Senior Principal Technical Program Manager

Nike•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

Consumer Product & Innovation (CP&I) partners with Nike’s product creation engine across innovation, merchandising, creation, and commercialization. The Senior Principal Technical Program Manager is a core member of the CP&I extended leadership team, translating strategic investments into business outcomes and owning end-to-end delivery of complex technical and strategic programs. The role leads planning and execution across engineering teams and global stakeholders. The position owns the integrated delivery portfolio for CP&I’s most critical programs, from strategy and planning through launch and value realization. It leads quarterly planning and dependency alignment across business and technology leaders, drives enterprise tradeoff decisions, establishes governance, metrics, and executive reporting, and represents the TPM organization in leadership forums. The role also coaches program managers across the organization and serves as a trusted thought partner to senior leadership. As an individual contributor, this leader relies on influence rather than direct authority to partner with engineering teams, shape technical decisions, and align senior business, technology, and operations leaders around shared outcomes and decisions. The position serves as the single point of contact for programs from PHK and partners with peer program managers in other geographies to deliver program outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
10+ years of Technical Program Management or product experience.
5+ years leading multi-team, enterprise-scale programs across multiple technology platforms and business areas.
Track record of constructively challenging the status quo and driving lasting changes to processes, operating models, or ways of working.
Ability to work through ambiguity in a dynamic, results-oriented, matrixed environment.
Delivery experience using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Experience leading scaled, multi-team planning, such as quarterly PI planning, and managing cross-team dependencies.
Experience leading beyond one’s own programs, including mentoring program managers and shaping organizational practices.
Strong understanding of modern software architecture, including service-oriented and cloud-native solutions, and judgment to evaluate architectural tradeoffs and their delivery impact.
Executive-level oral and written communication and influence.
Ability to build trusted relationships with cross-functional partners and deliver strategic initiatives.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa.
Ability to present concise recommendations, risks, and tradeoffs to VP and SVP audiences.
Breadth across multiple technologies and depth in key technical areas.
Demonstrated success in agile, program-based operating models.
Ability to lead through influence and align senior business, technology, and operations leaders.

Nice To Haves

Relevant experience in Retail, Consumer Product Development, Innovation, Supply Chain, and Operations.

Responsibilities

Own the integrated delivery portfolio for CP&I’s most critical programs from strategy and planning through launch and value realization.
Lead quarterly planning and dependency alignment across business and technology leaders.
Drive enterprise tradeoff decisions to resolution.
Establish governance, metrics, and executive reporting on progress, risk, and business value.
Represent the TPM organization in leadership forums.
Coach and mentor program managers across the organization.
Lead execution across engineering teams and global stakeholders, using influence rather than direct authority.
Partner with engineering teams and shape technical decisions that keep delivery on track.
Align senior business, technology, and operations leaders around shared outcomes, critical decisions, and enterprise tradeoffs.
Serve as the single point of contact for programs from PHK and partner with peer program managers in other geographies.
Prioritize competing demands and drive plans through to execution.
Present concise recommendations, risks, and tradeoffs to VP and SVP audiences.