Hybrid Senior Manager, Development Footwear

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About the role

  • Lead footwear product development bridging design vision and manufacturing reality. Oversee collaborations with suppliers to ensure alignment with quality and financial targets.

Responsibilities

  • Vision Translation: Convert design concepts and consumer insights into functional, marketable products that align with category strategies
  • Engineering & Quality: Create workable prototypes that balance aesthetics, function, and manufacturability while strictly adhering to quality and testing standards
  • Project Management: Own the end-to-end development lifecycle, ensuring all milestones—including BuyRead and BOM accuracy—are met according to the product calendar
  • Supplier Collaboration: Manage direct development with Tier 1 partners, fostering a results-oriented relationship to resolve critical technical or business issues
  • Innovation: Drive the integration of new materials and components into finished footwear
  • Financial Accountability: Take ownership of model-level costing, collaborating with Design and Marketing to hit GP% targets without compromising product integrity
  • Data Integrity: Oversee technical package creation and PLM systems to ensure seamless information flow between HQ and suppliers
  • Team Culture: Foster a collaborative, high-performance environment built on teamwork and shared goals
  • Performance Management: Set clear objectives, evaluate competencies, and conduct regular performance reviews for direct reports
  • Resource Allocation: Strategically assign projects based on team capacity, experience level, and product complexity
  • Mentorship: Coach and mentor team members to elevate their technical expertise and project management skills
  • Strategic Input: Partner with the Senior Manager and Director of Development to identify operational improvements and scale team responsibilities
  • Internal: Marketing, Design, Advanced Development, Sourcing, Costing, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain
  • External: Tier 1 and T2 Supply Partners

Requirements

  • Education: Four-year college or university degree
  • Experience: 5–7 years of leading progressive experience in the athletic footwear industry (Development, Design, or Marketing)
  • Leadership: Demonstrated experience in people management or team supervision
  • Track Record: A proven history of successful product launches and technical accomplishment in footwear
  • Logistics: Fluent in English, proficient in MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint; willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed

Job title

Senior Manager, Development Footwear

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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