Principal Technical Program Manager

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

This role will drive key programs within the Consumer Product & Innovation portfolio, leading diverse cross-functional team members to execute complex and strategic programs. The ideal candidate will have experience building program management functions and overseeing end-to-end execution across multiple parallel program workstreams, including risk management, issue/conflict resolution, and dependency management. This role requires strong leadership skills, technical capabilities, communication skills, and expertise with digital and technology transformations, with exposure to both the breadth of knowledge across different technologies and the depth of understanding in key technical areas. The candidate will serve as the single touchpoint for the program from WHQ and work in close partnership with peer program managers in other geographies to deliver program outcomes. This role requires a candidate who is strong at building relationships across functions to align strategies and drive execution. The candidate will be the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) representing the team in program reviews and business reviews, providing regular updates to stakeholders on end-to-end health and progress, and risk management. This person will be a strategic problem solver with an ability to prioritize multiple and competing priorities while driving a plan to execution.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of Technical Program Management or product experience
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams
• Experience leading program management efforts including establishing effective governance structures, cross functional coordination, and executive stakeholder management and reporting.
• Strong relationship-building skills and experience working closely with senior executives and cross-functional partners to deliver key strategic initiatives.
• Experience running and executing across multiple complex technology platforms and business areas
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to challenge the status quo
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and work in a dynamic, results-oriented matrixed environment
• Delivery experience using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Deep experience with tools such as Miro, Lucid, JIRA, and Confluence
• Proven experience in a technical program management or engineering delivery role, with a strong ability to drive technical projects to successful completion.
• Deep understanding of Service Oriented Architecture Solutions.
• Broad technical understanding across a variety of platforms, systems, and engineering disciplines, like Front End, Dev ops, Cloud Services
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and vice versa.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.
• 5+ years of software development experience preferred
• Relevant experience in Retail, Consumer product development, Innovation, Supply Chain, and Operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive key programs within the Consumer Product & Innovation portfolio.
• Lead diverse cross-functional team members to execute complex and strategic programs.
• Oversee end-to-end execution across multiple parallel program workstreams, including risk management, issue/conflict resolution, and dependency management.
• Serve as the single touchpoint for the program from WHQ and work in close partnership with peer program managers at other geographies to deliver program outcomes.
• Build relationships across functions to align strategies and drive execution.
• Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) representing the team in program reviews and business reviews.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on end-to-end health and progress, and risk management.
• Prioritize multiple and competing priorities while driving a plan to execution.
• Establish effective governance structures, cross-functional coordination, and executive stakeholder management and reporting.
• Run and execute across multiple complex technology platforms and business areas.
• Challenge the status quo.
• Deal with ambiguity and work in a dynamic, results-oriented matrixed environment.
• Drive technical projects to successful completion.

Benefits

• Accommodations to complete the interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.

What This Job Offers

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