Principal, Gaming Operations and Partner Management

The Gaming Partnerships team is focused on breaking new ground for Nikes future. We seek to authentically embed Nike into the dynamic world of gaming to elevate our global portfolio and deepen youth addition also unlocking a sustainable licensing play through scalable digital IP from strategic partnerships.

This high-performance role blends skills from Project Operations and Partner Management to support existing portfolio of Gaming this role youll be collaborating externally with Gaming companies and internally with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful execution.

GamingPartnerships is a new and evolving offense that requires comfort with ambiguity and the ability to create structure where none exists.

The role depends heavily on strong communication and relationship-building skills due to the number of internal and external stakeholders involved.

PARTNER MANAGEMENT

• Manageexisting partnerships with Game studios and build ongoing support framework.
• Negotiate and execute ongoing gaming projects and seasonal integration. Partner with internal teams Nike/Jordan/Converse and Energy Gaming functions to help execute bespoke activations across the portfolio of titles.
• Work with support Functions in Finance and Legal teams to maintain contracts and licensing revenue management.
• Lead regular Partner meetings and functional check ins.

PARTNER OPERATIONS

• Overall operational ownership of work-steams for gamingpartnerships.
• Maintain operational discipline acrosspartneronboarding workflows and delivery milestones.
• Build scalable tools processes and dashboards that streamline communication and improve visibility.
• Partnerwith internal teams across Nike Jordan Converse Energy Gaming and Pre-Order to align flow of product into Games.
• Provide input on scaling operations improving processes and supporting newpartnership models.
• Track KPIs milestones andpartnerperformance and deliver insights for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 8 years of core experience in Project Operations and Internal/External Stakeholder management
• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of training experience or education
• Advance problem-solving skills. Ability to work with complex projects with Cross-functional teams
• Good knowledge of Gaming Sport Sneakers and Streetwear.
• Good knowledge of Contracts Project Management tools and Presentation.
• Pro-active attitude and an eagerness to learn quickly contribute to company strategy and build the vision

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.