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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game!

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Talent COE designs world-class talent strategies, practices, and programs that enable the NIKE business— from acquiring and growing talent to enabling our inclusive culture. The Talent Practices organization serves as the research, innovation, strategy, and design hub of the Talent COE, building capabilities for all teammates, leaders, and HR. We focus on enterprise-wide Talent Practices for NIKE’s 80k+ teammates around the world, integrating across the Talent COE and connecting to business strategy and capabilities.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

The Director, Global Talent Executive Pipeline Practices will play a pivotal role in crafting and implementing well-rounded executive talent practices. This includes the development of strategic talent pipelining strategies to build critical cabailities and career paths for key talent, and succession planning for NIKE’s top executive jobs.

In this role, you will build an end-to-end pipeline and succession strategy, encompassing the entire talent lifecycle from selection to development to movement/placement. You will identify and build key identification strategies for key business pipelines, including our General Management (GM) pipeline, as well as critical populations, such as our high potential talent. You will also play a pivotal role in driving NIKE’s assessment philosophy and practice – influencing the global strategy for assessments at NIKE. Additionally, you will design integrated executive practices that support strong decision making as it relates to talent across the employee lifecycle (e.g., frameworks and criteria for succession, talent planning, leadership potential, talent pipelining, etc.), as well as exceptional leader experiences.

You will partner closely with Talent Manangement, Talent Acquisition, and Learning & Development to ensure our career and succession practices are consistent across internal and external hiring, and that our assessment and development strategies are grounded in NIKE’s talent philosophy. Lastly, you will partner with key stakeholders across the Talent COE & HR Leadership team and with external vendors to build additional career and talent solutions for Nike leaders. This role will also provide guidance and thought leadership to the People Analytics team on key insights and metrics used for reporting in scorecards, dashboards, and other reporting.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You’ll report to the Senior Director, Global Talent Practices and work closely with teammates across the Talent COE, Business HR, HR Leadership Teams, People Solutions, Employee Communications, Business Leaders as well as external partners. 

WHAT YOU BRING

• 9+ years of relevant work experience or in a related field.

• 5-7+ years of Talent Management, Leadership Assessment and Development, relevant HR, OD, or Consulting experience.

• Bachelor’s degree, Masters or PhD in I/O Psychology a related field or a combination of relevant experience, education and training.

• Bring expertise across a variety of disciplines within Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, DEI and Leadership Development.

• Experience with implementing talent solutions in Workday or other Talent systems a plus.

• Proven ability to create strategies, practical approaches, and implement global programs and practices at scale.

• Solid ability to sift through data, identify critical information, develop hypotheses and measure impact and outcomes.

• Brings strong storytelling, change management, and experience-based design.

• Strong leadership skills, expertise in coaching, providing feedback at the executive level and demonstrated ability to lead a matrixed team and influence across the organization.

• Demonstrable track record of implementing global solutions and leading large, complex projects and teams.

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.