Drive the Future of Marketing as a member of the Global Brand Initiatives Planning & Operations team.

We are strategic minded problem solvers and innovative operations partners, driving high visibility and high impact projects through collaboration, disciplined processes, and efficient operating models.

We are the operating system of the horizontal global marketing team.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Global Planning & Marketing Operations Lead that is a strategic, optimistic, solution-oriented team player that has a bias for action. The Lead will seek to drive clarity, efficiency, and remove obstacles from teammates. You have strong communication skills, capable of making fact based recommendations and holding teammates accountable to timelines, budgets, and deliverables. You are collaborative and adept at building the relationships that progress work forward, and thrive on winning results.

• Passion for Sport, Athletes, & the Consumer is required.
• Minimum 5 years of directly relevant work experience in Marketing, Operations, or Project Management
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.
• Ability to track simultaneous seasons and projects through detailed workback schedules.
• Delivers operational expertise, with experience guiding teams through leadership reviews, gates, and x-functional checkpoints
• Holds teams accountable to timelines, budgets, and scope to achieve results
• Drives clarity around expectations and defines clear paths to success on complex projects
• Proactively communicates challenges, risks, and opportunities
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively present and connect with teams and stakeholders
• Tools and platform proficiency including Keynote & Airtable

This role’s success is critical in navigating the matrix, building collaborative relationships, and driving operational excellence. This role will be responsible for driving the end-to-end process across multiple seasons and ensuring expectations and outcomes are clear.

This is a highly visible role that must communicate effectively across many partners of the organization. The ideal candidate needs to act as the quarterback of Operations and single source of truth that teammates can trust. 

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will lead and drive planning & operations for x-FOP and/or x-Consumer Innovation or Sports Moments, driving the day to day process to deliver world class Marketing. You will help set the pace, create the appropriate Operating Model, and enable the creation of the plan to make the magic of Nike real for our consumers.

You will manage and guide the team through CODE and Marketing CODE dates & gates, driving expectations around milestones, ensuring readiness, and managing an efficient flow of communication. You'll also create tools & artifacts that drive strategic alignment and help teams stay together.

Your ability to operationalize and drive discipline from project plans, platform management, and schedules is a top priority to ensure projects are delivered on time, in budget, in scope to Nike Brand Standards.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

This role will report to the Global Director of Planning & Operations for Brand Initiatives and work closely with Brand Initiatives Brand Marketing, Marketing Functions (digital, media, creative, retail), Cross-Functional Operations, Brand Marketing Planning, Marketing CODE, Geo’s, and other internal Business partners.

This is a highly collaborative role within a network of Operational experts and leaders, whose mission is to deliver best in class storytelling and innovation to our consumers with operational excellence and discipline.

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.