Director, Strategy, Running

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

The Director, Strategy, Running will work with executive leadership to develop and implement Nike Running’s global long-term strategy, identify and evaluate critical strategic priorities, and catalyze action through business-planning processes. The role helps own the strategic-planning process, authors strategic plans, and serves as a thought partner to senior and executive leaders on complex business issues. The Director independently leads cross-functional teams and one direct report.

The role builds integrated growth plans to help leaders address strategic questions, drive athlete-focused actions and profitable growth, and synthesize rigorous analysis into compelling presentations. It develops future strategies by creating frameworks, defining workstreams, and leading projects that address Nike’s growth opportunities. It also assesses results against plans, prioritizes future actions, supports strategy communications across the organization, and develops metrics to measure success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Applied Science, or a related field; suitable combinations of education, experience, and training will also be accepted.
• 9–10+ years of directly relevant work experience, including corporate or business-unit strategy, management consulting, corporate development, strategic planning, or experience in the retail or sport industry with a premier company.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or a comparable graduate degree.
• Strategy experience that includes management consulting, investment banking, or corporate strategy.
• Experience in apparel or footwear, retail, merchandising, digital/e-commerce, or consumer-facing industries.
• Proven understanding of the competitive landscape or retail marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Help own the strategic-planning process and author strategic plans.
• Partner with senior and executive leaders to explore complex business issues.
• Independently lead cross-functional teams and one direct report.
• Drive integrated actions to win with athletes and support profitable growth.
• Help leaders address pressing strategic questions through long-term growth plans.
• Conduct rigorous strategic analysis and synthesize insights into presentations for the Running organization.
• Develop frameworks, analysis, and critical thinking to advance Nike’s growth opportunities.
• Scope projects, define workstreams, and serve as the overall project lead.
• Diagnose results against plans and prioritize future actions.
• Support senior leaders in communicating strategies across the broader organization.
• Develop metrics to measure success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director