Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

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.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The Sport & Society team in Social & Community Impact (SCI) makes reflective and strategic investments through a community lens. We invest to protect the ecosystem of youth sport and all other investments we need to move the world forward through sport.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As Operations Director, you will work with a wide variety of personalities and functional areas of expertise, both internal and external to the organization.  This role will work directly with the SCI Finance Director and Youth Sport Research and Innovation Director and sit in the larger SCI Sport & Society team. This role will also work with Office of General Counsel Finance and Operations teams, global SCI, and other enabling functions across the Nike Enterprise. 

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, or training. 

  • 10+ years of progressive, relevant experience in business operations and/or data science

  • Tableau or equivalent dashboard development experience

  • Data modeling experience

  • Salesforce experience preferred

  • Advanced Excel skills preferred

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Critical thinking and problem solving

  • Proactive approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities

  • Demonstrated interest and experience across multiple functions is a plus

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Nike Inc. has a commitment to invest in Future of Youth Sport in communities across the world. As part of this work, the Social & Community Impact team is looking for a Operations Director who will lead and capture SCI’s philanthropic grant making operations and data driven opportunities through the end-to-end collection, tracking, and reporting.

  • Your role will lead the SCI Operations team and will collaborate across SCI to ensure they are making data-driven decisions to inform strategy and investments.

  • Your role will be responsible for helping drive this work by planning and managing key strategic achievements, organizing & leading critical decision-making meetings, ensuring integration across workstreams, and driving overall process excellence in tools & data.

  • Your focus will be to collaborate in making sure the entire team is clear on goals, expectations, and where the team is headed by excelling in clear and consistent communications.

  • Additionally, you will partner on the team’s processes and tools to assist the team in continuing to evolve its approach to be agile and flexible to best serve the business’s needs.

  • We are looking for an expert who is eager to learn and continue to grow themselves as well as be a part of Nike’s impact across the globe.

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.

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What You Can Expect

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.

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