Senior Manager, FW Engineering - Global Converse

Nike • Boston, MA

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Footwear Engineering guides the Footwear Product Engineering team across assigned categories and franchises, building engineering capability and technical standards. The role connects creative intent and consumer experience with footwear engineering, manufacturing science, product performance, and commercial realities. It works across Design, Development, Product Testing, and other technical teams, while strengthening connections among Converse headquarters, Asia Product Creation teams, factories, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.

The role leads product engineering from early concept through commercialization, translating product vision into high-quality, comfortable, manufacturable products at scale. It advances engineering methods and technologies, resolves complex technical challenges, and balances product performance and design intent with cost, quality, sustainability, and manufacturing capability.

Requirements

• 8 or more years of footwear engineering and manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, product design, industrial design, footwear, or a related field; suitable combinations of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• Demonstrated people leadership and talent-development capability.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with global Product Creation Centers, factories, suppliers, and cross-cultural teams.
• Deep expertise across footwear construction, pattern engineering, lasts, tooling, materials, compounds, and manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of fit, comfort, quality, performance, and product integrity.
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear product and business decisions.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across creative, technical, commercial, and manufacturing functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Footwear Product Engineering team, setting clear expectations and strengthening technical standards, capability, and succession.
• Establish technical strategies that enable Design and Development to deliver product intent at scale across pattern engineering, lasts, fit, tooling, compounds, constructions, materials, manufacturing methods, and product performance.
• Partner with Development from early concept through commercialization to identify risks earlier and engineer effective solutions.
• Drive product quality, consistency, fit, comfort, manufacturability, and commercialization readiness.
• Lead complex technical problem-solving and root-cause resolution.
• Advance digital engineering, 3D, and emerging product creation technologies.
• Partner with Product Testing and technical teams to translate testing and consumer insights into engineering improvements.
• Balance product performance and design intent with cost, quality, sustainability, and manufacturing capability.
• Strengthen connectivity among Converse headquarters, Asia Product Creation teams, factories, and suppliers.
• Establish and evolve engineering standards, technical documentation, best practices, and product creation methods.
• Represent Engineering in strategic cross-functional initiatives.

Benefits

• Interview accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications.

What This Job Offers

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