WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Do you have a passion for sports, footwear, and delivering amazing product for athletes all around the world? We are looking for a Footwear Product Developer II who will work with cross functional partners to create and drive our product process. You will be an integral part of our Footwear Product Team to help drive product excellence! You will convert a project brief and a 2D design rendering into a 3D sample that meets the needs of our consumer. The candidate needs to be curious, team focused, have a passion for learning, solution orientated, and demonstrate a positive demeanor.

At Nike, we create world class products for all athletes, and we love what we do. If you have a passion for all Nike footwear products, and a curious mind that questions the present and looks to the future, we would love to hear from you.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will lead, guide and follow through on making decisions that will lead to timely product confirmation and sample delivery. You will execute product creation according to critical dates and performance/profitability goals. You will work with your multi-functional teammates to ensure manufacturability of product concepts. You will develop and utilize footwear knowledge to drive results and appropriately achieve project designs. You will apply fundamental understanding of multiple sports and standard methodologies to assure product quality and craftsmanship. In addition, you will engage in all phases of the product process to ensure projects are completed on time, can be commercialized, manufactured, while meeting design intent performance, costing and sustainability goals.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a member of the Footwear Development team you will work with key multi functional team partners like: Product Design, Product Management, Manufacturing, Operations, etc. You will also be the key partner to our teams in Asia including our factory partners to ensure we are creating the product that exceeds our consumer expectations. You will need to work within the Nike matrix to ensure our products meets our Footwear Development standard methodologies for product excellence. You will also be a key point of contact for our manufactuing partners and ensure that communication during the product development process is clear and accurate.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience and training

• A minimum of 2 years directly relevant work experience

• Proven verbal and written communication skills with an ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives

• Strong team first mentality that instills trust to deliver product excellence

• Excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail

• Experience in project management

• Creative problem-solving skills from concepts to application.

• Knowledge of product construction concepts, materials, and the product creation life cycle

• Demonstrates base level understanding of Consumer Product or Hardgoods

• The ability to read technical drawings, sketches and/or 3D digital files is a plus

• Ability to prioritize multiple work streams with competing priorities to deliver on tight timelines

• Knowledge of footwear pattern engineering, tooling or manufacturing processes is a plus

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.