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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 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, 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 in ACG, 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 performance Running footwear product!
Bachelor's degree in Product Development or Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Industrial Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
Minimum of 3 years directly applicable 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
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.