Football Footwear Innovation Leader

On; Zürich; Sur place; CHF 250 000 - 400 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

On in Zurich seeks a Head of Football Footwear Development to lead the creation and scale of our premium football footwear lineup. You will shape the long‑term technical vision, build a world‑class team, and drive game‑changing manufacturing innovations.

You will partner with design, biomechanics, product management, and global partners to ensure technical excellence, rigorous validation, and seamless translation from concept to performance on the pitch.

Qualifications

• Experience: 10–15+ years of deep expertise in footwear development, with a proven track record specifically within high‑performance Football (Soccer) footwear.
• Disruptive mindset: Highly adaptable with demonstrated experience implementing unconventional, agile, or disruptive manufacturing methods (e.g., automation, additive manufacturing).
• Proven executive leadership: Experience building, leading, and mentoring technical teams with executive presence to influence product management, design, and external partners.
• Deep domain mastery: Comprehensive understanding of football‑specific biomechanics, plate dynamics, stud pressure distribution, specialized last development, and upper material behavior under match conditions.
• Systemic & commercial vision: Balancing high‑risk/high‑reward innovation with commercial viability and global supply chain scalability.
• Collaborative & culturally agile: Ability to translate creative vision into technical reality across diverse, multi‑regional teams (HQ to Asia).
• Communication: Fluency in English (verbal and written) with exceptional consultative and strategic presentation skills.

Responsabilités

• Define and execute the overarching technical and development strategy for Football footwear.
• Pioneer the adoption of agile, disruptive manufacturing methods and next‑generation tooling.
• Drive category‑defining innovation directly from the inline development process.
• Serve as the final technical authority during briefing, design, and execution phases.
• Lead high‑level alignment between Zurich‑based Design, Product Management, Biomechanics, and Asia partners.
• Build, mentor, and scale an elite team of developers and engineers.
• Identify bottlenecks and transform global supply chain capabilities to enable quick‑turn, high‑agility production.
• Establish category‑wide validation benchmarks for fit, feel, traction, and durability.

Connaissances

Footwear development

Executive leadership

Biomechanics knowledge

Strategic vision

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Description du poste

On in Zurich seeks a Head of Football Footwear Development to lead the creation and scale of our premium football footwear lineup. You will shape the long‑term technical vision, build a world‑class team, and drive game‑changing manufacturing innovations.

You will partner with design, biomechanics, product management, and global partners to ensure technical excellence, rigorous validation, and seamless translation from concept to performance on the pitch.