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

Every successful team at Nike needs a brilliant game plan. Strategy teams shape & drive the company’s growth agenda and strategic priorities by identifying and answering strategic questions and aligning enterprise leadership to make our biggest opportunities a reality.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy, you will play a key role in writing the future for Nike through developing and owning Nike’s Strategic agenda; the most important strategic questions that investigate key business, explore new growth horizons, and identify new sources of advantages,.  You will also drive cross-functional partnership around critical business questions and lead off our annual strategic planning process.

Key stakeholders for this role will be Nike’s CEO, Nike’s Senior Leadership Team, Chief Strategy Officer, Strategy Team and Key Peers in Finance, Insights and Risk.

As our Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy leader, you will be responsible for:

• Partner with executive leadership to identify medium and long-term risks and opportunities

• Identify, track, and analyze emerging trends that may impact our business

• Create, prioritize, align and direct Nike Inc’s Strategic Agenda; the most critical strategic questions for the enterprise

• Lead cross-functional strategic projects against priorities

• Connect the dots across functional strategies to drive cohesion and integration

• Provide strategic thought leadership to the executive leadership team, strategy leadership team, and beyond as relevant

• Develop a team of strategy directors, senior principals, and managers

• Deliver strategic insights & topics at Nike’s Long-Term Strategy Offsite and Strategic Planning Kick-Off

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training

• A minimum of 10 years directly relevant experience

• Demonstrated experience influencing and communicating with senior executives 

• Experience partnering with leadership across all organizational levels

• Strategy development experience with global-consumer enterprises (including in-house and/or consulting)

• Broad team leadership across Global & Geographies

• Ability to drive work through ambiguity in a dynamic, results-oriented environment

• Bold, curious, blue sky thinking capabilities 

• Growth mindset 

• Deep Consumer Understanding

• Sports Industry Expertise 

• Business Model Expertise 

• Business & Financial Acumen 

• Highly Capable Leader of teams – develops & coaches talent

• Legal/Compliance Management

• Experience in Corporate Development, Mergers & Acquisition