WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We are hiring for multiple Senior Footwear Product Developer positions on the Basketball, Energy, and Streetwear teams! As a member of the Jordan Footwear Development team, you will work collaboratively with key functional partners throughout the Product Development process to inform, drive and facilitate decisions that meet or exceed the design vision, athlete* performance and product excellence. You will be an active thought partner with Design, Product Management, Engineering, Materials, and Factory Product Creation Teams to develop processes and tools that push boundaries and create solutions that support the creation of Jordan’s game changing footwear products. You will report to the Footwear Product Development Director in this category.

You will need to navigate the Jordan Brand matrix and culture to ensure that our processes align to Jordan Footwear Development standards for product excellence and craftsmanship. You are the key point of contact for our overseas partners and will ensure that communication during the process is clear and accurate. You will develop and utilize existing footwear knowledge and project management experience to drive results and appropriately achieve project designs and business needs. You will recommend and specify material, component and construction options to meet key features and product performance goals. In addition, you will engage in all phases of the product process to ensure projects are completed on time and can be commercialized and manufactured at scale while meeting design intent for performance, costing and sustainability goals.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Senior Footwear Product Developer to be an integral part of our Footwear Product Creation Team, creating amazing footwear for our athletes*! The ideal candidate needs to have demonstrated proven footwear product creation & project management experience, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in a product development setting. In addition, we are looking for people that are self-starters, quick learners, clear communicators, and team players that exhibit strong leadership skills. As a member of our Jordan team, we’ll look for you to display an aptitude to gain knowledge of our consumer’s footwear needs and solve problems that are relevant and impactful.

• Bachelor’s degree in Product Development or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience or training

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience

• Instill trust & confidence to empower a project team in delivering product excellence through collaboration

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

• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail

• Flexible and easily adaptable to changing priorities and timelines

• Experience in project management with a proactive, inclusive and curious mindset

• In-depth understanding of product creation date and gates, with the ability to adjust project plans based on compressed timelines

• High profile communication and influencing skills, including the ability to interact with leadership and cross functional product creation team members

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

As a Senior Footwear Product Developer at Jordan Brand, you will drive product and process excellence within a team environment for your assigned projects. You will be able to build trust and work collaboratively to influence and recommend materials, components and constructions that meet key features, performance needs and craftsmanship standards. You will apply your technical knowledge and project management skills to support the product creation teams through 3D Prototyping, Bottom Tooling, Upper Patterns, Mold Design, Chemical, Materials, Costing, and Manufacturing to achieve project objectives in an efficient, effective, timely, and creative way.

• Working on complex footwear projects, you will convert a project brief and a 2D design rendering into a 3D sample that meets the needs of the consumer as well as the needs of the business.

• You will utilize your knowledge and experience to enhance product and process excellence.

• You will engage in all phases of the product creation process to ensure projects are managed according to critical dates and completed on time, while meeting design intent, performance goals, costing/profitability and sustainability targets. 

• You will ensure that your projects are ready for the commercialization process and can ultimately be manufactured on time, meeting Jordan standards of quality.

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.