Director, Strategy, NA

Nike • Beaverton, OR

3d

About The Position

The Nike Brand North America Strategy Director helps lead strategic planning, develops strategic plans, and serves as a thought partner to North America Brand leadership on complex business challenges. The director independently leads cross-functional teams and drives integrated actions to win with athletes and deliver profitable growth. The role develops long-term growth plans, conducts strategic analyses, and translates insights into recommendations and presentations.

The director develops frameworks, analyses, and recommendations to unlock Nike’s largest growth opportunities; scopes projects, defines workstreams, and serves as the overall project quarterback. The role also assesses performance against strategic plans, prioritizes future actions, supports senior leaders in communicating strategies across the organization, and develops KPIs to measure success.

The position collaborates across Nike’s North America Geography with the North America Leadership Team, North America Brand Leadership Team, Strategy teammates, and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Applied Science, or a related field; suitable combinations of education, experience, and training are 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

• Strong understanding of sport footwear and apparel, marketing, merchandising, retail, and the North America marketplace and competitive landscape.
• Demonstrated success leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with retail data, modeling, and forecasting.
• Experience developing and implementing strategic processes or frameworks.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and change leadership skills.
• Experience managing multiple products, portfolios, or initiatives and balancing diverse stakeholder needs while delivering tailored solutions.
• Exceptional storytelling skills across written, verbal, and presentation-based communication.
• Master of Business Administration and/or a similar graduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Help lead the strategic planning process and develop strategic plans.
• Serve as a thought partner to North America Brand leadership on complex business challenges.
• Independently lead cross-functional teams.
• Drive integrated actions to win with athletes and deliver profitable growth.
• Develop long-term growth plans to address leaders’ strategic questions.
• Conduct rigorous strategic analyses and synthesize insights into recommendations and presentations.
• Develop frameworks, analyses, and strategic recommendations to unlock growth opportunities.
• Scope projects, define workstreams, and serve as the overall project quarterback.
• Assess performance against strategic plans and prioritize future actions.
• Support senior leaders in communicating strategies across the organization.
• Develop KPIs to measure success.

What This Job Offers

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