engineering
Posted 3 hours agoSenior Lead - Footwear Developer
at Ooon
Zurich, SwitzerlandOn-site
Requirements
- Influential Leadership: Proven ability to influence product direction and technical outcomes through partnership and advisory, rather than direct line management or project ownership.
- Systemic Thinking: A deep understanding of how performance tooling, materials, and construction impact the global supply chain and product lifecycle.
- The Technical Advisor: You don't need to hold the pen on every tech pack, but you are the person everyone consults when a design pushes the boundaries of physics.
Benefits
- Collaborative Bridge: Exceptional at navigating HQ and regional dynamics, acting as a "technical translator" between creative vision and factory execution.
Additional details
- Based in our Zurich HQ, your role is to ensure high-level alignment between design intent and manufacturing feasibility.
- Rather than managing the granular execution of every product, you provide the technical governance and cross-functional support necessary to maintain performance integrity as the category scales.
- The Senior Lead Development role will report to the Senior Lead Run Footwear Development on the Performance Run team supporting global footwear. Your Mission:
- Technical Stewardship: Act as the primary technical advisor during the briefing and design phases to ensure performance running concepts are aligned with global manufacturing capabilities.
- Strategic Synchronization: Facilitate technical alignment between Zurich-based Design/Product Management and the Asia-based execution teams, ensuring that the "performance soul" of the category is preserved across all franchises.
- Process Enablement: Support the evolution of development standards by identifying technical bottlenecks and advising on best practices that improve category-wide efficiency.
- Advisory & Escalation Support: Serve as the senior technical point of contact for Asia-based development partners, providing guidance on complex technical hurdles and supporting the resolution of high-level production escalations.
- Performance Quality Assurance: Support the validation of fit, feel, and durability standards, ensuring that category-wide technical benchmarks are consistently met across different factory partners.
- Knowledge Facilitation: Foster a culture of technical excellence by mentoring the broader development team and translating complex innovation breakthroughs into actionable development frameworks. Your Story: •
- Experience: 8–12 years in footwear development, with a background rooted in high-performance running and technical complexity.