Lead - Footwear Developer - PAD + Young Movers
Core
Lead footwear developer responsible for inline lifestyle products and specialized development for kids' footwear, ensuring high-performance design and Swiss engineering standards.
Role type
Senior individual contributor footwear developer (lifestyle & kids)
Builds
High-performance lifestyle and athletic footwear for adults and children
Domain
Footwear manufacturing, lifestyle and athletic apparel
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (footwear development)
Required skills
Footwear development, technical lifecycle management, material sourcing, tooling innovation, fit and wear testing, cross-functional collaboration, mass production optimization, global factory communication
Preferred skills
Kids' footwear development experience, sustainable materials knowledge
Technologies
2D/3D design concepts, tech-packing, prototyping, manufacturing methods
Responsibilities
Manage end-to-end development from design concepts to production-ready samples, partner with material sourcing and tooling teams to validate new compounds and methods, oversee fit and wear testing protocols for adults and kids, act as technical hub between design, product management, sourcing, and factory partners, optimize construction methods for mass production while maintaining aesthetic integrity
Seniority
Senior, hands-on individual contributor