Product Developer II- Women's FW, Digital Expression (Multiple Openings)

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

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 will report to the Footwear Product Development Manager 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 are the key point of contact for our overseas partners and ensure that communication during the product development process is clear and accurate.

As a Digital Expression developer you will help drive the implementation of new digital tools in the product creation process through collaboration with digital tech & studio ops teammates and inline functional teams.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are hiring for multiple roles on the Womens Sportswear Footwear team. Our group is seeking someone who is obsessed with making world class product and understands what product excellence means.

We are looking for a Footwear Product Developer II 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 problemsolving skills in a product development setting. In addition we are looking for people that are selfstarters quick learners clear communicators team playersnavigates well through ambiguityand that exhibit strong leadership a member of our Nike team well look for you to display an aptitude to gain knowledge of our consumers footwear needs and to solve problems that are relevant and impactful.

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent combination of education experience and training

• Preferred degree in Product Development or Product Engineering Manufacturing Marketing Industrial Design or equivalent experience or training

• Minimum of 2 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

• Someone open to trying new tools and products to elevate our product creation process

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

As our Footwear Product Developer II at Nike youll 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 Footwear Product Developer II you will also apply your understanding of sophisticated innovation concepts to the inline product process and offering. You will apply your understanding of footwear technical knowledge to drive product creation 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.

• You will use 3D rendering tools to generate photorealistic replicas of your footwear developments to advance the Digital Expression process.

• Opportunity to work in new ways and deliver future capabilities for Nike footwear.

• Evaluate test and improve our tools for the product creation community.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson 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.