The Energy Brand team is the engine for provocation within Nike Inc. We’re tasked with denting culture and pushing boundaries beyond what’s known or expected across all sports. We’re storytellers, strategic thinkers, and brand builders. To land the best work for Nike and our consumer, the Energy Brand Planning and Operations team is the foundation to Brand’s success. We establish the infrastructure, tools, and systems that enable the brand and business functions to operate smoothly and with precision from strategic seasonal kickoffs, through code gates, to the consumer launch. We’re solutions-oriented and dedicated to operational excellence.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
You will be responsible for driving the end-to-end product collaboration process through the lens of the brand team and collaborators. Working closely with brand product, and business teams, you will and ensure all key seasonal dates and gates are being hit across the collaboration portfolio. You will serve as the primary point of contact for the Nike relationship holder to external partners and stay in constant communication with them on all matters related to product development, merchandise and marketplace plans. You will standardize critical processes, tools and document best practices that enable our partner relationships to operate seamlessly from kick-off to launch.
Responsibilities include:
Drive Collab Product Creation and Cross-Functional Alignment
Drive end-to-end alignment with cross-functional partners across product development to manage seasonal milestones from concept through go-to market, ensuring teams pace toward critical deadlines across functions.
Develop and standardize ways of working across the portfolio of partners, relationship holders and brand marketing team.
Partner with product and biz integration teams to ensure feasible workback schedules are in place for all partner projects and are tracked.
Support Relationship Managers with the information, context, and alignment needed to manage partner relationships.
Drive Critical Workstreams through Tools, Trackers & Systems
Lead Tracking Meetings and standardize communication between cross functional teams to ensure dialog around projects in flight, outstanding decisions and risk mitigation
Forecast and Product Ordering: drive deadlines and tracking, create tools and systems that make the process scalable and less manual
Launch Readiness: Partner with Brand, Biz Integration and Sales to maintain and streamline the calendar, drive planning and tracking
Key Product Tools: ensure Product Roadmap, Product Journeys, Process Maps Portfolio playbooks, etc. are accurate, visible and leveraged to drive effectiveness and efficiency
Lead Partner calendar management with Brand and Design
Ensure core marketing integration and processes: PDP handoff to marketing, Promo Product, seeding process, contractual alignment
Ad hoc projects in support of the broader team
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This role will report directly into the Director of Global Energy Brand Planning & Operations and will be a key member of the of Collaboration Operations team. On a day-to-day basis, your core partner will be the Energy Partnerships team in brand, and your key cross-functional partners will be Business Integration, Product Management in footwear and apparel, Sales, Merchandising, Icon Studio, NDDC and Shared Services.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Process and Logic Expert – You’re exceptionally organized and forward thinking. You’re experienced in streamlining and documenting processes, creating new ways of working, bringing clarity to ambiguous workstreams, and finding AI solutions to drive effectiveness. You can manage a wide variety of processes spanning several teams and workstreams
Collaborative Teammate – You’re skilled at building relationships cross-functionally and driving accountability in a matrixed environment. You have outstanding communication skills, thrive under pressure, and ask hard questions in real time.
Tool Creation and Development Owner – you have experience improving existing tools and creating new ones and exploring solutions in AI. You know how to communicate system requirements to tech experts and understand interdependencies.
Creative Problem Solver - You take the time to understand the root cause of issues and identify best solutions to the problem. You know when and where to be flexible, you’re naturally curious and have an entrepreneurial spirit. You recoil when you hear “but that’s how it’s always been done.”
WHAT YOU BRING
At least 6 years in product management, brand planning, operations, or similar strategic roles, preferably in a global, matrixed organization
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field; will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
Direct or adjacent product development and process management experience required
Excellent inter-personal skills with the abilities to be a strong team player and collaborator
Exceptional written and verbal communicator and strategic thinker that can simplify complex information
Proven ability to help build and maintain operational systems, tools, and processes
Forward-thinking, solutions-oriented, and entrepreneurial mindset
Passion for sport, culture, and the Nike brand
Travel approximately 5% of the time
Position Location & Schedule
This position is based at our incredibly beautiful worldwide campus headquarters location in Beaverton, Oregon. You'll work a "4/1 hybrid" schedule - Mondays - Thursdays are in the office and it's optional if you'd like to work Fridays from the Nike campus office or your home office.
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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.
Skills Required
- At least 6 years in product management, brand planning, operations, or similar strategic roles, preferably in a global, matrixed organization
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training)
- Direct or adjacent product development and process management experience
- Experience streamlining and documenting processes, creating new ways of working, and bringing clarity to ambiguous workstreams
- Experience improving existing tools, creating new tools, and exploring AI solutions; ability to communicate system requirements to technical teams
- Proven ability to build and maintain operational systems, tools, and processes
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to be a strong team player and collaborator in a matrixed environment
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and strategic thinking to simplify complex information
- Forward-thinking, solutions-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset and passion for sport, culture, and the Nike brand
Nike Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nike and has not been reviewed or approved by Nike.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is complemented by options such as a Mega Backdoor Roth and deferred compensation for eligible earners. Financial coaching and structured savings programs support long-term financial security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a stock discount sits alongside broad-based equity vehicles like RSUs and non-qualified stock options. These avenues expand wealth-building opportunities beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave includes maternity and paternity time, recently expanded in the U.S. to 16 weeks and extended to part-time retail teammates. Additional supports include childcare assistance at select locations and family-building benefits such as fertility, surrogacy, and adoption.
Nike Insights
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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