Manager, Product Testing – Footwear

🕒 November 5, 2025

🏢🏡 Los Angeles – Hybrid

💵 $103k - $118k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

👔 Manager

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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

• Manage workstreams and initiatives in alignment with global objectives • Challenge status quo and strive to evolve perception testing on a continuous base • Represent Testing in seasonal briefings with Marketing and Development • Allocate appropriate level of perception tests (e.g. fit, wear, performance tests, high-speed-filming, benchmark testing) based on intended use and consumer profile with counterparts from Development in collaboration with Concept Testing and Lab Testing • Manage own workload and prioritize tasks in line with workload tool • Resolve issues during testing process and come up with solutions; in the second step escalate to Senior Manager Testing & Quality • Assign appropriate questionnaire modules in partnership with external IT provider • Plan and execute perception tests according to adidas’ Testing standards within timelines • Analyze perception test results based on consumer feedback and product condition and assess risk level of claims and defective returns • Write test reports with recommendations to Development and document those in the respective systems • Determine if product can move forward in creation process based on executed perception tests • Share and discuss test results with Development, Marketing and Design in Performance Line Review Meetings • Review, discuss and decide on execution of outline test requests • Provide input for test standards and procedures to Standards and Compliance experts • Create seasonal summary reports and overviews upon request

🎯 Requirements

• College or university degree in Sports Science or related field • Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience • Experience in footwear, apparel or accessories & gear business preferred • Passion for sports in general and in-depth knowledge of the responsible sport categories • Knowledge of product creation and development (e.g. materials, components, modifications, technologies, assembly) • Ability to work individually, with a high degree of flexibility and a collaborative mindset • Ability to openly communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization • Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills • Advanced user level of Microsoft Office 365 (e.g. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) • Data analysis skills of advantage • Language: fluent in English (written and spoken), for Germany: German required. • Ability to travel domestically and globally.

🏖️ 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 • basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage • 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match • education assistance • generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave • annual bonus based on both company and personal performance • prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service • twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year • Service Time Off during milestone years