When the game changes this fast, you need an expert to help teams adapt and perform at their best. We’re looking for an Organization Development Lead to drive organization development across our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) geography. This role will support organization design, operating model activation, and transformation efforts that enable our strategy in a dynamic and diverse marketplace.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONAs an Organization Development Lead in EMEA your core responsibilities include:
- Leading discrete initiatives or workstreams as part of local and global organization design, operating model, and transformation efforts to drive the highest impact and value in support of Nike’s strategic priorities
- Partnering closely with business leaders and HR teammates to conduct organizational assessments, identify opportunities, and develop recommendations that improve organizational effectiveness, team performance, and ways of working.
- Providing thought partnership on implementation and change enablement activities required to activate organizational and operating model changes successfully
- Building capability in HR teammates and business leaders through coaching and formal learning experiences, equipping them with practical skills and tools to assess, lead, and sustain change
- Consulting on broader HR and business initiatives through the lens of organization effectiveness, team effectiveness, and employee experience.
You will work with a broad set of stakeholders across a global matrix and diverse EMEA marketplace. Reporting to the Director, Organization Development EMEA, you will be part of the broader global Organization Development team and EMEA HR team. You will have opportunities to work on and lead projects across different parts of the EMEA Nike organization. To do your best work, you will collaborate with Organization Development teammates, senior business leaders, and partners across HR, Finance, Strategy, and Operations.
WHAT YOU BRING- Experience designing and implementing cross-functional organization design, operating model, and transformation initiatives, leading key workstreams or deliverables
- Proven experience delivering some or all of the following core capabilities: organization design, organization effectiveness, team effectiveness, capability assessment, and strategic alignment
- Strong consulting skills including project scoping and management, proposal development, research and benchmarking, problem solving, and critical thinking
- Skilled at creating clear, well-structured deliverables and presentation materials that simplify complex information, highlight key messages, and support decision making
- Effective at designing and facilitating workshops that create engagement, alignment, and clear outcomes
- Familiarity with leading practices in organization effectiveness and a passion for translating external insights and research into practical business solutions
- Familiarity with change management practices and the ability to advise and partner with leaders on the successful activation and implementation of organizational change
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, create clarity, and adapt plans to changing business needs. A high degree of adaptability, resilience, and flexibility to work across multiple projects and priorities is essential
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage confidently and effectively with a broad range of audiences, including senior leaders
- NIKE’s business is conducted in English. Fluency in both written and spoken English is required for this role.
Skills Required
- Experience designing and implementing cross-functional organization design, operating model, and transformation initiatives
- Experience leading key workstreams or deliverables
- Experience in organization design, organization effectiveness, team effectiveness, capability assessment, or strategic alignment
- Strong consulting skills, including project scoping, project management, proposal development, research, benchmarking, problem solving, and critical thinking
- Ability to create clear, well-structured deliverables and presentation materials
- Experience designing and facilitating workshops
- Familiarity with organization effectiveness leading practices
- Familiarity with change management practices
- Ability to advise and partner with leaders on organizational change activation and implementation
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to changing business needs
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English
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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