WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As Senior Innovator, you will report directly to the Korea Innovation Director of Product Development, based in Busan. You’ll collaborate with Innovation Project Leaders and experts across engineering disciplines—Product, Tooling, Pattern, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Costing, Sustainability, Knit Engineering, Robotics, Process Optimization, and Product Development. You’ll work closely with Nike and its manufacturing partners in Korea, and have opportunities to engage with teams across Asia and the USA.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Nike is seeking a curious and driven Senior Innovator with deep experience in footwear development and manufacturing. The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver, agile learner, and strong team player who thrives in ambiguous environments and can deliver results across competing priorities. You are a self-starter, flexible thinker, and effective communicator, comfortable working cross-functionally and influencing diverse perspectives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Design, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in footwear product engineering, manufacturing, or development
- Strong material knowledge and fundamentals in footwear manufacturing and testing
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe, 3D viewer, Air Table, Miro, etc.
- Strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple engineering workstreams
- Proven storytelling and influencing skills to drive consensus and align stakeholders
- Demonstrated verbal and written English communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to manage competing priorities
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You will deliver disruptive innovations that bring new performance benefits, balancing goals for performance, manufacturability, cost, and sustainability. You’ll be the connective voice across multi-functional teams, driving product and process excellence from initial idea to physical samples, ensuring performance and manufacturing validation while maintaining vision and design intent.
- Navigate ambiguity and deliver disruptive innovations within performance, manufacturability, cost, and sustainability goals
- Serve as the connective voice across multi-functional teams from WHQ, development centers, and manufacturing centers
- Drive product and process excellence from concept to physical samples, including validation of performance and manufacturing
- Collaborate with product development, engineering, material, and chemical teams to commercialize product innovations
- Work with engineers and visual communicators to create comprehensive presentations and documentation
- Develop, lead, and implement high-profile program development initiatives and processes
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 5 years' experience in footwear product engineering, manufacturing, or development
- Strong material knowledge and fundamentals in footwear manufacturing and testing
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe, 3D viewer, Air Table, Miro, etc.
- Strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple engineering workstreams
- Proven storytelling and influencing skills to drive consensus and align stakeholders
- Demonstrated verbal and written English communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to manage competing priorities
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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