Senior Manager, Footwear Product Development - Jordan Brand Kids

Nike • Beaverton, OR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a senior leader on the Jordan Brand Kids Footwear Development team, this role sits at the center of product creation. You’ll lead a team of footwear product developers and partner daily with design, materials, product management, sourcing, planning, and operations. Reporting to the Senior Footwear Development Director for Jordan Kids and Core Footwear, you set the bar for cross‑functional excellence. This role calls for a seasoned footwear development leader who thrives in complexity and leads with clarity. You bring deep technical credibility across the footwear creation process and the confidence to guide teams through ambiguity without losing momentum. You know how to balance vision with execution—when to zoom out to shape strategy and when to dive in to solve construction, manufacturing, or process challenges. You’re a people leader first, investing in talent, building trust, and creating an environment where teams do their best work. You influence senior stakeholders with facts, instinct, and strong storytelling, and you understand the business end‑to‑end—from product integrity to financial impact. Most of all, you care about craft. You push for better, smarter, more consumer‑relevant product every season.

Requirements

• 8+ years of footwear product development experience, including people leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Industrial Design, Engineering, Physical Sciences or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Proven expertise across lasts, uppers, materials, tooling, costing, testing, and manufacturing
• Strong project leadership within a fast‑paced, matrixed global organization

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of footwear product developers, building capability and accountability
• Own end‑to‑end footwear product creation from concept through commercialization
• Partner closely with design, materials, product management, sourcing, planning, and operations
• Solve complex construction and manufacturing challenges with speed and precision
• Manage multiple projects and timelines while balancing quality, cost, and scalability
• Drive innovation and process improvement across Jordan Brand Kids footwear
• Communicate priorities, risks, and decisions clearly across global partners

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. 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.
• At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience. Delivering on this promise means we allow you to be at your best — and to do that, you need to understand how the hiring process works. Transparency is key.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior