
• Understanding of physical product creation and development, ideally in footwear, apparel, or consumer products.
• Experience improving business processes and coordinating work across multiple functional teams.
• Strong organizational, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing project timelines, calendars, operational reporting, and documentation.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Skills

• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, and lookups.
• Experience building or maintaining collaborative tools and workflows using Airtable, Smartsheet, Miro, or similar platforms.

Benefits

• Support product creation operations for one of the world’s most recognizable athletic brands.
• Work closely with experienced leaders across footwear Product, Design, Development, and Merchandising.
• Make a tangible impact by improving the processes and tools used by global teams.
• Gain visibility across multiple functions within a complex product organization.
• Join an established team where your operational expertise can make an immediate difference.

Schedule

Ability to work onsite in Beaverton, Oregon, Monday through Thursday.