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Nike · 9 hours ago

Senior, Golf & Impact Sports FW, Product Developer

Nike is a leading sportswear company, and they are seeking a Senior Footwear Developer to join their Brand Impact Sports Footwear Development team. This role involves collaborating with various partners to create innovative footwear for sports such as Football, Baseball, Golf, and Tennis, ensuring product excellence throughout the development process.

ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleProduct DesignRetailSporting Goods
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Drive product and process excellence within a team environment for assigned projects
Recommend and specify the material, component and construction to meet key features and performance goals
Apply understanding of sophisticated innovation concepts to the in-line product process and offering
Apply experienced level of footwear technical knowledge to drive product creation teams 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
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
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
Ensure that projects are exceeding the consumer and athlete needs, that they are ready for the commercialization process and that they can ultimately be manufactured

Qualification

Footwear DevelopmentFootwear Manufacturing KnowledgeProject ManagementTechnical Product ExperienceCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsLeadership Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Product Development or Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Industrial Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience or training
A minimum of 3 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
Understanding of product planning, forecasting, and process planning with strong communication skills
Plus, any country specific items required by local laws (check with your local legal partners)

Preferred

Knowledge of footwear manufacturing processes, technologies and equipment, tooling, and materials is highly preferred
Previous experience with innovative, technical, performance product is preferred

Benefits

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.

Company

Nike is a retail brand that provides the sale of apparel, footwear, sports equipment, and accessory products.

H1B Sponsorship

Nike has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (286)
2024 (302)
2023 (328)
2022 (543)
2021 (426)
2020 (253)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$241.95M
Key Investors
Tim CookPershing Square Capital Management
2025-12-22Post Ipo Secondary· $2.95M
2024-08-17Post Ipo Equity· $239M
1980-12-02IPO

Leadership Team

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Elliott Hill
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Muge Erdirik Dogan
EVP & Chief Technology Officer, NIKE, Inc.
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