WHO YOU’LL 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 manufacturing partners and ensure that communication during the product development process is clear and accurate.

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 approach to creative problem solving.

As a member of the Global Football Development team, you will help drive product excellence for the Global Football consumers and elite level athletes across Men’s, Women’s and Kids. You will provide project and process direction within the project team to create highly technical performance product. As a member of the Global Football Development team, you will effectively build relationships and interact with teams across Nike Footwear Product Creation and with teams comprising of diverse cultures across various countries.

We are looking for people to join our team who are self-starters, quick learners, clear communicators, team players and that exhibit strong leadership skills.  If that sounds intriguing to you, we’d love to hear from you.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Industrial Design, Engineering, Marketing, Information Technology, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience or 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, with an ability to prioritize multiple workstreams with competing priorities to deliver on tight timelines

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

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

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

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will lead product teams through the creation process to bring to life high-level footwear and ensure on-time delivery of product according to critical dates and performance/profitability goals. You will develop and utilize footwear knowledge to drive results and appropriately achieve project designs. You will work with multi-functional teammates to ensure manufacturability of product concepts. You will apply fundamental understanding of multiple sports and standard methodologies to identify product and testing requirements and assure product performance through physical and field-testing (fit). You will recommend and specify material, component and construction options to meet key features and product performance goals. In summary, you will engage in all phases of the creation process to ensure projects hit performance, design, costing, and sustainability goals, and can be commercialized, manufactured, and delivered on time.

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.