Lead, Data Governance

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.

Working within the Consumer, Product, Brand & Marketplace (CPBM) organization, our data governance team focuses on ensuring that the NIKE enterprise has the product data needed to power NIKE’s future.

We are looking for a Lead Data Governance teammate who is an excellent problem solver and willing to roll up their sleeves to tackle any data challenge. In this role, you will work on the business side of Nike, with all types of product data and the many systems and tools that host that data. As our product data plays a critical role in the business activities and the results of the company, this data governance role requires a passion and commitment to ensuring that this data is properly designed and maintained. When our data isn’t effectively serving our business, you will lead root cause analysis efforts and will work with business and technical partners to resolve the issue. You will work alongside both business and technical data stakeholders and must be able to communicate effectively with both.

Who We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate will capably research and develop data policies and standards and will ensure adherence to them during technical product development and Nike’s product creation process. They will confidently assemble teams from across the Nike enterprise and lead them in addressing data issues or developing new data to serve Nike’s business needs. They have a passion for data while also communicating complicated subjects concisely and coherently. The candidate will be pivotal in helping us lead and develop the data leadership skillsets of teammates.

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Business Management, Computer Science, Science, Math, or Economics and 7+ years of experience in a data-centric role; or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.

• Masters degree is a plus.

• A demonstrated passion for driving continuous improvements in data management and data quality

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to bring data governance practices and value to life through storytelling in a clear and meaningful way to audiences of mixed levels of data knowledge & expertise

• Strong problem-solving skills - being able to cut to the core of a problem, identify what needs to be done and work with the teams to address needs in a timely manner

• Demonstrated willingness to invest in and prioritize the success of the team and other teammates

• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, on multiple concurrent projects

• Proven ability to communicate and influence at all levels of an organization and deliver impactful results in a constantly evolving, broadly reaching business environment

• Demonstrated success in project management

• Curiosity and a continuous learner mindset

• Nike Product Creation experience is preferred

• Experience working with Tableau or other data visualization tools and a strong working knowledge of Excel

• Airtable, Confluence, Jira, Google Analytics, Campaign Monitor and Miro boards experience a plus

What You'll Work On:

As our product data plays a critical role in the business activities and the results of the company, in this data governance role you will showcase your passion and commitment to ensuring that this data is properly designed and maintained. When our data isn’t effectively serving our business, you will lead root cause analysis efforts and will work with business and technical partners to resolve the issue. You will work alongside both business and technical data stakeholders and must be able to communicate effectively with both.

• Identify, design, and lead business stakeholders through the implementation of data governance activities across business functions and data systems

• Collect, analyze and profile data to drive business standards development

• Work with data, business processes and stakeholders across Nike to synthesize data needs and deliver data requirements that resolve issues and result in data that informs business decisions

• Engage with business leaders to drive continuous improvement of data quality and ongoing system and platform improvements

• Produce and maintain written data standards, policies, processes, data collateral and internal operating procedures

• Flexibly contribute skills and expertise as needed to address data needs

• Integrate into a collaborative work environment that champions shared understanding, transparency, autonomy, innovation, and continuous learning

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.