Sr. Product Developer - UGG Footwear

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Sr. Product Developer - UGG Footwear

Sr. Director, Product Development & Engineering - UGG Footwear

Goleta, CA - Hybrid

As Senior Product Developer – UGG Footwear, you’ll be a subject matter expert in the end-to-end footwear product creation process, playing a critical role in delivering product excellence from concept through commercialization. You’ll own development execution across multiple categories, partner cross-functionally to ensure products meet UGG standards for fit, comfort, quality, and cost to value performance, and contribute to continuous improvement and innovation within a global, matrixed development organization.

• Manage end-to-end product creation from brief and design through final prototyping and salesman samples across multiple categories, product types, and genders
• Problem solve design tech packages prior to handoff, identifying construction, material, fit/wear, or cost risks
• Generate, maintain, and ensure accuracy of Bills of Materials (BOM) for all assigned projects
• Review and evaluate project status with Product Creation, Engineering, and cross-functional partners, focusing on patterns, molds, materials, costing, yield, manufacturing processes, and end use performance
• Lead internal product teardowns to evaluate construction, comfort, and cost drivers
• Proactively identify issues and provide solution options and alternatives to support informed decision making
• Plan and execute development activities according to critical timelines and milestone dates
• Coordinate creation, delivery, and approval of technical documentation including patterns, 2D/3D drawings, lasts, blueprints, and cost sheets
• Diagnose fit, wear, and commercialization issues and manage timely sample delivery and approval of production confirmation samples to ensure mass production readiness
• Analyze defective returns and consumer feedback to identify root causes and recommend product or process improvements
• Research, evaluate, and monitor emerging materials, construction methods, and technologies relevant to footwear development
• Share technical knowledge and support onboarding and mentoring of team members as needed

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5–8 years of experience in the footwear industry
• Intermediate knowledge of footwear product creation and building product specifications
• Intermediate proficiency in shoemaking, manufacturing, pattern engineering, and tooling
• Intermediate knowledge of footwear constructions
• Intermediate experience using data and metrics to support development decisions
• Advanced computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Suite and Adobe Applications
• Proficient in FPLM (or similar); demonstrated skills in Adobe Creative Suite
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of development tools such as calipers, durometer gauges, tape measure, profile gauge, last jack, last stick, Brannock, etc

• Competitive Pay and Bonuses – We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.
• Financial Planning and wellbeing – No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
• Time away from work – Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and…