Senior Director, Technical Product Management, DAI

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

• 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