Who We Are Looking For:
The Corporate Strategy Manager will support Nike's Senior Leadership Team in the development of growth strategies that drive high-level priorities across key business units, markets, and Nike, Inc., brands.
This role will:
· Direct & execute analysis and due diligence for new growth opportunities, leading to actionable recommendations
· Lead strategic project workstreams leveraging sound hypotheses and rigorous frameworks, pushing beyond analytics & research to insight
· Catalyze the execution of actionable plans with senior leaders and their functional teams
· Align and lead senior teams through ambiguity in a complex organizational matrix, providing project management support to cross-functional teams, including coordinating process milestones and deliverables
· Collaborate with various cross-functional teams throughout the business to prepare business reviews, scorecards, and materials for strategic workshops
What You Will Work On:
The role will support Nike's Senior Leadership Team, partnering heavily with Finance, Insights & Analytics, Corporate Development & other cross-functional Strategy teams.
What You Bring:
· Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Applied Science or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
· Masters degree preferred.
· 5+ years of proven experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, corporate development, or business development.
· Experience in leading sophisticated strategic projects and proven success in leading a methodical process of analyzing problems, gathering information, generating options, then proposing and acting on a course of action
· Consistent track record of pulling together diverse individuals with different goals and facilitating productive discussions
· Proficiency in business communication tools and verbal/written storytelling + communication to promote conceptual understanding and mobilize change through storytelling
· Bias towards action and comfortable working in ambiguity, and ability to work through complexity & adversity
· Superior interpersonal and relationship building skills
· A curious mind and growth-orientation
· Business development, quantitative & qualitative acumen
· Strategic planning
· Project management in a cross-functional, global matrix environment
· Data analysis and financial modeling
· Market analysis
· Microsoft office suite (including Excel modeling), Keynote and Tableau
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
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Applied Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Master's degree
- 5+ years experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, corporate development, or business development
- Proven experience leading sophisticated strategic projects and analytical problem solving
- Project management experience in a cross-functional, global matrix environment
- Data analysis and financial modeling experience
- Market analysis experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Excel modeling), Keynote, and Tableau
- Strong business communication, storytelling, and presentation skills
- Superior interpersonal and relationship building skills and ability to align senior teams
- Business development, quantitative and qualitative acumen
- Bias toward action and comfort working in ambiguity and complexity
- Strategic planning expertise
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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