Job Description

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. 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.
We serve Retail Commerce Organization which is responsible for building next generation tools for Nike Owned and Partner B&M Stores. This includes Front of House -Point of Sale systems and Back of House reporting and store management systems. Our applications are used in 37 countries, and we serve 540M consumers and 46,000 athletes annually. We are in process of providing an unified and adaptive commerce experience and platform that serves consumers and store athletes globally across physical and cross-channel journeys at all Nike stores.
Lead Technical Platform Owner plays an integral part of the Global Technology team as Nike moves into a technology-led strategy for the company. The Technical Product Management Office (TPMO) has a deep understanding of how to bring the best of Global Tech together.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We seek an experienced Lead Technical Platform Owner for Retail Commerce Foundation Platform who can craft the technical vision, strategy and roadmap for the platforms. Ability to drive software Products thru inception, design, build, execution and launch phases serving Nike’s Retail & Partner Stores and Consumers across the globe.
The ideal candidate loves to lead multiple platform teams and collaborate and partner with multiple cross functional teams across the globe. This is a technical position, whilst it is not expected to develop code, you should have a technical background that allows you to quickly understand technical platform and drive the technical teams to build robust applications in order to provide premium services to our consumers.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
As a Lead TPO for Retail, you will

• Define and drive the technology roadmap and strategies to ensure the team deliver outsized value to Global Technology with speed and are built to be scalable, performant, and agile.
• Be an advocate of solving the right problems for our users as well as Nike consumers.
• Execute the business product roadmap, prioritizing and planning the features based on the needs of the business.
• Lead a team of Sr TPO’s for Retail and bring autonomy within your teams at ITC.
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories and acceptance criteria and be the owner of the backlog.
• Partner with engineering on design solutions and architectural decisions and advocate the technical directions, and evaluate decisions and their impact on the business functionalities.
• Work efficiently in Agile environment, regularly validate the completed stories and check with the business to ensure it meets business product expectation.
• Track product features, performance metrics to ensure that the product is meeting or exceeding the targets, pivot the product roadmap direction as needed.
• Track value drops delivered, product adoption, and execution against the end-to-end roadmap.
• Great product sense and communicate effectively both verbally and written in a variety of settings and tailor communications to the target audience.
• Influence others through optimism, self-assurance, and fact-based recommendations.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This role will work closely with Engineering teams, cross-functional partners (e.g., other TPO's, Product teams, Business leads, Domain leads), across the globe and facilitating decision-making across priorities within the portfolio. In addition, this person will work with our Global product management teams located in WHQ to understand the overall needs of Nike Retail consumers. You will also be leading team of Sr TPO’s within
WHAT YOU BRING

This person should be skilled in product management, analytics, and be a structured and data-driven problem solver, with interpersonal skills. Experience designing creative, quality technical products and enabling business capabilities and objectives through technology will be essential. Additionally, the position requires a highly skilled communicator with experience forming alliances and bringing together multiple partners to execute on a common mission.

We're looking for someone with 8+ years of experience in IT industry and clearly demonstrated these skills:

• Bachelor of Engineering in computer science or combination of relevant education, experience
• 5+ years of experience working as a Product Owner.
• 2+ years of experience managing more than one product teams and Product Owners.
• 2+ years of experience working in Retail Point Of Sale applications is a plus.
• Experience working on UX is good to have.
• Strong Analytical and Data Visualization Skills
• Great business acumen and communication skills
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills
• Prior experience owning experiences and platforms implemented on AWS Cloud, micros services architecture, domain event architecture
• Experience with Agile tools, confluence, splunk, new relic, Aha, SQL, Tableau is a plus.
• Validated ability to adapt to changing needs, processes, and ambiguity
• Strong meeting and work session facilitation skills
• Experience working with multi-cross functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Solid grasp on Design Thinking Concepts and Design Leadership

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.