Product Manager - Retail Product Lines 3

Job Title

Product Manager – Retail Product Lines 3 (Basketball Apparel)

Location

Beaverton, OR (Onsite)

Duration

6 Months

ABOUT THE TEAM

You will work closely with the Basketball Senior Product Director as well as Design, Technical Development, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, and elite athletes.

Team scope

Basketball — FBAT Apparel Product Management, Global Jordan, JRD AP FBAT & Golf.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for someone that has strong product experience & intuition for business. Through honesty, integrity, and willingness, this candidate is looking to grow and challenge themselves. An individual who has a proven track record of positively influencing internal and external partners. This candidate will work with others as one team, supporting others in doing meaningful work, driving impact for the consumer and athlete, and connecting to sport and sport lifestyle every day. This person will think big, break down barriers, innovate and implement in service of the athlete.

The candidate needs to have heightened awareness of basketball, fashion and performance industries/competitive landscape, a passion for the brand and product, and confidence with verbal and written communication.

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON -

You will manage and oversee the product creation for our basketball consumer. This is a high visibility role with both strategic and creative facets of the work. You will lead product and design reviews, connect with merchandising at key strategy check-ins, participate in cross-functional meetings, create compelling visual tools to influence design, merchandising and our downstream geography partners.

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH -

Basketball Senior Product Director, Design, Technical Development, Merchandising, Sports Marketing, and elite athletes — partnering cross-functionally with Geo teams.

MUST-HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Retail Merchandising, Business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• Minimum 5+ years' relevant experience in product-related roles (Product Line Design/Management with apparel performance wear products; open to streetwear with a strong passion for basketball).
• Must have Product management experience.
• Basketball industry or culture experience — a genuine passion for basketball.
• Knows how things get from point A to B — can take a project from start to finish.
• Getting Geo feedback and implementing those changes into the design.
• Ability to communicate in consistent, clear, agile, and timely manner with cross-functional partners — written and verbally.
• Leads by example and can hold team accountable for meeting deadlines and delivering quality work.
• Ability to travel up to 30% domestic and international.

NICE-TO-HAVE

• Knowledge in performance apparel is a plus.
• Self-starter, can hit the ground running, takes initiative to learn processes and take on new challenges, comfortable in fluid and ambiguous environments.
• Strong communication skills, working highly cross functionally with Geo teams, can talk up or down seniority levels as needed.
• Leads with a positive collective spirit and creates a 'one team' environment across functions.
• Ability to operate effectively even when the way forward is not clear and to take an ambiguous situation and create a clear path forward for the cross-functional team.
• Strategic thinking with ability to balance elite athlete needs and unlock retail opportunities.

Previous our client/industry experience

highly preferred.

Education / Experience Substitutions

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Retail Merchandising, Business or related field — or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.