Manager, Digital Product & Content

Overview

This role is HYBRID out of our Irving, TX. tech hub

Foot Locker, Inc. is seeking a hands‑on engineering leader with deep technical expertise to drive innovation in our Product and Content product team. In this role, you’ll lead and mentor a dedicated group of engineers while actively contributing to the codebase—breaking ground on complex features, removing technical blockers, and setting best practices. You’ll be pivotal in delivering scalable solutions that power seamless checkout experiences across web and mobile, ensuring performance, reliability, and security at every step.

Your leadership will directly influence customer satisfaction and revenue growth as you guide the team toward delivering world‑class digital commerce experiences.

• Lead development efforts in building a robust Product and Content platform to support online browsing and shopping capabilities
• Collaborate with product management and design to refine concepts, estimate work, and prioritize features.
• Work with multiple teams to solve business problems while continue to automate the development and release processes.
• Work across other technical teams to outline future system needs requirements, handle incident response and communication to ensure we meet business and engineering goals.
• Manage and develop team members via code reviews, mentoring, and technical design sessions.
• Implement a test‑driven development approach to deliver software capabilities.
• Stay current with industry trends to identify opportunities for new products and platform improvements
• Maintain robust testing suites and deployment processes
• Continuously improve engineering tools, workflows, and developer experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems or closely related field and 5 years of related work experience.
• Experience developing and maintaining critical real‑time serving systems in an environment where priorities are frequently shifting.
• Proven ability to use monitoring tools to proactively identify and resolve issues
• Experience leading and growing people both technically and professionally.
• Great product sense combined with strong technical communication skills.
• Worked in the high scale environment supporting browse, homepage, or similar content flows of a major ecommerce establishment.
• Experience in Java, J2EE, Spring, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager or similar Content Management Systems (CMS)

At this time, Foot Locker will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

At Foot Locker, we value innovation, authenticity, and integrity in all that we do. To uphold the security and fairness of our hiring process, we ask that candidates refrain from using AI tools, including ChatGPT, during interviews and assessments. To ensure a smooth and secure experience, please review the following guidelines:

• Cameras must be on for all virtual interviews.
• AI tools are strictly prohibited during interviews or assessments.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work together to create a transparent and equitable hiring experience.

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The annual base salary range is $130000 - $160000 / year. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible to receive short term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below.

Foot Locker Benefits
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• Employee Discount
• Paid Time Off
• Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
• 401(k) | Roth 401(k)
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
• Strong Company Culture
• Employee Resource Groups