Descripción
In short- Based at our Zurich HQ, you will be the visionary force and executive technical leader driving On’s entry and dominance in Football footwear. In this pivotal role, you will champion groundbreaking creation, build a world-class team, and fearlessly disrupt traditional manufacturing processes to engineer the most premium, disruptive performance products in the industry.- As Head of Football Footwear Development, you will seamlessly connect the granular with the macro-strategic—serving as the ultimate technical authority while shaping the long-term vision for On’s newest and most critical category. By ensuring absolute synergy between radical design vision, elite biomechanical performance, and next-generation manufacturing feasibility, you will set the benchmark for football footwear creation. You will provide the technical governance, cross-functional leadership, and pioneering strategy needed to build our football department from the ground up, driving innovation straight into our inline product strategy while scaling the category globally.- This role reports directly to the Head of Innovation Footwear, leading the dedicated Zurich-based Football Development team and partnering closely with global footwear leadership.Your Mission- Strategic & Disruptive Leadership: Define and execute the overarching technical and development strategy for Football footwear. Pioneer the adoption of agile, disruptive manufacturing methods and next-generation tooling to bypass traditional constraints.- Inline Innovation Engine: Drive category-defining innovation directly from the inline development process, elevating brand equity, performance standards, and technological capabilities across the broader organization.- Technical & Category Governance: Serve as the final technical authority during briefing, design, and execution phases—ensuring football-specific demands (traction, stud configuration, upper lockdown, ball feel, and touch) meet rigorous scientific standards.- Strate