Senior Manager, Footwear Product Development, Local Creation GC

Leads the Sportswear Footwear Development team within Greater China Local Creation, providing strategic direction across the footwear development portfolio. It is accountable for enabling product, process, and team excellence in a fast-paced, close-to-market environment focused on the Greater China consumer. The position sits on the Greater China Local Creation Footwear Development leadership team and partners closely with footwear functions, Global Footwear Product Creation, Global Product Teams, manufacturing partners, and cross-functional teams across diverse cultures and geographies.

• Lead the Sportswear footwear development strategy and execution across Men's, Women's, and Kids, bringing ideas from 2D design and tech packs into 3D, Go-To-Market samples, and commercialised products.
• Provide strategic direction across the footwear development portfolio, balancing consumer needs, business priorities, product complexity, resources, and timelines.
• Drive product and process excellence so projects deliver against design intent, performance, quality, cost, sustainability, and timing expectations for the Greater China consumer and Local Creation business strategy.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement in development capabilities, processes, ways of working, and cross-functional collaboration to enable greater speed, agility, and scalability.
• Build, lead, and develop the Footwear Development team by setting clear expectations, coaching talent, empowering developers to make decisions at the right level, and creating accountability, ownership, continuous learning, and a high-performing culture.
• Empower the team to make fast, informed decisions while providing clear guardrails and appropriate leadership support, and develop talent through coaching, feedback, stretch opportunities, and succession planning.
• Drive innovation and product initiatives across footwear dimensions, categories, and divisions.
• Anticipate product and execution risks, establish priorities, and mobilise cross-functional teams toward timely solutions while creating clarity in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships and influence across functions, geographies, manufacturing partners, and leadership levels, including with Colour and Material Design, Material Development, Product Management, PCC/PMO, Costing, Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing, and Operations
• To enable fast problem solving, clear decision making, and effective execution.
• Work closely with Global Footwear Product Creation and Global Product Teams to ensure alignment with Nike Footwear Development standards, product excellence, and broader creation strategies while advocating for the needs of the Greater China consumer and Local Creation business.

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Engineering, Business, Physical Sciences, or related field; will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 8+ years of Footwear Product Creation experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and complex footwear development portfolios.
• Experienced footwear creation leader with demonstrated strength in people leadership, strategic thinking, product development, cross-functional collaboration, and problem solving.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, establish clear priorities, empower the team to make fast and effective decisions, and create strong alignment across functions and geographies.
• Deep technical knowledge across lasts, uppers, materials, tooling, costing, testing, commercialisation, and manufacturing.
• Strong strategic thinking, project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with an achieve-results mindset.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end creation process, including production planning, forecasting, costing, commercialisation, and scheduling, to deliver product quality in a timely and effective way.
• Resilient and inclusive leadership with a high tolerance for ambiguity, changing priorities, and a fast-paced creation environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and influence across Nike Footwear Product Creation, Global Product Teams, manufacturing partners, and cross-functional teams comprising diverse cultures and geographies.

• Travel up to 15% as needed.