Principal, 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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Nike leverages data and technology to serve athletes
* globally, with its Data, Analytics and Intelligence (DAI) team building scalable, secure, and intelligent platforms to power decision‑making and personalized experiences across the Nike ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is excellent at navigating the unknowns and working with multiple stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization. Possessing an advanced ability to translate complex engineering concepts into actionable product strategies. An excellent communicator to both technical and non‑technical audiences, with the ability to speak concisely, highlighting key insights at the right level of detail. We are looking for people whose core values align with Nike’s mission and vision to “Bring innovation and inspiration to every athlete
* in the world”.

The Principal Technical Product Manager will lead the strategy, development, and execution of complex, data‑driven products within Nike’s Global Technology division. You will operate at the intersection of technical product management, technology, and business strategy, steering multi‑squad initiatives from discovery and validation through launch and ongoing maturity. This role is accountable to ensure measurable outcomes aligned with quarterly, annual, and multi‑year business objectives, directly influencing the success of cross‑functional teams and major programs.

• Define and execute technical product strategies aligned to business goals, spanning quarterly, annual, and multi‑year horizons.
• Lead cross‑functional teams through the full product lifecycle—ideation, discovery, validation, delivery, and adoption with a focus on demonstrable value.
• Promote and evolve product management practices, championing Agile/Lean methodologies and best practices across teams.
• Oversee and manage the lifecycle of data products, including product vision, roadmap, and strategy for critical data platforms.
• Analyze costs and benefits for new systems or integrations, and act as liaison between business stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Define and prioritize sprint and quarterly goals, facilitate agile ceremonies, and ensure backlog alignment with strategic objectives.
• Communicate product progress, risks, and KPIs to senior management and stakeholders, advocating adoption and value across business units.
• Identify and remove roadblocks, triage defects, and clarify issues to ensure smooth delivery.
• Mentor and coach junior product professionals, contributing to organisational capability building.
• Work with teams to translate enablers into value‑driven stories, facilitate process mapping, feature mapping with personas, gap analysis, and data flow assessment.
• Influence and align stakeholders across engineering, design, business strategy, operations, partners, and senior leadership.
• Contribute to future‑state architecture planning and technical decision‑making, especially for enterprise‑scale data products in the retail domain.

This role is inherently cross‑functional by design. You will work closely with technical engineering teams and business counterparts (both local and global), other product teams, and others to bring experiences to market.

• Engineering & Architecture teams
• UX / Design and Research
• Business Strategy & Operations
• External vendors and strategic partners

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred). Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• 8–12+ years in product management with a strong technical…