Senior Manager, Global Football Footwear Product Developer

Key Responsibilities & Attributes

• Manage a team of footwear product developers to focus on employee development, identifying skill gaps, and building high-performing teams.
• Convey clear expectations and provide feedback to teams, stakeholders, and functional leaders.
• Understand the business as a whole, including financial management, to drive profitability and efficiency.
• Lead footwear product development projects at an accelerated pace, close to market.
• Drive innovation and product initiatives across footwear dimensions and divisions.
• Leverage deep technical knowledge across lasts, uppers, materials, tooling, costing, testing, and manufacturing.
• Exhibit strong project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Communicate effectively across functions, geographies, and leadership levels.
• Demonstrate resilient leadership with high tolerance for ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Build strong partnerships across global, culturally diverse teams.
• Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution to deliver product excellence.
• Travel up to 15% as needed

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the development of elite-level football footwear projects, transforming innovative footwear toolkits and concepts into commercially viable, high-performance boots.
• Drive product and process excellence throughout the creation journey, ensuring seamless execution from innovation to commercialization.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to deliver products that achieve design intent while meeting performance, cost, sustainability, and timeline objectives.
• Mentor and manage junior developers while demonstrating best practices through your own work and leadership.