Running Footwear Product Line Manager (17585-1)

Product Line Manager - Performance Running Footwear

Req ID: 17585-1

Location: Beaverton, OR

Schedule: Hybrid, 4 days onsite / 1 day remote

Contract: Approximately 3 months

Travel: Potential for 1 domestic trip to Los Angeles

Start: ASAP preferred

We're seeking an experienced Product Line Manager to join a leading global sports and athletic brand on a short-term contract supporting its Core Running footwear business.

This is an exciting opportunity for a product professional who is passionate about footwear, running, sport, and consumer-driven product creation. You'll work alongside Product Management and cross-functional partners to help bring innovative performance footwear to market-from initial briefs through final product approval.

The ideal candidate is curious, collaborative, highly organized, and comfortable working across diverse teams to turn athlete and consumer insights into compelling product direction.

• Support multiple footwear product creation projects simultaneously, helping teams stay aligned through critical milestones and checkpoints.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, Technical Development, Merchandising, Marketing, and Testing teams.
• Help guide the footwear creation process from initial brief through final product approval.
• Develop insightful and inspiring seasonal color, material, and graphic briefs that support the overall footwear line.
• Leverage athlete and consumer insights to help identify problems to solve, product opportunities, and benefits that matter to consumers.
• Analyze consumer trends, competitive products, and market dynamics to inform product decisions.
• Support consumer research and focus groups and translate findings into actionable product recommendations.
• Help manage product information, data, samples, and key deliverables throughout the creation process.
• Prepare and deliver clear, compelling product presentations and high-level decks for cross-functional stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings and communicate updates, decisions, and next steps across upstream and downstream partners.
• Help ensure product teams deliver against key dates while maintaining a high level of accuracy and organization.
• Contribute to product storytelling that connects performance, design, consumer needs, and market opportunity.

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience preferred, particularly in product management, product creation, consumer research, marketing research, or a related product function.
• Direct product management or product creation experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working with footwear, athletic products, sporting goods, retail, or consumer products is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional product development and the ability to work effectively with creative, technical, merchandising, and marketing teams.
• Experience developing high-level product presentations and decks using Keynote, PowerPoint, or comparable tools.
• Strong presentation, communication, and storytelling skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build productive relationships with a wide range of partners.
• A collaborative, personable approach with a genuine interest in working as part of a team.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office/Microsoft 365 or comparable productivity tools.

The strongest candidates will bring a combination of product management expertise and footwear or performance sport experience. Experience with running footwear, color/material/graphics, athlete insights, consumer research, retail, or seasonal product creation will be especially valuable.

A passion for running, sport, and athletic product innovation is highly encouraged.

You'll have the opportunity to contribute to the creation of performance footwear for a globally recognized athletic brand while collaborating with talented teams across product, design, development, merchandising, and marketing.

This is a highly collaborative role with meaningful influence across multiple product initiatives and the opportunity to help shape products designed around the needs of athletes and consumers.

Candidates who are available to start immediately are strongly preferred.