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 WE ARE
Nike's Advanced Innovation Collective (AIC) researches and develops the world's most innovative apparel and footwear product, seeking to disrupt the industry by always focusing on the athlete* and making them better. The Advanced Digital Creation Studio (ADCS) is an advanced product design and engineering studio. We seek to unleash what the human mind can't imagine by identifying and applying the world's most advanced product creation skills to bring in unimaginable ideas and develop them into the most innovative product. Our team has led ground-breaking products such as Flyprint and introduced industry-changing skills such as computational design, computational engineering and FEA.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The role of Principal, Computational Product Delivery will have strong business strategy, product and marketplace knowledge, strong understanding of advanced design and engineering skills and their benefits, and business delivery, decision-making and organizational skills. This role will have demonstrated experiences defining and delivering results. This role will be expected to understand ADCS' key skillsets now and in the future to drive clear, communicable product opportunities and impact. This role needs to understand how ADCS fits into the product creation ecosystem and works with AIC, Design and Product Creation partners which requires the role to have strong partnership, collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills. ADCS is an embedded product creation studio that partners with product creation organizations and plays a critical enabling function. With our partners, this role will be critical to help us deliver product from concept to commercialization--strong teamwork and collaboration skills are required.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
3+ years of demonstrated strategy and roadmap skills
Demonstrated extensive experience working with computational design and engineering teams and strong knowledge of how they work
5+ years demonstrated strong experience collaborating and leading multi-functional teams
5+ years working with an apparel and/or footwear product creation organization. Experience in product creation preferred.
Proven ability to manage multiple, complex projects simultaneously
Comprehensive verbal and written communication skills
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
ADCS leads with the key functions of design, engineering and process prototyping, led through a human-centered design process. The Principal, Computational Product Delivery will be the voice of product in ADCS, strategize and organize the body of work through the lens of product, lead ADCS-based product concepts and partner with product leaders to understand how best to leverage and commercialize products with new capabilities.
The Principal, Computational Product Delivery will collaborate to align products strategically from concept to commercialization, partner with product leaders across organizations, and partner across the ADCS leadership team to drive clear, definable product briefs, concepts and deliverables. This role will be critical in helping shape ADCS' next generation of disruptive product impact.
Primary responsibilities:
Partner with ADCS leadership to identify, define, prioritize and roadmap product opportunities leveraging advanced design and engineering skills
Understand ADCS skillsets and see the strategic opportunities and impact through a product-lens
Build and communicate product delivery and impact strategy and roadmap
Lead the product brief and concept process for ADCS-led product concepts
Partner, advise and collaborate across AIC, inclusive of Nike Sports Research Lab, Apparel and Footwear teams to ensure computationally-driven products are successfully delivered
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.
