In Global Footwear Operations, we advance the Footwear Strategy by connecting across the Footwear Product Engine, simplifying cross-functional connection and accelerating the delivery of future capabilities. As a Team we value our collective curiosity, open collaboration and clever problem solving.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
On this team, building trust with our teammates and business partners is critical, so you must possess a strong client focused approach to the work. You will report to the Footwear Operations Director and work closely with your Operations teammates and as well as business partners within the Footwear Organization across Product Management, Development, and Design.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking to fill this role with exceptional, forward thinking, operationally minded talent who is motivated by complex and highly cross-functional projects.
There are two Principal, Footwear Operations opportunities open:
- Principal, Footwear Ops: This central role will be accountable for driving clear and consistent Footwear moment expectations, communication, tools, and processes to elevate end-to-end product excellence and standards.
- Principal, Footwear Ops, Capability: This central role will be accountable for driving new and evolved processes, tools and ways of working to deliver enhanced Footwear capabilities across the Footwear Organization.
Our ideal candidate can foster effective working relationships, drive clarity, instil trust and comfortably navigate ambiguity. They are adept at leading and facilitating projects and conversations, while also driving alignment and solutions.
A Footwear Operations Principal candidate should be able to lead with a future forward, operational mentality, think strategically and deliver tactically. This person exhibits process experience as well as the ability to lead and execute projects across multiple functions. You demonstrate creative problem-solving skills and the ability to drive decisions across multiple functions, possess strong communication skills, including listening skills and the ability to facilitate conversations and alignment across a variety of teams, at all levels of the organization. And you are a resourceful, highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable in an ambiguous and dynamic environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent combination of education, experience and training
- 7+ Years’ experience in product creation, Operations, process or related function preferred
- Proficient in Keynote, PowerPoint, Miro and experience with project management software such as Smartsheet or Air Table (strongly preferred).
- Highly organized with the ability to simplify a complex landscape to drive easy execution
- Project management experience, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams supporting large scale change across an organization.
- Ability to balance multiple time-bound projects while maintaining attention to detail.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As the Global Footwear Operations Principal, you will support the Global Footwear Organization in a centralized role focused on elevating product excellence through new and evolved ways of working. You will be responsible for driving top priorities and key initiatives tied to the Footwear Strategy, as well as lead the implementation of key strategic and business priorities across functions.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. 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., it’s in our nature to innovate and our mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world [if you have a body, you’re an athlete]. Because we exist to serve athletes, we dare to design the future of sport. To us, innovation is about elevating human potential. We obsess over the needs of athletes of all abilities, using their insights to create products that are beautiful, useful and make all athletes better. To make big leaps, we take big risks. Incremental change won’t get us to where we want to go fast enough. So we pursue moonshots — like developing the first self-lacing shoe, running the first two-hour marathon and committing to 100% renewable energy use in our facilities. We embrace different perspectives — from scientists and designers to coders and quarterbacks — because we know everyone brings unique experiences and ideas to the team. To serve athletes across the hundreds of countries where NIKE does business, we need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our consumers and a culture of inclusivity. We aim to foster inclusion and embrace diversity throughout our business, teams, and culture to create breakthrough innovations, empower teammates to realize their full potential and bring us closer to the communities we serve. NIKE's diverse, high-performing teams around the world are united in purpose and inspired to change the world through sport.
Why Work With Us
With a global footprint, culture of innovation and team-first mentality, we take action to create a future of continual progress for athletes, sport and our world. Whether our job is designing the ultimate sneaker or coding a revolutionary app, we’re united by the same mission: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.