As a senior leader on the Jordan Brand Kids Footwear Development team, this role sits at the center of product creation. You’ll lead a team of footwear product developers and partner daily with design, materials, product management, sourcing, planning, and operations. Reporting to the Senior Footwear Development Director for Jordan Kids and Core Footwear, you set the bar for cross‑functional excellence.
This role calls for a seasoned footwear development leader who thrives in complexity and leads with clarity. You bring deep technical credibility across the footwear creation process and the confidence to guide teams through ambiguity without losing momentum. You know how to balance vision with execution—when to zoom out to shape strategy and when to dive in to solve construction, manufacturing, or process challenges. You’re a people leader first, investing in talent, building trust, and creating an environment where teams do their best work. You influence senior stakeholders with facts, instinct, and strong storytelling, and you understand the business end‑to‑end—from product integrity to financial impact. Most of all, you care about craft. You push for better, smarter, more consumer‑relevant product every season.
You will lead teams and projects that turn bold ideas into tested, manufacturable footwear for the next generation of Jordan athletes. You’ll drive the full product creation process, protecting design intent while delivering on performance, cost, sustainability, and timing in a highly collaborative environment.
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