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Senior Manager, Bras & Leggings Apparel Product Design

NIKE, Inc. designs the future.

At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build whats next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Were seeking a passionate Senior Design Manager for Bras and Leggings who has a focused interest in bringing innovation and style together, and a passion for unique apparel product! Nike Bras and Leggings creates product across all Nike categories with a focus in training. Delivering on distinct innovation, cutting edge style, sport support, and extensive athlete research and testing. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of Bras and Leggings and be part of a leading global brand.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

As a key member of the design engineering and Inline team, you will lead innovation and style across Bras and Leggings and manage a team of designers. Lead and collaborate to set the creative vision and help strengthen and shape the collective as a positive force of curiosity by engaging and inspiring your Design peers. Along with your multi-disciplinary design teammates, you will collaborate with portfolio leads, concept creators, engineers, developers, and leadership. Youll build relationships working with a variety of cross-functional teams across the organization, including Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, Sustainability, Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL), Digital, and the Business. You will also engage with athletes and collaborate with external vendors and factory partners.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

Using performance and cultural insights originating from athletes, and the Nike Sport Research Lab (NSRL), you will identify growth opportunities and create competitive advantages. Youll effectively develop and present concepts to various internal and external audiences, sharing your vision, gathering feedback, aligning with and building momentum. Youll champion and influence new ways of strategic thinking, research, and visioning for product innovation and design. You could manage a small team, inclusive of setting team and individual goals, development, performance management, recognition and rewards.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • Minimum of 8 years product creation (Design and/or Business) experience and knowledge.
  • Bachelors degree in Design. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
  • Well-curated portfolio showcasing a variety of projects that demonstrate a strong, effective methodology for research, inspiration, design development, problem solving and final execution.
  • Expert in bra pad engineering innovation, future methods of make and leading fit sessions.
  • Experience in bra manufacturing and development.
  • A track record of world-class commercialized Bras and Leggings products and innovations transitioned to downstream partners.
  • Advanced project management skills, proactively partnering to facilitate effective meetings and manage key design dates and deliverables with project stakeholders.
  • Experience leading teams on projects with challenging briefs and through ambiguity to successful completion.
  • Experience prioritizing workload across short-term and long-range projects with varying levels of complexity.
  • Experience building design vision and upholding design and strategic direction end-to-end to ensure the product vision remains accurate and consistent.
  • Expert knowledge of the Bras and Leggings market, trend and consumer.
  • Experience in: Adobe Creative Suite, Ai rendering software, Vizcom.

TO BE CONSIDERED

YOU MUST SUBMIT A CREATIVE DESIGN PORTFOLIO. PLEASE PROVIDE WEBSITE LINKS OR ATTACH PDF FILES WHEN YOU APPLY.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.