WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We have multiple openings on the Core, Men’s Sportswear and Kobe teams. As a member of the Nike Product Development team, you will work collaboratively with key functional partners throughout the Product Development process. This includes Footwear Engineering, Footwear Product Testing, Footwear Material Design and Material Development, Product Design, Product Management, Product Merchandising, Sourcing and Operations, and our overseas partners – both within Nike and external to Nike. You will report to the Footwear Development Director in this category.

You will need to navigate the Nike matrix to ensure that our processes model and match Nike Footwear Development standard methodologies for product excellence. You will be the key point of contact for our overseas partners and ensure that communication during the product development process is clear and accurate.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

In the Men’s NSW Footwear teams, we create the future of streetwear, sport style, and fashion, through deep connections to culture and sport. Our team, in collaboration with other functions, creates products that represent the future of Air, streetwear, and the Kobe brand. We are looking for a Senior Footwear Product Developer to be an integral part of our Footwear Product Creation Team, creating amazing Sportswear, Performance and Kobe footwear. The ideal candidate needs to have demonstrated proven project management experience, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in a footwear product development setting. In addition, we are looking for people that are self-starters, quick learners, clear communicators, team players and that exhibit strong leadership skills. As a member of our Nike team, we’ll look for you to display an aptitude to gain knowledge of our consumer’s footwear needs and to solve problems that are relevant and impactful.

As our Senior Footwear Developer you'll drive product and process excellence within a team environment for your assigned projects. Working on highly complex footwear projects, you will convert a project brief and a design rendering into a sample that meets the needs of the consumer as well as the needs of the business. You’ll utilize your knowledge and experience to enhance product excellence. You'll engage in all phases of the product 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. In addition, you’ll ensure that your projects are ready for the commercialization process and can ultimately be manufactured. In short, you get to create amazing footwear product!

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education, experience and training

• Preferred degree in Product Development or Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Industrial Design or similar field 

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience

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

• Knowledge of footwear manufacturing technologies and equipment, tooling, and materials is highly preferred

• Understanding of product planning, forecasting, and process planning with strong communication skills

• Plus, any country specific items required by local laws (check with your local legal partners)

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

As our Senior Footwear Product Developer at Nike, you'll drive product and process excellence within a team environment for your assigned projects and will recommend and specify the material, component and construction to meet key features and performance goals. As a Senior Product Developer, you will also apply your understanding of sophisticated innovation concepts to the in-line product process and offering. You will apply your expert level of footwear technical knowledge to drive 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, balanced, and timely 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 excellence. You will engage in all phases of the product 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.

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.