Director, Global Football Footwear Product Management

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH This leader sits within Global Product Management for Nike Global Football Footwear, leading the product management vision and creation strategy. They guide a team of product managers and partners across Design, Development, Engineering, Sourcing, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Brand, Marketplace, Geo, and Consumer Insights to create athlete-informed footwear that blends performance, innovation, and commercial impact.

Through strong cross-functional leadership, they drive clarity, alignment, and momentum across the product creation journey while elevating both team performance and product excellence. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Nike Global Football is looking for a proven footwear product leader who knows how to translate athlete insight into footwear that moves the game forward.

This individual brings deep expertise across the full footwear creation process—from line planning and development through commercialization, manufacturing, and marketplace execution—and consistently turns strategy into exceptional product.

They bring a strong balance of strategic thinking and operational excellence, leading with clarity in dynamic environments, simplifying complexity, and building trust across diverse cross-functional teams. They understand how to make decisive choices, influence without authority, and keep the athlete at the center of every decision.

What you bring: 10+ years of experience in footwear product management, product creation, merchandising, or related fields. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Product Management, or a related field.

Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training. A minimum of 9 years directly relevant work experience Demonstrated expertise across the footwear creation process, including line planning, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and go-to-market execution.

Deep understanding of footwear construction, product engineering, materialization, fit, testing, a