Retail Product Line Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce's client in Beaverton, OR is seeking a Lead Product Line Manager to support its Kids Basketball Footwear team. This role will help define and deliver product strategies and footwear collections designed for young basketball athletes.

Summary:
The Lead Product Line Manager will partner closely with cross-functional teams across Design, Development, Engineering, Materials, Merchandising, Brand, and Marketplace to take footwear products from consumer insight and initial briefing through development and commercialization.

Responsibilities:
* Lead the creation of Kids Basketball footwear from product brief through concept, development, testing, refinement, and commercialization
* Develop a strong understanding of the Kids Basketball consumer through consumer research, athlete feedback, product testing, marketplace insights, and competitive analysis
* Translate consumer and marketplace insights into clear product briefs outlining product vision, performance benefits, positioning, pricing, and marketplace opportunities
* Partner with Design, Development, Engineering, and Materials teams throughout the footwear creation process
* Help develop Kids versions of signature basketball footwear while ensuring products meet the unique fit, function, performance, construction, and price needs of young athletes
* Support seasonal footwear collections and key basketball franchises
* Evaluate concepts, prototypes, materials, testing, and consumer feedback to guide product decisions
* Balance consumer needs, design, performance, cost, timing, and commercialization requirements
* Manage multiple products and workstreams while driving decisions and maintaining key development milestones
* Communicate product strategies and stories to cross-functional partners

REQUIREMENTS:
* Strong experience in footwear product management, product line management, or a closely related footwear product creation role
* Strong understanding of the end-to-end footwear product creation process, including consumer insight, product briefing, concept development, testing, refinement, and commercialization
* Experience translating consumer and marketplace insights into actionable product briefs and product opportunities
* Experience partnering with cross-functional footwear teams such as Design, Development, Engineering, and Materials
* Ability to evaluate product concepts and make decisions balancing consumer needs, performance, design, cost, price, and timing
* Strong communication, storytelling, and cross-functional collaboration skills
* Ability to manage multiple products and workstreams in a fast\-paced product creation environment

Nice to have skills:
* 5+ years of footwear product management or product line management experience
* Experience with basketball, performance footwear, or athletic footwear
* Experience managing footwear products from initial brief through commercialization
* Experience developing seasonal footwear collections or managing established product franchises
* Experience with signature athlete or signature footwear products
* Knowledge of youth/Kids footwear, including considerations around fit, function, construction, materials, and pricing
* Strong understanding of basketball culture, youth consumer trends, and the athletic footwear marketplace

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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