WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As a member of the newly established NikeSKIMS Product Creation team, you will work in a fast-moving, agile environment in close partnership with SKIMS. You will collaborate with NIKE onshore and offshore footwear functional partners, including Innovation, Design, Product Management, Product Engineer, Material Development, Product Testing, PCC, PMO, and SKIMS partners.
You will serve as a key point of contact between PCC/PMO partners and the PHK product team, ensuring communication throughout the product creation and commercialization process is complete, clear, and accurate. Additionally, you will navigate the NIKE matrix to ensure the team’s process model aligns with NIKE Footwear Engineering standards and methodologies while consistently driving product excellence. This role reports to the Footwear Product Creation Lead.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The NikeSKIMS team is looking for a Senior Footwear Product Developer with overseas footwear experience to join the NikeSKIMS Product Creation team at PHK. This candidate will bring strong footwear product creation expertise, technical judgment, disciplined project management, and collaborative influence. They will translate design intent into manufacturable, high-quality products while driving speed, efficiency, and cross-functional alignment. They will leverage consumer insights to optimize business and product performance, evaluate trade-offs thoughtfully, and create the greatest benefit for the business, product, and consumer.
They move seamlessly between vision and execution, guiding teams through complex decisions while protecting design intent, performance, and craftsmanship. A natural problem solver and clear communicator, they thrive in fast-paced environments, adapt quickly to shifting timelines, and lead with confidence, agility and precision. They navigate cross-functional and global partnerships, build trust across teams, and push product excellence forward through every phase of development.
- Minimum of 3 years of applicable footwear product development experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Product Development, Merchandising or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- Proven project management and cross‑functional leadership experience
- Strong communication and influencing skills with senior leaders, global partners, and cross-functional teams
- Ability to travel internationally up to 35%, as needed
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
In this role, you will drive product and process excellence across a diverse range of NikeSKIMS footwear products spanning sport and lifestyle. Your work will help enable continued growth for the team and business by translating ideas into scalable, consumer-driven products. From early concepts through commercialization, you will balance craft, performance, cost, and sustainability while keeping teams aligned and moving forward.
- Lead footwear projects from 2D design through 3D prototyping and final commercialization
- Partner daily with Design, Product Management, Product Engineering, Materials, Product Testing, and factory teams to deliver product excellence
- Recommend materials, components, constructions, and applications that meet performance and craftsmanship standards
- Manage timelines, product reviews, and critical dates across the full product creation process
- Solve construction, tooling, and manufacturing challenges proactively
- Ensure products are ready for scaled manufacturing while meeting NIKE EPIC product quality standards
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
- Minimum of 3 years of applicable footwear product development experience
- Overseas footwear experience
- Bachelor's degree in Product Development, Merchandising or related field (or equivalent combination of education, experience, training)
- Proven project management and cross‑functional leadership experience
- Strong communication and influencing skills with senior leaders and global partners
- Ability to travel internationally up to 35%
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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