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This role combines deep product creation knowledge, disciplined project leadership, and creative problem solving to deliver performance, design intent, consumer value, sustainability, cost, quality, and manufacturability.\nThe ideal candidate understands the full footwear product lifecycle, anticipates development risk, and confidently connects aesthetic vision with manufacturing reality. This person leads with clarity, collaborates across cultures and geographies, contributes to innovation, and helps strengthen the capability of less experienced developers and factory partners.\nWHAT YOU WILL WORK ON\nAs a Senior Product Developer, you will independently lead assigned footwear products and complex development programs from initial concept through commercialization and production. Based in the China Guangzhou PMO, you will partner with global product creation teams and China-based engineering, materials, costing, testing, PCC, and factory teams to deliver crafted, proven, sustainable, cost-effective, and production-ready product.\nKey responsibilities include:\nIndependently lead end-to-end development and commercialization for assigned products, seasons, and project portfolios, including innovative and technically complex models.\nTranslate product briefs and design concepts into executable development plans that balance performance, fit, craft, quality, sustainability, cost, manufacturability, and delivery.\nEstablish project timelines, clarify responsibilities, lead development meetings, and drive timely cross-functional decisions from concept through production readiness.\nLead sampling, prototyping, fitting, wear testing, lab validation, trial readiness, and product reviews across development locations and manufacturing partners.\nApply advanced footwear technical knowledge to recommend construction, material, component, color, process, and manufacturing solutions that achieve product goals.\nEvaluate product, technical, operational, and timeline risks early; lead root-cause analysis and resolve complex issues with Product Management, Design, Engineering, Materials, Testing, Costing, PCC, and factory teams.\nOwn product readiness, Bill of Materials accuracy, project files, system data, specifications, sample status, and decision records throughout the development process.\nActively partner with Design and Product Management to deliver products to target cost, including model budget management, costing analysis, value engineering, and informed trade-off recommendations.\nLead communication across the Nike matrix and extended partner network, providing clear project status, risk visibility, recommendations, and escalation when required.\nContribute to footwear innovation by exploring new materials, constructions, technologies, digital tools, and methods of making, and by translating learning into practical product solutions.\nDrive continuous improvement in development discipline, product quality, process efficiency, sustainability, data integrity, and ways of working across the Guangzhou PMO and partner teams.\nInformally mentor less experienced developers and development coordinators, sharing product creation knowledge, systems, processes, and effective problem-solving practices.\nBuild trusted relationships and lead effectively across multiple cultures, geographies, Product Creation Centers, liaison offices, and factory organizations.\nSupport business priorities across Running, Basketball, Core, Kids, NSW, Brand Impact, and other portfolios as organizational needs evolve.\nWHO YOU WILL WORK WITH\nYou will partner closely with PHK Product Development, Product Management, Design, China PMO Product Engineering, Materials Development, Testing, Costing, Sustainability, Product Creation Centers, Manufacturing Partners, and Global Product Creation teams. You will serve as a key connector between global product teams and China-based development and factory organizations throughout the product creation process.\nWHAT YOU BRING\nExperience\nBachelor's degree in product development, engineering, manufacturing, design, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.\nTypically 4-6 years of directly relevant footwear product creation experience, or comparable applied experience leading product-related projects.\nDemonstrated success independently leading footwear development from brief through commercialization and production.\nExperience managing innovative, complex, or performance-focused products and collaborating across functions, cultures, geographies, and manufacturing partners.\nExperience informally mentoring or supporting the development of less experienced teammates is preferred.\nFunctional Competencies\nAdvanced understanding of the footwear product lifecycle, including development, 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