Technical Product Manager

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NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

The first spark of a product idea sets the NIKE, Inc. Product team into motion. The team of developers, testers, engineers, designers and managers obsess over Nike's iconic silhouettes and create groundbreaking new styles. They collaborate, ideate and refine products' construction, fit and materials. They maintain a keen understanding of consumer and market trends. They skillfully operate at the intersection of buyer needs, technical feasibility and business objectives. And they work lockstep with Merchandising, Design, Manufacturing and others to produce the final result: products that reflect the soul of sport and inspire athletes to reach new levels of performance.

As Nike accelerates and operationalizes its One Technology Roadmap; it has become apparent there is a need for a team and structure that will be responsible for building high-quality enterprise products and platforms at scale. Technology Product Management will play an integral part of the North America Technology team as we move into a technology-led strategy for Nike, with the Technology Product Manager being an essential component of that team. This function has a deep understanding of how to bring the best of Global and Geography Tech together, including a deep understanding of how to leverage platform capabilities.
Who are we looking for
We are hiring for the position of Technology Product Manager (TPM) supporting the Enterprise Data & Analytics, Nike Direct Core Data Products, North America.

As the Lead Technical Product Manager, you will you'll be part of the North America Technical Product Management Org at Nike. You and your teammates will be part of an empowered, highly capable team collaborating with other technology teams to deliver on Nike's North America business priorities. You will assist with strategy development while working closely with a market leading partner to develop, configure and deliver capabilities. You should have a demonstrable history of dimensional and transactional data principles; business and technical competence; partnering with architecture, solution delivery and vendor team members. Key deliverables include building and delivering on the Nike Direct Core Data products roadmap, driving new foundational data to support Nike Direct and Consumer Insights & Analytics capabilities for NA. This is a full lifecycle role.

As a TPM Leader, you will focus on driving excellence in product and platform strategy and execution. You will work in close collaboration with various teams within Global & North America Technology (e.g., Digital Technology Program Office, Engineering leaders) and key Functional Teams across the business (e.g., Global and North America Operations Teams, Marketplace). TPM Leaders will require experience designing creative, quality technical products and enabling business capabilities and objectives through technology.

Lead and manage end to end enterprise roadmap

• Lead the creation of an end-to-end product/platform vision and multi-year roadmap for a function in partnership with Engineering teams and the business
• Partner with all stakeholders to understand Business needs, outcomes and value and ensure roadmaps are aligned to those needs
• Ensure roadmaps account for and integrate dependencies across functional areas within Domains
• Ensuring Tech Team roadmaps account for and integrate dependencies across functional areas within Domains
• Collaborating with other TPM's, Domain TPM's and the Central TPM Leader to address dependencies across Global & North America Tech; provide inputs into overall end to end Global & North America Tech roadmap development

Define product and platform strategy

• Partnering with all stakeholders to understand business needs and goals and providing strategic advice on how to respond
• Utilizing a "customer-centric" mindset in designing roadmaps and building products/platforms that both meet current and future enterprise needs
• Developing product and platform strategies using Agile methodology to ensure they deliver outsized value toNorth America Tech quickly and are built to be scalable and agile
• Bringing best-in-class market and industry insights to platform and product strategy

Deliver value to the business via products & platforms while elevating product management maturity

• Use a value framework to make product and platform decisions
• Drive the execution steps of product management in accordance with the value framework
• Drive adherence to all standard TPM ways of working (e.g., process, artifacts, templates, collaboration models)
• Track value delivered, product adoption, performance, and execution against the end to end roadmap and adjusting roadmaps as necessary
• Ensure TPM maturity throughout all levels of the Tech Team, including support for the discipline (e.g., role development, career pathing)

Who will you work with
You will be responsible for working closely with Engineering teams, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., other TPM's, Business leads, Domain leads, HR/Finance), and facilitating decision-making across priorities with Portfolio Management. You will work with our North America Consumer Insights & Analytics partners and cross-functional teams in Nike Direct, NA Commercial Analytics, NA Planning to understand the needs and aspirations of our consumers.

What you bring
You should be skilled in product management, analytics, a structured and data-driven thinker, and excellent interpersonal skills. Experience designing creative, quality technical products and enabling business capabilities and objectives through technology will be critical. You should be comfortable conducting user research, usability testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, and analytics. Additionally, you should be a skilled communicator with experience forming alliances and bringing together multiple team members to complete a common mission.

We're looking for someone with at least 5+ years of experience in product management and clearly demonstrated these skills:

• Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience and training
• Strong Analytical and Data Visualization Skills
• Great discernment and communication skills
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills
• Strong meeting and work session facilitation skills
• Strong project planning and organizational skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Validated ability to adapt to new technologies and tools, changing needs, processes, and ambiguity
• Solid understanding of Design Thinking Concepts and Design Leadership
• Strong understanding of Value-Driven Frameworks

Additional preferences are:

• Product Management experience conducting strategic quantitative and or qualitative analysis in a cross-functional enterprise environment in the tech industry to support and improve business operations involving program, process, or product management
• Leading day to day project communications and contributing to Sr. executive management reports and business presentations
• Product Management, strategic management consulting, financial analysis, sales/business development, technology, and P&L management
• Writing both long and short-term product planning reports, including strategic market analysis, product placement, and financial/business reporting

Nike requires all applicants for this position to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of hire, unless otherwise required by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Nike will make accommodations to individuals who cannot be vaccinated in accordance with applicable law.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.