Product Manager

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

Product Strategy & Range Building

• 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 positioning)

• Ensure products meet performance expectations specific to combat sports (durability,

protection, ergonomics)

• Drive speed-to-market with agile and efficient development cycles

Consumer & Market Insight

• 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
• Marketing / Athletes / Partnerships

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 execution-focused
• Interest and curiosity for combat sports and/or performance products

Requisite Education & Experience

• 4–8 years experience in Product Management
• Background in performance, sport or technical products (apparel, equipment, footwear)

• Strong understanding of materials, construction and product usage
• Fluent in English and French (or willing to learn)

How to Apply

If you’re interested in joining Venum and contributing to the future of fight products, we’d love to

hear from you.

Please send your application (CV + short introduction) to: [email protected]

• Only applications sent to this email address will be reviewed.