Product Manager – Venum

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Drive the creation of high-performance fight products rooted in Venum’s combat DNA, while ensuring

commercial impact and clarity of the range.

Own product from insight to market: build relevant, credible and scalable assortments across fight

and adjacent categories.

Based in Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris), in Venum’s new offices

Key Responsibilities

• Build clear and structured product ranges based on usage (training / sparring / competition / lifestyle)
• Define product architecture (good / better / best) balancing credibility and business performance
• Identify opportunities to simplify SKU landscape while strengthening key franchises
• Ensure alignment with brand positioning: fight credibility first, business growth always

Product Creation & Development

• Lead product creation from brief to go-to-market in close collaboration with Design, Development and sales
• Translate consumer insights into concrete product specifications (fit, materials, features, price
• Ensure products meet performance expectations specific to combat sports (durability,
• Drive speed-to-market with agile and efficient development cycles
• Capture and translate combat sports usage needs (boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, BJJ, wrestling)
• Understand different consumer profiles (gym practitioners, fighters, lifestyle consumers)
• Monitor competitors and identify gaps/opportunities to strengthen Venum’s positioning
• Stay connected to the field (gyms, athletes, coaches, rings)

Business Ownership

• Build commercially relevant assortments (price ladder, margins, volume drivers vs image products)
• Track product performance and define action plans (repeat, scale, kill)
• Support key launches and franchises with strong product storytelling
• Contribute to seasonal and long-term category strategy

Cross-functional Leadership

• Work closely with Design, Development, Sales, Merchandising and Marketing
• Ensure clear communication and alignment across all stakeholders
• Lead projects with ownership and accountability from concept to delivery

Key Relationships

• Design (Apparel, Equipment, Footwear) and Product Development & Materials
• Sales and merchandising

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong understanding of product creation process (apparel and/or equipment )
• Ability to balance performance credibility and business objectives
• Structured thinker with strong product vision
• Agile, fast and solution-driven mindset
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Hands-on, pragmatic and execuƟon-focused
• Interest and curiosity for combat sports and/or performance products

Requisite Education & Experience

• 3–5 years experience in Product Management
• Background in performance, sport or technical products (apparel, equipment, footwear)
• Strong understanding of materials, construcƟon and product usage
• Fluent in English and French