Associate Product Manager

Foot Locker is seeking an Associate Product Manager to join our Launch Product Management team. In this role, you will support the delivery and evolution of key digital and store capabilities that power Foot Locker’s Launch and Launch Reservation program, focusing on driving increased revenue, reducing costs, and improving the customer experience.

Responsibilities:

• Gather, document, write, analyze, and validate business, technical, and functional requirements across launch product initiatives
• Collaborate with product managers, engineering, UX, SEO, operations, supply chain, analytics, and other partners to define and refine requirements that improve the customer launch experience
• Manage requirements and user acceptance criteria (UAC) within JIRA to ensure clarity, completeness, and alignment with business objectives
• Maintain product backlogs, ensuring stories are properly groomed, prioritized, and prepared for development at least three sprints in advance
• Partner with technical leads and product managers to break down complex initiatives into clear, actionable stories that can be delivered incrementally
• Identify gaps in process, communication, and documentation that may impact product delivery, adoption, or efficiency, and help drive improvement
• Support requirements gathering through discovery workshops, interviews, and analysis, in partnership with UX and Engineering
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, including Engineering teams, UX & UI, SEO, analytics, operations, supply chain and other business partners
• Assist Product Management Director with day-to-day activities such as backlog management, sprint execution, stakeholder communication, documentation, and competitive research
• Provide high-quality, detailed input for planning events (quarterly, sprint)
• Engage with the team to maintain a refined product backlog of two to three sprints ahead of current development work
• Lead product demonstrations at the end of each sprint (and ad hoc, when needed)
• Reflect honestly on their own work and participate in team retrospectives to promote best practices and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Computer Science, Marketing, or a related field
• Previous experience in a Business Analyst, Associate Product Manager, or similar role
• Strong technical aptitude with a good understanding of digital and web technologies, including ecommerce platforms, content systems, and front-end or service-based architectures
• Ability to translate technical and complex concepts into clear, well-structured business and product requirements
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Bias for action and willingness to roll up your sleeves to support execution and delivery
• Collaborative, relationship-oriented mindset with experience working on cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization
• Working knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and similar product management and documentation tools
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with high attention to detail
• Familiarity with the sneaker launch reservation process in FL and other popular brands