Nike by You serves Men’s, Women’s, and Kids’ athletes across all sport categories. As a co-creation service, Nike by You empowers athletes* and consumers to personalize product through color, material, and embellishment choices, creating one-of-one footwear that reflects their individual point of view and personal style. We are looking for self-starters, quick learners, clear communicators, team players, and strong leaders to join our team. If that sounds exciting to you, we’d love to hear from you.
We are hiring two Lead Footwear Developers for Nike by You.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As part of the Nike by You, Product Development team, this role partners closely with key footwear functions including Color and Material Design, Product Management, PCC/PMO, Digital Product Creation, Sourcing, Planning, and Operations. You will navigate Nike’s matrixed environment to ensure alignment with Global Footwear Development, engineering, and materials standards for product excellence. Serving as the primary liaison between PCC/PMO partners and the PHK product team, you will drive clear, accurate communication throughout the product development process and report to the Senior Manager of Product Development, Speed and Nike by You.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a Lead Footwear Product Developer to play a critical role on the Nike by You Footwear Product Creation Team, driving product excellence for the Nike by You consumer in a fast-paced, close-to-market environment. As a Lead Footwear Product Developer, this person will provide project and process direction, within the project team, at an accelerated pace and close to market working from product creation through the digital expression to product launch. The ideal candidate needs to have demonstrated project management, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in a product development environment. As a member of the Nike by You product creation team, this person will effectively build relationships, lead, and interact with teams across Nike by You Footwear Product Creation across all areas of the Nike by you business.
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, material development, engineering, physical sciences or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- 6+ years of Footwear Product Creation experience
- Background in engineering, material development, and footwear product testing is a plus.
- Lead footwear product development projects at an accelerated pace, through all phases of product creation as well as supporting the digital team for digital product expression of the product you will be working on.
- Provide project and process direction within cross-functional product creation teams
- Drive innovation and product initiatives across footwear dimensions and divisions.
- Leverage deep technical knowledge across lasts, uppers, materials, tooling, costing, engineering, testing, and manufacturing.
- Motivated and driven self-starter who can exhibit strong project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Communicate effectively across functions, geographies, and leadership levels.
- Demonstrate resilient leadership with high tolerance for ambiguity and changing priorities.
- Evaluate and evolve processes in engineering and/or material development to bring elevated products to the Nike by You consumer.
- Build strong partnerships across global, culturally diverse teams.
- Known ability to identify opportunities to improve the product creation process and help evolve new standards for speed, clarity, and execution excellence.
- Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution to deliver product excellence.
- Travel up to 15% as needed.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As a Lead Footwear Product Developer for Nike by You, you will create the future of customization and personalization by leading footwear projects across Men’s, Women’s, and Kids, bringing ideas from product created in our Sport teams to life in a way that provides unique customization and personalization opportunities for our consumers. This role drives product and process excellence in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, ensuring projects deliver against design intent, performance, cost, sustainability, timing expectations, and digital expression while meeting the consumer needs.
- Drive product and process excellence across assigned projects
- Develop Nike footwear through color, material, and graphic execution
- Solve construction and manufacturing challenges proactively
- Manage projects through all phases to meet critical dates
- Balance design, performance, cost, sustainability, digital expression, and product integrity
- Partner cross-functionally to deliver consumer-relevant product
- Partner with our digital team to create a compelling online customization experience for our consumer
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, material development, engineering, physical sciences or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 6+ years of footwear product creation experience
- Background in engineering, material development, and footwear product testing
- Experience leading footwear product development projects through all phases and supporting digital product expression
- Deep technical knowledge across lasts, uppers, materials, tooling, costing, engineering, testing, and manufacturing
- Strong project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Effective communication across functions, geographies, and leadership levels
- Ability to evaluate and evolve engineering and material development processes
- Travel up to 15% as needed
Nike Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nike and has not been reviewed or approved by Nike.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is complemented by options such as a Mega Backdoor Roth and deferred compensation for eligible earners. Financial coaching and structured savings programs support long-term financial security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a stock discount sits alongside broad-based equity vehicles like RSUs and non-qualified stock options. These avenues expand wealth-building opportunities beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave includes maternity and paternity time, recently expanded in the U.S. to 16 weeks and extended to part-time retail teammates. Additional supports include childcare assistance at select locations and family-building benefits such as fertility, surrogacy, and adoption.
Nike Insights
What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., we innovate to serve athletes*. Every teammate - from coder to creator - plays a role in making these athletes’ dreams real. Our tech, data, and digital teams push limits every day, building the future of sport and the tools that drive it. Here, curiosity is fuel. Innovation is the game plan. Different perspectives keep us on the offense. You’ll solve challenges worth tackling, grow fast and belong to a team that backs you to do the right thing. Bring your drive. Bring your bold. Let’s move the world, together. Take your first step at nike.com/careers * If you have a body, you’re an athlete.
Why Work With Us
At NIKE, Inc., your dedication fuels the future of sport. There is a sense of pride that comes from representing an iconic brand and shaping its future. Here, we treat every day as a new opportunity to push boundaries, ask tough questions and share whole-hearted convictions. We are a team – united by the belief that anything is possible.
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