The Energy Brand Planning and Operations team establishes the infrastructure, tools, and systems that enable Nike’s brand and business functions to operate smoothly and precisely. Nike is seeking a Marketing Operations Lead to establish how Global Energy Marketing plans, builds, and delivers collaborations, storytelling, and brand experiences.
This highly influential individual-contributor role owns operating rhythms, budget discipline, tools, and reporting that keep work moving on time, on scope, and on budget.
What You Will Work On
Marketing Operations
- Lead seasonal marketing milestones, kickoffs, cross-functional integrations, and decision-making forums.
- Establish and maintain operating rhythms, communication cadences, and clear ways of working.
- Design, implement, and improve execution and operating processes to increase clarity, efficiency, and accountability.
- Produce or project manage critical projects while driving overall seasonal milestones.
- Partner with production to forecast resources and the creative operating model.
- Optimize workflows with emerging tools and AI-enabled ways of working where they improve speed, visibility, or quality.
- Manage creative vendors and cross-functional inputs to support high-quality marketing delivery.
Budget and Planning
- Plan, manage, and track budgets across projects and seasons.
- Manage contacts, vendor setup, statements of work, and purchase orders.
- Partner with marketing leads to allocate, optimize, and calibrate budgets based on priorities and business needs.
- Support alignment between marketing plans, concept maps, product priorities, and team resourcing.
Strategic Enablement
- Act as a thought partner to senior leaders of Global Brand and Ops & Planning.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities across the brand portfolio and proactively drive resolution.
- Translate complex inputs into clear plans, recommendations, and operating decisions.
- Enable teams to work more effectively by simplifying complexity and improving ways of working.
Who You Will Work With
You will report to the Director of Brand Planning & Ops, Energy. Key partners include Global Brand Management, Creative Studio, Social and Digital teams, Product & Merchandising, Sports Marketing, Communications, and Marketplace & City Teams. The role has no direct people management responsibility but operates with significant influence across teams and projects.
What You Bring
- At least 6 years of experience in marketing operations, project management, strategy, or related roles within a global, matrixed organization.
- Experience working with or around creative partners and cultural collaborators is preferred.
- Ability to build and iterate marketing processes, operating models, and tools.
- Proactive, confident communication skills and the ability to influence without authority.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving progress through change.
- Strong understanding of seasonal marketing workflows, go-to-market planning, and consumer-led brand strategy.
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear narratives, plans, and recommendations.
- Proficiency with planning and collaboration tools such as Airtable, Smartsheet, Box, Tableau, or similar.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or a suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
Position Location & Schedule
This position is based at Nike’s worldwide campus headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The schedule is 4/1 hybrid: Monday through Thursday in the office, with Friday optional from the Nike campus office or home office.
NIKE, Inc. offers a total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and professional development opportunities. NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.