Senior Director, Sports Marketing, Athlete Development
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Job Location:
Beaverton, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WHO YOULL WORK WITH
The Senior Director Athlete Development is a senior people leader within Nikes Global Sports Marketing organization. This role leads and develops a team of leaders responsible for delivering integrated holistic athlete roadmaps across sports geographies and categories. The role partners closely with leadership teams cross-functionally to identify needs and opportunities across the portfolio.
Sports Marketing is a critical connective function at Nikeknown for setting standards developing talent and enabling teams to translate athlete insight into meaningful brand and business impact. This role collaborates closely with Sports Marketing leadership Sport General Managers Brand Product Creation Marketplace and Geo teams while being able to foster strong relationships with key external partners.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a seasoned people leader who brings clarity empathy and high standards to building and sustaining a world-class team. The ideal candidate has deep experience managing teams coaching and creating an environment where teams can do their best work. They are comfortable operating at altitudeshaping strategy guiding priorities and assisting the VP in cross-Sport leadershipwhile enabling strong execution through their team.
This leader must be highly collaborative focused on making work happen through people and comfortable being an enabler. Skilled at navigating complexity in a global matrixed organization. They must also be able to take ambiguous direction and create clarity vs only operating with clear direction.
- Must be open to work in Beaverton Oregon.
- Minimum 12 years of experience in Sports Marketing Athlete Management Brand Strategy or related fields.
- Bachelors degree in Marketing Business Communications or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams.
- Proven ability to partner with and support executive leadership in a cross-functional global environment.
WHAT YOULL WORK ON
You will lead develop and enable a high-performing team responsible for delivering integrated athlete roadmaps across Nikes Sports Marketing portfolio. You will set the vision standards and operating model for the function while partnering closely with the VP to drive alignment consistency and impact across Sports.
- Foster a culture of collaboration growth and accountability across the team.
- Set the vision priorities and operating rhythm for Athlete Development to ensure consistency and clarity of execution.
- Serve as a trusted thought partner and extension of the VP Athlete Development supporting cross-Sport planning and leadership representation.
- Guide teams in creating holistic athlete roadmaps that integrate insights services key moments brand plans and business objectives.
- Ensure athlete insight is consistently integrated into Brand Product Creation and Marketplace conversations.
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:
Exec
Key Skills
- Digital Marketing
- B2B Sales
- Marketing
- Pardot
- Marketing Automation
- Customer Segmentation
- HubSpot
- Multichannel Marketing
- Market Research
- Affiliate Marketing
- Social Media Management
- Lead Generation
