The company is looking to hire a Footwear Product Developer II to help drive product excellence, manage product creation plans, and assist in process optimization for their Athlete Promo Footwear (APF) line. The goal is to create world-class product for athletes that meets rigorous performance standards and is delivered on time.
Requirements
- Knowledge of product construction concepts, materials, and the product creation life cycle.
- The 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.
Responsibilities
- Develop and apply a fundamental understanding of multiple sports and standard methodologies to identify product and testing requirements and assure product performance through physical and field-testing (fit).
- Recommend and specify material, component and construction options to meet key features and product performance goals.
- Engage in all phases of the product process to ensure projects are completed on time, meet design intent, and can be commercialized and manufactured.
- Convert a project brief and a 2D design rendering into a 3D sample.
- Ensure the rigorous performance standards required by athletes* are maintained.
- Push the edge of expression via rich storytelling.
Other
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related field; will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
- Minimum of 1 year work experience in a product creation relevant role or 2 years of additional proven experience.
- Proven verbal and written communication skills with an ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives.
- Project management experience.
- Ability to prioritize multiple work streams with competing priorities to deliver on tight timelines.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
