Lead Product Line Manager, NikeSKIMS

About the Role The Lead Product Line Manager helps shape and scale the NikeSKIMS Apparel business, owning an apparel category end-to-end from multi-season vision and line architecture through seasonal execution. The role reports to the NikeSKIMS Senior Director Product & Merchandising and partners closely with fellow Product Line Managers, Merchandising, Design, Product Development, and other stakeholders across Nike and SKIMS. The postholder collaborates daily with Materials/Trims, Brand, Consumer Insights, Planning, Sourcing, and Finance, acting as a senior connector between the two brands. The role is accountable for the long-range health of the category and for delivering product that fuses Nike's performance authority with SKIMS' mastery of fit, form, and feel. Key Responsibilities Own an apparel category end-to-end, setting the multi-season vision, shaping line architecture, and driving seasonal execution against brand ambition and commercial targets. Be accountable for the long-range health of the category, including its season-over-season evolution, franchise building and scaling, and cohesive in-market assortment over time. Work daily with Design, Development, Brand, Consumer Insights, and Merchandising teams to build seasonal product stories that fuse Nike innovation with SKIMS design DNA. Lead the triad, keeping projects on pace and communicating with clarity across Nike and SKIMS partners. Drive line plans, assortment architecture, and future product strategies, balancing near-term seasonal delivery with a multi-season roadmap that builds icons, grows franchises, and creates space for newness. Partner with Consumer Insights to bring the consumer's voice into every gate of the product creation process, from brief to buy, and leverage consumer and marketplace insights to create product narratives that resonate emotionally and drive commercial impact. Champion the fit, feel, and emotional resonance that make NikeSKIMS distinctive. Drive on-calendar delivery across product briefs, design reviews, merchandising plans, and marketplace distribution on a weekly basis. Manage the process for translating cultural moments, consumer feedback, and marketplace signals into product decisions. Keep downstream partners aware and accountable, ensuring the collection shows up in-market with intention, cohesion, and impact. Required Experience & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Retail Merchandising, or related field; will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training. A minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience. Proven ability to lead product creation teams in building elevated apparel collections across the seasonal calendar. Proven ability to manage an apparel category end-to-end and drive multi-season strategy, from long-range vision and line architecture to seasonal execution and in-market performance. Demonstrated fluency in the female consumer, including her lifestyle, aesthetic preferences, fit expectations, and how she shops across performance and lifestyle. Creativity and passion for product, trend, fashion, colour, fit, and style. Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills. Demonstrated knowledge of the women's activewear marketplace, alongside a strong pulse on culture and fashion. Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including the ability to motivate, influence, negotiate, and impact the triad across two brand organisations. Strong business management experience, analytical proficiency, and understanding of retail math, with experience in Excel/Keynote/Miro/MMX. Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%. Ability to thrive in ambiguity, navigate competing priorities, and embrace the creative tension that comes with building something new between two powerhouse brands. Consumer-obsessed, with a deep understanding of the NikeSKIMS consumer and the ability to translate her needs, desires, and cultural cues into product. Ability to establish and cultivate relationships across the broader NikeSKIMS organisation while recognising cultural, competitive, and consumer trends shaping women's activewear and lifestyle. Ability to lead cross-functionally to deliver distinctive, innovative, and elevated product, and to curate a product line that feels unmistakably NikeSKIMS: strong, sexy, and made for her. Benefits & Perks Generous total rewards package. Dynamic and collaborative work environment. Diverse and inclusive culture. Electric atmosphere for professional development. Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Accommodations available during the interview process include screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. #J-18808-Ljbffr Global Sports Jobs Limited