Lead, Business Integration, Local Creation GC

Lead, Business Integration, Local Creation GC

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH Local Creation is Nike's local creation engine, delivering product with speed, relevance, and cultural authenticity. Business Integration connects strategy, people, processes, data, and tools so Local Creation can operate as one integrated system across functions, categories, and geographies.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Business Integration, you will play a key role in enabling Local Creation's mission: creating products with greater speed, relevance, and cultural authenticity for athletes and consumers across GC.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from strategy through execution, with measurable business impact and senior leadership visibility.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, with the ability to diagnose issues, synthesize data and insights, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend clear actions.
• Analytical thinking: ability to interpret complex data, identify patterns, and extract actionable insights. Applies structured thinking to solve problems, inform decision-making, and continuously improve operational performance
• Ability to translate strategy into practical roadmaps, operating plans, governance, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience designing or evolving operating models, scalable frameworks, processes, and ways of working that improve speed, clarity, and effectiveness.
• A hands-on, builder mindset with the ability to move between executive-level thinking and detailed execution.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, executive storytelling, and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust and alignment across functions and leadership levels.
• Strong knowledge of the GC marketplace across Wholesale and Direct, with an emphasis on product and consumer strategy.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous improvement mindset, with a passion for simplifying complexity and improving how teams work.
• Experience with collaborative and visual working tools such as Miro, and project or workflow management platforms such as Airtable, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
• Curiosity and practical experience using AI-powered tools to improve productivity, planning, insights, and decision-making.
• Experience in sportswear, athletic footwear, apparel, consumer products, or retail is preferred.
• Strong Excel and PPT/Keynote skills

You may bring experience from Merchandising, Product Operations, Business Operations, Program Management, Product Creation, Consulting, Creative Operations, Innovation, Planning, or another complex cross-functional environment where clarity, alignment, and execution are critical to success.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Lead Business Integration across GC Local Creation, translating strategy and insights into integrated priorities, plans, and execution.
• Lead cross-functional seasonal initiatives end to end, aligning decisions, dependencies, risks, and delivery.
• Partner across functions to simplify governance, standardize ways of working, and improve speed, accountability, and decision quality.
• Build scalable frameworks, tools, and decision-ready reporting that strengthen execution for teams and senior leadership.

SEASONAL OPERATING EXCELLENCE

• Own integrated seasonal calendars, gates, and communication rhythms across apparel and footwear.
• Evolve processes, toolkits, and learning for expanded creation capabilities

CHIEF OF STAFF & LEADERSHIP ENABLEMENT

• Create business updates and lead the weekly cross-functional leadership rhythm from pre-alignment through decisions and follow-through.
• Partner with senior leadership to plan all-hands meetings and leadership on-sites, and facilitate workshops that turn strategy into action.
• Translate leadership direction and team feedback into clear priorities, ownership, and operating mechanisms.

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.