Sr. Product Developer - HOKA Footwear

This role drives the footwear product creation process from brief and design through prototyping, sales samples, and production confirmation. It manages project timelines, leads key sample reviews, and facilitates cross-functional collaboration to ensure every product meets brand, consumer, manufacturing, and performance requirements. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Product Development - Hoka Footwear, the role focuses on continuous improvement to deliver quality products for consumers.

• Lead the product creation process, reviewing project status to ensure alignment with briefs, cost targets, testing requirements, and performance.
• Create and maintain accurate BOMs and product specifications in the PLM system.
• Drive problem solving and risk mitigation by reviewing tech packs, identifying concerns, and proposing alternatives to meet performance and margin targets.
• Review technical drawings, test reports, patterns, components, and lasts to identify issues and drive corrective actions.
• Manage the critical path by planning and executing development projects according to timelines and deliverables.
• Lead timely creation, delivery, and approval of technical deliverables (patterns, files, blueprints, cost sheets) and track cross-functional follow-ups to ensure completion and approval on schedule.
• Support product testing and validation by reviewing test results, flagging risks, and driving actions for product confirmation and production readiness.
• Partner with design and testing teams to document issues, recommend solutions, and confirm corrective actions.
• Support factory and cross-functional communications to resolve commercialization risks impacting timing, cost, or quality.
• Manage sample execution, including product teardowns and timely approval of production confirmation samples.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 4-6 years' experience in the footwear development industry.
• Experience building and maintaining product specifications, BOM accuracy, and PLM data standards (FlexPLM or similar).
• Working knowledge of material applications, testing/validation, and factory manufacturing constraints for performance footwear.
• Knowledge of product construction.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to drive alignment across multiple functions.
• Ability to set priorities, manage workload, and provide clear feedback to deliver results.
• PLM proficiency (FlexPLM or similar) with the ability to define and enforce data standards and approval workflows.
• Working knowledge of footwear development tools and measurement techniques (calipers, hardness gauge, Brannock device).
• Proficiency in Microsoft and Adobe applications.

• Hybrid working arrangement, typically 3 times per week in office, Tuesday-Thursday.

• $87,900.00 - $ For Portland, Oregon.
• Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

• Competitive pay and bonuses: competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success, and show employees they are valued.
• Financial planning and wellbeing: plans to protect income, pay for expenses, and invest in the future.
• Time away from work: support for employees to be with family, focus on health, or recharge.
• Extras, discounts and perks: generous discounts and community-based programs.
• Growth and development: extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
• Health and wellness: comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings to support a healthy lifestyle.

Deckers Brands operates with the promise 'Together, Every Step', aiming to ensure every employee can bring their authentic self and is valued and supported as a whole person at work and beyond. The company states that this promise is how it delivers exceptional business results, experiences an amazing place to work, and has a positive impact on the communities and world around it.

Deckers Brands celebrates diversity of background, experiences, and unique identity and is committed to an inclusive and equitable workplace where employees can Come as They Are.