Senior Change Manager

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will be a part of the Global Technology Management Office and report to the Director of Change Management for Global Technology. This job opportunity is for two roles. This role is not remote eligible and reports to Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon on a 4/1 Hybrid schedule. You will be on a team that supports both technical and business teams. On a day-to-day basis, you will engage with various levels of stakeholders, executive sponsors and teams as well as strategic partners across all of NIKE, Inc. to define, build and implement comprehensive change management strategies for various technical and business programs. In addition, you will also be partnering directly with technical product and business teams and executive leaders in executing priorities, communications and being a thought partner.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Senior Change Management team member within our Global Technology Management Office focused on driving enterprise transformation. This Senior Change Manager will be responsible for delivering large change management plans and implementations on projects for Global Technology organization impacting NIKE, Inc. teammates.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will be responsible for delivering large-scale change management plans, activities and implementations including readiness and adoption; and work closely with executive sponsors, program teams, program managers, product managers, and scrum leads across technology and the business. You will be accountable to collaborate and deliver on dependencies, deliverables, storytelling, communications and adoption risks. You will also apply your experience for resolving problems that arise around stakeholder and organizational risks and issues. You will also drive excellence in change management in support of the GenAI, technology simplification and/or data modernization efforts:

• Successfully manage project-based change management activities and work closely with project managers on planning, as well as identifying and solutioning dependencies, risks and constraints.
• Confidently assess stakeholder readiness for change and build business case for change.
• Consistently understand stakeholders and user journeys. Drive transition & change management principles and methodology across medium to large global initiatives.
• Ability to develop, lead and activate training plans and build materials to generate momentum, raise awareness and minimize business disruption.
• Application of experienced storytelling and developing complex, global communications, including associated plans and materials for specific initiatives to engage stakeholders, drive awareness, adoption and minimize disruption to stakeholders.
• Proactive approach and communicate status to global stakeholders effectively in virtual setting, with an emphasis on maintaining alignment with core project sponsors.
• Adapt the plans and priorities to the changes coming from leadership, operational challenges, and technology priorities
• Navigate through ambiguity and seek to understand and clarify initiative goals and next steps
• Occasionally serve as an internal consultant and subject matter expert to various internal program and initiatives impacting NIKE, Inc. end users.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, or equivalent combination of relevant education, and experience
• 5+ years professional experience in organizational change management
• Change Management Methodology certification: PROSCI, etc.
• Experience building and driving executive storytelling across technology and business to drive activation and adoption of complex initiatives
• Effective experience implementing Change Management strategies in global technical initiatives
• Experience working with many cross functional teams
• Strong influencing skills and competency to interact with senior management and executives
• Experience working with many cross functional technical and business teams
• Advanced skills using Microsoft Office and intermediate skills using other software applications to complete and manage tasks, schedules, and projects

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