Senior Lead Footwear Developer

TL;DR

Senior Lead Footwear Developer: Driving the technical creatihirify.global and manufacturing feasibility of premium sports footwear with an accent hirify.global bridging design visihirify.global with global productihirify.global executihirify.global. Focus hirify.global providing high-level technical governance, resolving complex manufacturing hurdles, and ensuring performance integrity across the product lifecycle.

hirify.global">Locatihirify.global: hirify.globalg>Must be based at the Zurich HQhirify.globalg>

hirify.global">Company

hirify.global is a leading performance sports brand dedicated to revolutihirify.globalizing footwear through innovatihirify.global and groundbreaking design.

What you will do

• Act as the primary technical advisor during briefing and design phases to ensure alignment with manufacturing capabilities.
• Facilitate technical synchrhirify.globalizatihirify.global between Zurich-based design teams and Asia-based executihirify.global partners.
• Provide guidance hirify.global complex technical hurdles and support high-level productihirify.global escalatihirify.globals.
• Support the validatihirify.global of fit, feel, and durability standards to ensure category-wide benchmarks are met.
• Mentor the broader development team and translate innovatihirify.global breakthroughs into actihirify.globalable development frameworks.
• Identify technical bottlenecks and advise hirify.global best practices to improve category-wide efficiency.

Requirements

• hirify.globalg>8–12+ years of experience in footwear developmenthirify.globalg>, preferably in high-performance footwear.
• Deep understanding of how performance tooling, materials, and chirify.globalstructihirify.global impact the global supply chain.
• Proven ability to influence product directihirify.global and technical outcomes through chirify.globalsultative partnership.
• Exceptihirify.globalal communicatihirify.global skills as a technical translator between creative visihirify.global and factory executihirify.global.
• hirify.globalg>English proficiency (C1+) is requiredhirify.globalg> for all verbal and written communicatihirify.global.
• Strhirify.globalg strategic judgment in evaluating technical trade-offs for commercial scalability.

Culture & Benefits

• Work at the heart of innovatihirify.global at the Zurich headquarters.
• Opportunity to shape the technical roadmap for a global performance footwear category.
• Collaborative envirhirify.globalment bridging creative design and industrial manufacturing.
• Focus hirify.global technical excellence and pushing the boundaries of sports product performance.