The Sports Product Management program hosts industry engagement events throughout the year, providing networking as well as educational opportunities.
Info Sessions
Join us for a recruiting event to find out more about how our program is structured, the admissions process, post-graduation careers, and much more.
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Start the new year with momentum. If you're passionate about building the future of sports and outdoor products, this information session is where your 2026 transformation begins. Join us to explore the University of Oregon's immersive, 18-month Sports Product Management (SPM) master's program based in Portland, Oregon, one of the world's leading hubs for sports innovation.
The SPM program is built for early-career professionals ready to lead with purpose. With a global mindset, hands-on experience, and mentorship from industry experts, you'll gain the tools to stand out—and the confidence to lead.
During this information session, you'll go behind the scenes of a program designed to launch careers in this competitive industry. You'll learn:
- The structure and curriculum of our full-time Portland-based master's program
- How students network with leaders at global brands like Nike, adidas, On, Keen, and Columbia Sportswear
- Tips for submitting a strong application
- What hands-on learning looks like in our on-campus innovation lab
- Career opportunities in product line management, merchandising, brand strategy, supply chain, and more
- Insights from current students, with a live question and answer session
Register now to secure your spot and take the first step toward a career in sports product management.
4:00–5:00 p.m.
During this exclusive virtual, fireside chat-style info session, you'll hear directly from a group of UO Sports Product Management (SPM) master's students who were brought together for their team product project. Join Team Arneau to hear how they brought a complex product challenge to life, ask questions, get inspired, and imagine what you could build.
In the University of Oregon's immersive, 18-month Sports Product Management master's program, we don't just study product creation, we practice it, and the team product project is a defining element of the SPM experience. Beginning at orientation, students are intentionally placed into diverse, multifunctional teams that reflect the global sports and outdoor product industry. Each team brings together varied undergraduate degrees, functional strengths, countries of origin, communication styles, and lived experiences. This intentional diversity fuels stronger collaboration, sharper problem-solving, and more meaningful innovation.
Team Arneau took on a bold challenge: reimagining the traditional ballet pointe shoe, a product known for breaking down within weeks, contributing to athlete pain, injury risk, material waste, and high global costs.
Meet the team:
- Kara Cranston, team lead and materials
- Nico Borromeo, developer
- Mike Smoluk, costing and sourcing
- Cade Marshall-Bowman, factory contact and prototyping
- Pilar Agudelo, designer
Together, they navigated user research, materials innovation, sourcing strategy, factory communication, and brand positioning, mirroring the cross-functional dynamics of the global sports product industry.
If you're passionate about product management, development, design, brand marketing, innovation, sustainability, or the business of sport, this event offers a behind-the-scenes look at how next-generation product leaders are developed.
You will gain insight into:
- The power of diverse, multifunctional teamwork
- How collaboration drives stronger product outcomes
- What it takes to move from concept to prototype to positioning
- How the SPM program prepares students for leadership roles in the global sports and outdoor product industry
Secure your spot today. Space is limited.
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Start the new year with momentum. If you're passionate about building the future of sports and outdoor products, this information session is where your 2026 transformation begins.
Join us to explore the University of Oregon's immersive, 18-month Sports Product Management master's program based in Portland, Oregon, one of the world's leading hubs for sports innovation. Built for early-career professionals ready to lead with purpose, the program's global mindset, hands-on experience, and mentorship from industry experts will allow you to gain the tools to stand out and the confidence to lead.
You'll learn:
- The structure and curriculum of our full-time Portland-based master's program
- How students network with leaders at global brands like Nike, adidas, On, Keen, and Columbia Sportswear
- Tips for submitting a strong application
- What hands-on learning looks like in our on-campus innovation lab
- Career opportunities in product line management, merchandising, brand strategy, supply chain, and more
- Insights from current students, with a live question and and answer session
Go behind the scenes of a program designed to launch careers in this competitive industry. Register now to secure your spot and take the first step toward a career in sports product management.
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Industry Events
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Commencement
Commencement ceremonies for the Sports Product Management program typically take place in March. Current students in the online cohort will have their commencement in June.