Director, Enterprise Architecture
Director, Enterprise Architecture
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Become a Part of the NIKE Inc. Team
NIKE Inc. does more than outfit the worlds 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. its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
At Nike innovation is in our DNA and technology is at the heart of how we create the future of sport. At Nike youll find a culture that values bold ideas collaboration and relentless pursuit of excellence. Nike is seeking a pragmatic engineering-driven Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead and grow a high-impact team responsible for owning the big-picture technology blueprint across Nikes entire software ecosystemincluding SaaS custom-built commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) enterprise business applications and foundational todays rapidly evolving tech & business landscape you will drive modernization and simplification efforts with urgency while maintaining a strategic vision. Your mission will be to connect and scale software solutions end-to-end by embedding Gen AI data cloud privacy and security principles by design. You will drive critical build vs. buy and open-source vs. vendor decisions to ensure technology investments deliver maximum value. This role requires a highly technical strategic and collaborative leader who will spearhead the evolution of architecture and engineering practices driving modern patterns and standards that directly impact business outcomes. As a people leader you will inspire collaboration foster innovation and empower your team to deliver secure scalable reusable architectures that fuel Nikes growth. If youre ready to lead transformative change at one of the worlds most iconic brands come build the future with us.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Lead mentor and develop a diverse team of enterprise architects skilled in enterprise applications cloud AI data security platform & infrastructure engineering to accelerate Nikes technology modernization and simplification initiatives.
Build and maintain 3-5 year end-to-end enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap aligned with business goals focusing on modernization simplification scalability cost optimization cloud AI data hubs APIs and platforms.
Architect practical engineering-centric solutions such as microservices event-driven systems containerization API-first designs and AI-enabled platforms to build connected reusable secure and scalable ecosystems.
Perform rigorous evaluation of build vs. buy and open-source vs. vendor software options balancing technical fit total cost of ownership risk and maintainability to optimize technology portfolios.
Embed privacy and security throughout all architectural designs ensuring compliance with regulations and integrating advanced controls like encryption authentication threat modeling and AI-enhanced defenses.
Build maintain and leverage a comprehensive tech radar and architectural catalog covering SaaS custom apps COTS products business capability maps and enterprise applications to reduce duplication and technical debt.
Foster a culture of experimentation continuous learning and innovation to build and scale AI capabilities including platforms tools and talent development.
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to engineers business leaders and executivesdriving alignment ownership and timely decision-making.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will be partnering cross-functionally with product management domain engineering data AI/ML infrastructure security and platform engineering teams to drive alignment on multi-year architectural roadmap and adoption of architecture and engineering best practices patterns guardrails and blueprints.
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
10 years of progressive experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles including 5 years leading and managing architecture & engineering teams in dynamic large-scale environments preferably within retail commerce or consumer goods industries. Passion for mentoring technical talent and fostering a high-performance culture.
Proven track record driving modernization projects that reduced costs improved developer experience or accelerated time-to-market.
Broad exposure to technology solutions and capabilities supporting commerce retail supply chain manufacturing product development HR finance etc.
Deep technical expertise across application data software engineering and infrastructure domains with mastery of modern architecture frameworks and engineering best practices.
Proven expertise with cloud native development and designing hybrid multi-cloud architectures (AWS Azure GCP).
Strong knowledge of AI/ML data platforms cloud-native technologies software engineering tools & distributed system design to deliver measurable business impact.
Solid foundation in software engineering principles application data & integration architecture patterns and distributed system designs.
Exceptional leadership communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams and business stakeholders. Proven ability to influence diverse stakeholders navigate matrix and drive consensus quickly.
Ability to see the big picture and align enterprise architecture with long-term business strategies.
Up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence Generative AI and Agentic AI.
Experience architecting microservices container orchestration (Kubernetes Docker) event-driven systems and API governance with an outcome-focused mindset.
Strong understanding of data architecture data quality data governance data privacy and analytics/reporting etc.
Experience transforming tech landscapes filled with SaaS custom COTS software and enterprise business applications with focus on reuse simplification and cost efficiency.
Skills to develop and evangelize on reference architecture to help teams adopt Engineering Principles from the start (observability security availability active/active auto-scaling self-healing etc.)
Experience with enterprise commercial software ecosystems (SAP Manhattan WMS O9 Order Management Adobe etc) is a plus.
Familiarity with GenAI AI and Data/BI platforms such as Databricks Tableau Spark Kafka is advantageous.
Experience with engineering stack for CI/CD DevOps DevSecOps Containers Runtimes Observability API development microservices UI/UX programming languages etc.
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.
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.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
