Every successful team at Nike needs a brilliant game plan. The Corporate Strategy team shapes and drives Nike’s long‑term enterprise strategy—setting direction on the opportunities that matter most, aligning senior leadership, and accelerating impact across a complex, global organization.
We lead Nike’s highest‑priority strategic initiatives, partnering closely with Executive Leadership, Geographies, and Functions to tackle the most critical questions facing the company and turn strategy into action.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will work at the center of Nike’s enterprise, collaborating with:
- Executive and Senior Leadership Teams
- Brand, Geography, and Functional strategy teams
- Partners across Finance, Consumer, Product, Marketplace, Brand, and Operations
This role serves as a trusted thought partner to leaders driving growth across the business today and into the future.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a highly capable strategy leader to help define and deliver against Nike’s most important strategic imperatives. This role is ideal for a strategy leader with rigorous problem‑solving experience who thrives in fast‑moving, matrixed environments and is motivated by delivering real business impact.
The ideal candidate brings strong analytical rigor, clear strategic judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to influence across senior stakeholders while leading complex, cross‑functional work.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- 9–10+ years of directly relevant work experience, e.g.: corporate/business-unit strategy, management consulting, or corporate development.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex strategic initiatives from problem definition through executive decision-making and execution support
Preferred Requirements
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree
- Experience working in, or directly with, global, matrixed organizations
- Familiarity with consumer, retail, or brand‑led businesses
- Demonstrated success leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders
- Experience developing and implementing strategic processes or frameworks
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and change leadership skills
- Experience managing multiple products, portfolios, or initiatives, and operating in a role that requires balancing diverse stakeholder needs and delivering tailored solutions
- Strong storytelling ability through both written and verbal communication, as well as presentation-building and presenting skills
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with retail data, modeling, and forecasting
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As a Director on the Corporate Strategy team, you will lead and contribute to Nike’s highest‑priority enterprise initiatives, including:
Lead Enterprise Strategy Projects: Own end‑to‑end delivery of complex strategic projects tied to Nike’s most important growth and transformation priorities. Define scope, structure analyses, lead cross‑functional teams, model impact and implications, and synthesize recommendations for senior leadership.
Shape Nike’s Long‑Term Direction: Develop strategic frameworks, insights, and scenarios to help leaders navigate uncertainty and make informed long‑term decisions. Contribute to enterprise planning and strategy development processes.
Drive Alignment and Execution: Support leaders in translating strategy into actionable plans. Help define success metrics, create roadmaps, track progress, and adjust course as needed to ensure impact.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS ROLE
- Work on the most important strategic questions facing Nike
- Gain enterprise‑level exposure and influence across a global organization
- Operate with high autonomy and high expectations
- See your work directly shape real decisions and outcomes
- Join a small, high‑caliber team that values rigor, curiosity, and impact
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.
What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., we innovate to serve athletes*. Every teammate - from coder to creator - plays a role in making these athletes’ dreams real. Our tech, data, and digital teams push limits every day, building the future of sport and the tools that drive it. Here, curiosity is fuel. Innovation is the game plan. Different perspectives keep us on the offense. You’ll solve challenges worth tackling, grow fast and belong to a team that backs you to do the right thing. Bring your drive. Bring your bold. Let’s move the world, together. Take your first step at nike.com/careers * If you have a body, you’re an athlete.
Why Work With Us
At NIKE, Inc., your dedication fuels the future of sport. There is a sense of pride that comes from representing an iconic brand and shaping its future. Here, we treat every day as a new opportunity to push boundaries, ask tough questions and share whole-hearted convictions. We are a team – united by the belief that anything is possible.
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