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About The Position

NIKE is seeking a passionate Senior Design Manager for Bras and Leggings to bring innovation and style together in unique apparel products. The role helps shape the future of Nike Bras and Leggings, creating products across Nike categories with a focus on training, distinct innovation, cutting-edge style, sport support, and athlete research and testing. As a key member of the design engineering and Inline team, this role leads innovation and style across Bras and Leggings and manages designers. It sets creative vision and supports a positive, curious design community while collaborating with portfolio leads, concept creators, engineers, developers, and leadership. The role also builds relationships with cross-functional teams including Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, Sustainability, Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL), Digital, and the Business, and engages with athletes, external vendors, and factory partners. Using performance and cultural insights from athletes and NSRL, the Senior Design Manager identifies growth opportunities and creates competitive advantages. The role develops and presents concepts to internal and external audiences, gathers feedback, and builds alignment and momentum. It champions strategic thinking, research, and visioning for product innovation and design. The manager may lead a small team, setting team and individual goals and overseeing development, performance management, recognition, and rewards.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of product creation experience in Design and/or Business, with relevant knowledge.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Design, or a suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
  • A well-curated portfolio demonstrating research, inspiration, design development, problem solving, and final execution across a variety of projects.
  • Expertise in bra pad engineering innovation, future methods of make, and leading fit sessions.
  • Experience in bra manufacturing and development.
  • Track record of world-class commercialized Bras and Leggings products and innovations transitioned to downstream partners.
  • Advanced project management skills, including facilitating effective meetings and managing key design dates and deliverables with project stakeholders.
  • Experience leading teams through challenging briefs and ambiguity to successful completion.
  • Experience prioritizing short-term and long-range projects with varying levels of complexity.
  • Experience building design vision and maintaining design and strategic direction end-to-end.
  • Expert knowledge of the Bras and Leggings market, trends, and consumers.
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, AI rendering software, and Vizcom.
  • Must submit a creative design portfolio through website links or PDF files.

Responsibilities

  • Lead innovation and style across Bras and Leggings.
  • Manage designers and, as applicable, set team and individual goals and oversee development, performance management, recognition, and rewards.
  • Set creative vision and engage and inspire design peers.
  • Collaborate with portfolio leads, concept creators, engineers, developers, leadership, and multidisciplinary design teammates.
  • Build relationships with Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, Sustainability, NSRL, Digital, and Business teams.
  • Engage with athletes and collaborate with external vendors and factory partners.
  • Use athlete and NSRL performance and cultural insights to identify growth opportunities and create competitive advantages.
  • Develop and present concepts to internal and external audiences, gather feedback, and build alignment and momentum.
  • Champion new approaches to strategic thinking, research, and visioning for product innovation and design.

Benefits

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

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