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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This leader will lead Nike’s global Sustainable Chemistry team, reporting to the Senior Director, Global Sustainability Supply Chain Compliance. They will partner across Sustainability, Legal, Product Safety, Product Creation, Materials, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Government & Public Affairs, Technology, Data & Analytics, and external industry partners.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Nike is looking for a strategic, technically credible, and enterprise-minded leader who can set direction for a complex global chemistry compliance program. This leader brings deep expertise in product, material, and manufacturing chemistry, coupled with strong judgment, executive communication, and people leadership. They can anticipate regulatory and business risk, translate emerging requirements and scientific developments into practical business priorities, and build scalable systems that protect global market access. They are comfortable navigating ambiguity, balancing competing priorities, and influencing across functions, geographies, cultures, and levels of the organization. They also bring a strong commitment to developing talent, building an inclusive team, and advancing effective chemical management practices across Nike’s extended supply chain and the broader industry.
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, environmental science, toxicology, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in product chemistry, chemical management, regulatory compliance, product stewardship, or a related field, including experience within complex global supply chains.
- Demonstrated experience leading global programs, portfolios, or teams and establishing multi-year strategies, governance, priorities, and measures of success.
- Expert knowledge of restricted substances, chemical hazard and risk management, manufacturing chemistry, analytical testing, and regulatory requirements affecting materials and consumer products.
- Demonstrated success representing an organization in industry collaborations, standards bodies, or trade organizations; experience with Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) or comparable chemical-management initiatives preferred.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You’ll own the strategy, governance, and evolution of Nike’s global Sustainable Chemistry program, ensuring materials, products, and relevant manufacturing processes meet regulatory requirements and Nike standards. You’ll connect science, regulation, data, and business priorities to protect market access, reduce risk, and advance chemistry performance across Nike’s extended supply chain.
- Set and communicate the multi-year strategy, operating model, priorities, governance, and measures of success for Nike’s global Chemistry Compliance program.
- Lead the Nike Chemistry Playbook and Restricted Substances List (RSL), including updates, stakeholder alignment, implementation, training, chemical phase-outs, and issue management.
- Monitor the global regulatory landscape and partner with Legal, Product Safety, and Government & Public Affairs to assess emerging risks, establish requirements, and protect global market access.
- Build a risk-based approach to testing, supplier performance, data quality, and program assurance, partnering with Technology and Data & Analytics to improve systems, traceability, reporting, and decision-making.
- Lead and develop chemistry professionals while partnering across Product Creation, Materials, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and supplier-facing teams to embed chemistry requirements and drive accountable execution.
- Direct responses to significant chemistry compliance issues and emerging risks, ensuring root causes, business impacts, corrective actions, and escalation paths are clearly understood and addressed.
- Represent Nike in chemistry-focused industry collaborations, including relevant ZDHC workstreams, and partner with peer brands, suppliers, laboratories, and solution providers to advance scalable chemical-management practices.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
