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Sr Director Technical Product Management, DAI
Global Grade 55
Beaverton, OR
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
At Nike, we leverage the power of data and technology to serve athletes* around the world. The Data & AI (DAI) team is at the forefront of this mission—building scalable, secure, and intelligent platforms that power decision-making and personalized experiences across the Nike ecosystem.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a visionary Technical Product Management leader with a passion for building world-class data platforms and services. You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and have a proven track record of leading high-performing, cross-functional engineering teams. We are looking for someone that is deeply technical, business-savvy, and customer-obsessed.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
The Senior Director of Technical Product Management is a strategic leader who oversees the full spectrum of platform and technical products that power enterprise-scale systems. This role sets vision and strategy, influences technology direction, and drives enterprise impact through team leadership, innovation, and cross-functional alignment.
- Lead and scale a team of Technical Product Managers responsible for building Nike’s next-generation data services platform.
- Drive the design and development of API-first, Tier-1, business-critical data services that are secure, scalable, and resilient.
- Partner with business facing products, engineering, and platform teams to define and execute the technical roadmap for Nike’s Lakehouse and Data Mesh strategy.
- Champion best practices in data governance, data pipelines, and platform observability.
- Foster a culture of Technical Product excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to align Product led initiatives with Nike’s broader business and technology goals.
- Manage executive stakeholder relationships and drive alignment on complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Ensure product investments support scalability, resilience, and long-term business agility
- Create and govern frameworks for product lifecycle management, OKRs, and KPIs
Skillset Required
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus 12+ years of progressive product management experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership capacity or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.
- 7+ Years strong foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and data platforms.
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI.
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or GCP Cloud SQL, Apache Spark and Apache Airflow.
- Strong understanding of Lakehouse architecture, Data Mesh principles, data governance frameworks, and modern data pipelines.
- Proven ability to deliver high-impact, API-first services at scale.
- Proven leadership in managing extra-large, complex product portfolios with cross-functional influence.
- Experience driving major transformation programs (e.g., modernization, platform unification, data strategy)
- Proven capability in building, mentoring, and retaining high- Demonstrated success influencing C-level stakeholders and performing product teams at scale
- technology leadership
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
