NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. 

Every successful team at NIKE, Inc. Inc. needs a forward-thinking game plan. Strategic Planning teams keep the company moving in the right direction by leading the strategic business planning process and spearheading transformational projects across Nike businesses and geographies. Embedded in teams across the company, strategy professionals explore complex business issues; conduct consumer, competitive and market analyses; create financial models and develop action plans. The Strategy teams help write the future of sport by charting Nike’s path forward.

Who You’ll Work With

As a Senior Principal in Strategy specializing in Sports Marketing, you will partner with our senior leaders to develop, implement & assess long-term strategies to drive the future of our relationships with our athletes, teams & leagues.  Athletes are at the center of everything we do at Nike, and this role will look to drive both distinction and advantage through our athlete, team & league partnerships into the future.

This is a unique role, blending “left-brain” and “right-brain” skills and interests, marrying business and strategic rigor, operations discipline plus an innovator’s know-no-boundaries creativity. It requires a flexible problem solver and outstanding communicator who is comfortable working cross-functionally and influencing different personalities and perspectives.

Who We Are Looking For

The role will support different groups across our Advanced Innovation Team, working with designers, developers, engineers and innovators to create the future of product for Nike.

• 8+ years of proven experience in creative strategy, entrepreneurialism, management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development, or business development. Or 6+ years of experience (2+ years’ experience post-graduation) with a master’s degree in business, entrepreneurialism, or creative strategy. Or 10+ years total, relevant experience is preferred in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
• A passion for sport and athletes – plus a curiosity and aptitude for shaping the future of sport and the role of athletes, teams and leagues in fueling Nike’s growth.
• Experience in leading sophisticated strategic projects and proven success in leading a methodical process of analyzing problems, gathering information, generating options, then proposing and acting on a course of action.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, provide project management expertise, and to lead multiple projects at once.
• Consistent track record of pulling together diverse individuals with different goals and facilitate productive discussions.
• Proficiency in business communication tools and verbal/written storytelling + communication to promote conceptual understanding and mobilize change through storytelling.
• Experience in innovation, product creation, or digital, and/or experience in consumer facing industries.
• Bias towards action and comfortable working in ambiguous environments, and ability to work through macro and micro situations/complexity.
• Superior interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Prior experience in innovation or product creation and a passion about products.
• Create white space for innovation and risk taking. A curious mind and future-orientation. 

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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.