NDK Product Designer, Boots

Nidecker Group is seeking a talented and motivated Product Designer to join our Boots team. Based in Rolle, Switzerland, on the stunning French-Swiss Riviera near the Alps, Nidecker Group is home to some of the most respected brands in snowboarding like Nidecker Snowboards, Jones, and Thirty Two.

With a global footprint, we offer a unique opportunity for individuals with a background in snowboarding or outdoor sports to take on an exciting, hands-on role in the product design process.

In this role, you will own the creative direction and overall product line management of the Nidecker boots category, in line with our brand strategy and creative brief - from trend research and line planning through concept development and final product approval. You'll work in a tight design-developer pair covering the full boots lifecycle, from ideation and concept through tech pack, sampling, industrialization, and go-to-market.

As Designer, you'll lead creative intent, line plan vision, partner relationships, and market presentation, while your Boots Developer counterpart leads technical execution, data management, costing, and factory communication - together ensuring every design intent is technically achievable and delivered on time.

This is a diverse and rewarding position within a passionate, creative, and international team. You'll have room to contribute to world-class products, and play a key role in driving innovation across our brand portfolio.

Nidecker Group is seeking a talented and motivated Product Designer to join our Boots team. Based in Rolle, Switzerland, on the stunning French-Swiss Riviera near the Alps, Nidecker Group is home to some of the most respected brands in snowboarding like Nidecker Snowboards, Jones, and Thirty Two.

With a global footprint, we offer a unique opportunity for individuals with a background in snowboarding or outdoor sports to take on an exciting, hands-on role in the product design process.

In this role, you will own the creative direction and overall product line management of the Nidecker boots category, in line with our brand strategy and creative brief - from trend research and line planning through concept development and final product approval. You'll work in a tight design-developer pair covering the full boots lifecycle, from ideation and concept through tech pack, sampling, industrialization, and go-to-market.

As Designer, you'll lead creative intent, line plan vision, partner relationships, and market presentation, while your Boots Developer counterpart leads technical execution, data management, costing, and factory communication - together ensuring every design intent is technically achievable and delivered on time.

This is a diverse and rewarding position within a passionate, creative, and international team. You'll have room to contribute to world-class products, and play a key role in driving innovation across our brand portfolio.

• Lead trend, color, and material research to define the seasonal creative direction following the creative brief for the boots category, aligned with Nidecker's brand strategy and cultural positioning and consistent with the broader Nidecker bindings and boards category aesthetic — partnering closely with the Developer on material selection to balance creative intent with technical and sourcing feasibility.
• Translate the line plan into design concepts: sketches, mood boards, colorways, and material stories for each silhouette.
• Own line plan management, drawing on sales data, prior season results, and medium/long-term category vision to shape the overall product range, following the brand strategy.
• Define and brief color, materials, graphics, and trims for Tech Pack creation, working hand-in-hand with the Developer to ensure specifications reflect the design intent.
• Review samples jointly with the Developer at each key milestone (Black sample, Preline sample, Photo sample, SMS, Production) to validate design integrity through to market.
• Partner with the Developer to arbitrate design-vs-feasibility trade-offs (cost, sourcing, manufacturing constraints) without compromising the creative concept.
• Stay closely aligned with the Developer on costing considerations to make cost-efficient design decisions ahead of production, without owning the costing process itself.
• Maintain oversight of product data creation and modification — owned operationally by the Developer — ensuring consistency with the line plan before diffusion.
• Maintain the relationship with key…