Lead, Data Foundations Solutions Management

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s 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. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Open to remote work except in South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $126,700.00 in our lowest geographic market to $258,400.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Lead, Data Foundations Solutions Management

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's 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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

At Nike’s Global Places & Services (GPS) organization, we design and bring to life physical environments and experiences for Nike and the athlete* in more than 100 cities around the world. We work every day to make location a competitive advantage by delivering against our key capabilities: location, physical environments, events, sport, nutrition and mobility.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a strategic, technically fluentSolutionsManager to lead the development ofdata and analytical data sets/products that drive business impact for GPSand the Nike enterprise.  This role will serve as a critical link between data engineering and business stakeholders – translating business needs into technical requirements and ensuring delivery of high-value, scalable data and analytics products.

The candidate needs to havestrong communication and stakeholder management skills with a background in data and analytics product management. Candidates should have a solid understanding of data pipelines, data warehousing, and business intelligence front-end applications like Tableau. Candidates should have a basic understanding of AI/ML and should be comfortable navigating technical and business domains as it relates to translating business requirements into actionable insights with data.  Candidate will have a proficiency in SQL and a strong grasp of data modeling and architecture, along with experience working in an agile environment.  Candidates should also be able to learn, potentially clarify/define, capability processesin order todrive data solution needs.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

This role willworkwithGPS teamson a daily basis,often interacting/collaborating withbusiness partner functions who requireGPSdata and reporting.This rolewill beleading thedesign, development, and maintenance ofaglobalanalyticsinfrastructure that supports data science, analytics and reporting needs forGPSandthe Nike enterprise(for GPS data).This role will be responsible foroverseeing thetranslation ofbusiness needs into functional code foranalysis,reporting solutionsas well as operational tools.In addition,this rolewill connect with ourNike Tech partners regardingmodels, architecture and best practices fordatasolutions. 

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Reporting to the Sr. Managerof GPS Data Foundations, this role is a member of the GPS Intelligence team within GPS Global Operations.  The role's primary stakeholders will sit in the core functions of GPS, but will also work with teams such as Nike Technology, Resilience, HR and Legal to createand maintaindata solutions. GPS data products have enterprise reach,requiring engagement with many Nike functions at times

WHAT YOU BRING

Required

•Bachelor’sdegree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 8 plus years directly relevant work experience or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.

•Experience in product managementfor data and analytics products

•Strong communication skills and the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements

•Data architecture and data modeling

•Relational database design (normalization/denormalization, conceptual modeling, physical modeling) 

•Comfort with agile, scrum, or hybrid development environments

•Explain technical concepts in simplified ‘business’ language 

•Proficiency in SQL for data exploration and validation

•Familiarity with business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau)

•Front-end application/data visualization developmentexperience

•Designing and implementing data quality tests 

 Nice-to-haves 

•Security/role-based access control design 

•CI/CD experience (ideally Jenkins)

•Understanding of master data management

•Familiarity with AI/ML

•Understanding of data engineering, APIs, and integration patterns

•Test-driven development 

•Understanding of master data management 

•Formalanalytics, data visualization, or computer science background preferred

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 an equal opportunity employer. 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.