Manager, Footwear Development – Athlete Product Excellence, Performance Basketball

🕒 October 22, 2025

🏢🏡 Los Angeles – Hybrid

💵 $95k - $118k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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adidas

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1924

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

⚽ Sports

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2020-04

Fashion • Retail • Sports

adidas is a globally recognized sports brand known for designing and manufacturing sports apparel, footwear, and accessories. The company focuses on sustainability, incorporating more sustainable materials and practices in their production. They emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion within their corporate culture and engage in various social impact initiatives. Additionally, adidas provides detailed financial reporting and has a transparent corporate governance structure. They operate worldwide, employing thousands of people and maintain a strong presence in the sports and fashion industries.

📋 Description

• Lead the full development process for assigned footwear projects • Collaborate with athletes, product management, and design to translate sport-specific needs and insights into footwear solutions • Develop new construction methods, materials, and manufacturing processes • Engineer products for elite custom solutions and scalable inline performance models • Provide technical solutions through rapid prototyping and materials analysis • Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of innovation • Support cross-functional innovation projects and local athlete visits for product testing • Act as liaison between Inline Development and Athlete Product Excellence teams • Drive performance creation process with key milestones, test samples, and athlete insights

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in Engineering, Sport Science (Biomechanics, Physiology, etc) or related field • 2+ years of relevant experience in footwear product development, ideally with exposure to performance or athlete-specific footwear • Deep knowledge of the footwear creation process (lasts, patterns, construction, tooling, testing) • Strong understanding of sport-specific movement, biomechanics, and athlete performance needs • Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively • Experience working with new technologies, innovations, and rapid prototyping tools • Fluent in English; additional languages a plus • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (up to 20%)

🏖️ Benefits

• Robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options • Dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support • Short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage • 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match • Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance • Generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave • Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance • Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount of .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service • Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year • Service Time Off during milestone years