This role will lead a team comprised of tooling engineers and tooling programmers to drive Air MI's tooling engineering into the future, creating strategy, best practices for design, and the adoption of digital design and simulation capabilities. They will report to the Director, Product Development Engineering, Tooling. The role will collaborate closely with Design Engineering, a 24/7 Machine Shop, IT, Product Engineers, Quality Engineers, Materials Product Engineering, and Production partners. The role will also collaborate across Nike in various organizations including with Future Cushioning Systems and the Bowerman Footwear Lab. We are looking for a Sr. Manager, Product Development Engineering, Tooling Engineering to join Air Manufacturing Innovation. This role will be instrumental in driving the long-term vision for tooling innovation while ensuring excellence in current-state execution. This role is a key member of the team that delivers AIR by elevating, evolving, and driving tooling and design best practices and standards and driving the adoption of digital design capabilities. They will prioritize and be creative in a constrained environment, engage with a diverse group of stakeholders, and clear obstacles for their team. The right person for this role will bring expertise in at least one of Tooling, CAD to CAM, Lean Manufacturing, Machining, Additive Manufacturing, and/or Material Science Engineering and will create and propose the tooling engineering strategy informed by the state of art in industry adapting to business constraints. The candidate should possess a can-do mentality and a hands-on approach to problem solving. Additional key attributes include strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, experience working in a machining, tooling and manufacturing setting, and experience improving efficiencies in processes and teams. The candidate should be adaptable, solutions-oriented, inclusive, and respectful.