Job Description

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the worlds best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE is a technology company. From our flagship website and five-star mobile apps to developing products, managing big data and providing leading edge engineering and systems support, our teams at NIKE Global Technology exist to revolutionize the future at the confluence of tech and sport. We invest and develop advances in technology and employ the most creative people in the world, and then give them the support to constantly innovate, iterate and serve consumers more directly and personally. Our teams are innovative, diverse, multidisciplinary and collaborative, taking technology into the future and bringing the world with it.

As our Director of Innovation Engineering, you will join the Technology Innovation Office and will lead a team that researches and develops working proof-of-concepts with a wide range of new and deep technologies. You will help apply it to real business opportunities from concept to creation of real-world pilots. Our culture is collaborative, and results driven. We adopt the fail-fast operating model. We measure our successes in the proofs of concepts we create the learnings from our failures and measured KPIs against our pilots. We operate across all areas of the business and focus on end-to-end solutions that deliver game changing impact!

=== ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS ===

- Lead an engineering team of innovation engineers and support staff using modern DevOps, Agile, and Design Thinking methods. Lead a team to execute on rapid prototyping efforts

- Inspire and lead your engineering team to deliver results and think with a forward looking and growth mindset

- Coaches staff, builds opportunities for staff development and makes decisions on hiring, performance management, recognition, and rewards

- Explain deep technical concepts to a wide audience from engineers to senior executives. Proven history of effective written and verbal communication

- Work with a wide array of stakeholders: business partners, staff, end-users, security, legal, finance, leadership, and innovation partnerships

- Translate business process into functional requirements. Can make sense of, and bring order to, sometimes ambiguous and or conflicting needs

- Provide estimates on effort and risk, and evaluate technical feasibility

WHAT YOU BRING TO NIKE
- Excels in a dynamic work environment. Highly organized and able to balance multiple projects, timelines, and priorities with ease. At the same time, able to quickly flex and pivot due to changing circumstances that present new opportunities for Nike

- Passion for technology and learning, a natural curiosity, with a love for delivering real-world results in a fast-paced environment

- Finger on the pulse of emerging and deep technologies

- Strong history of leadership as an Individual Contributor, encouraging a growth mindset and empathy for team and end users

- 5+ years directly managing a team of high functioning individual contributors

- Experience in agile environments such as startups, enterprise or academic labs, large scale open source projects, or similar

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- 10+ years in full lifecycle development experience from concept to bringing tech to market

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or other relevant subject area

- Up to 10% travel

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.