Footwear Digital Development Operations

What you will be working on:

As a Principal Digital Development Operations, you'll help Nike Footwear optimize footwear product value for consumers by developing tools that bring visibility, predictability or insights around cost, sustainability and manufacturing and by teaching, training and operationalizing said tools. The development and implementation of these tools enables Nike Footwear Product Creation to make more cost-effective, sustainable, and efficient decisions. It unlocks capacity for our Product Creation teams in Development, Engineering, and Materials.

You'll be responsible for defining new process and digital projects to ensure Footwear teams make right decisions. As the project manager for these tools, you'll be responsible for, analyzing pertinent data, defining project scope, defining requirements, identifying and communicating with stakeholders, estimating cost to build, securing funding, managing timelines, etc.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience including footwear development, engineering, manufacturing, or costing
• Knowledge of footwear construction.
• Knowledge of footwear sourcing, processes, and events from product concept to delivery is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and implement best practices
• A pragmatic thinker and creative problem solver who will proactively research and drive collective resolution
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong influencing skills
• Ability to maintain a high level of integrity, remain flexible, be results-oriented, and work productively within a matrixed organization
• Work comfortably in an environment of ambiguity
• Mentor and help train new or less experienced team members
• High proficiency using MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to travel 5-10% of the time