Senior Principal, Business HR (BHR) Strategy

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

The Business HR (BHR) Strategy and Operations group enables Nike’s BHR function to deliver the organization, talent and culture required for NIKE to win in the marketplace.

We are looking for a Senior Principal, BHR Strategy who will enable BHR impact at scale, provide strategic and consultative support for our BHR and executive leaders, ensure the execution of the business talent agenda, and synchronize Geo, Functional, and Brand strategies.

This position reports to the Senior Director, BHR Strategy and will work collaboratively with their BHR Strategy & Operations teammates, the VP BHR Leadership Team, Corporate Functions & Centers of Excellence (COEs), People Solutions, and Nike People Strategy.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The ideal candidate is a sophisticated, business-savvy professional who excels in ambiguity and adapts quickly to change in a fast-paced environment. This individual must demonstrate strong executive communication, presentation, and influencing skills across all organizational levels.

• 10+ years of experience in management consulting, HR and/or corporate strategy, corporate development, business development, or a related field.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.

• Experience in leading complex strategic projects and a methodical process of analyzing problems, gathering information, generating options, then proposing and driving a course of action.

• Deep understanding of business context, goals, financials, trends and intersections with team and talent objectives.

• Demonstrated performance of navigating ambiguity, gaining fluency in new business areas, and adding value.

• Ability to perform in an influence-based role and builds commitment across the matrix at the executive level.

• Mastery of business communication tools and verbal/written communication to promote conceptual understanding and mobilize change through storytelling.

• Ability to lead, influence, and manage effective cross-functional teams.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

This role will identify, evaluate, and synchronize critical strategic priorities, catalyze action against these priorities through strategic and business planning processes, and spearhead HR projects across Nike’s diverse set of people, businesses, and geographies. As a leader of BHR Strategy, you will be responsible for the following:

• Partnering with our peers and BHR VPs to drive translation of the people strategy with the business across geography, brands, and functions.

• Support BHR at scale by creating a central framework and governance that enables teams to operate optimally to meet our enterprise and business goals, and unlock greater BHR focus as strategic, consultative partners to the business.

• Ideating innovative solutions to high priority and high visibility strategic questions.

• Investigating newly developing near- and long-term white space opportunities.

• Crafting implementation plans that balance feasibility with blue-sky thinking.

• Identifying, tracking, and analyzing emerging trends that may impact our people strategy and the business.

• Incorporating findings into the monthly, quarterly, and annual strategic planning processes.

• Leading projects with cross-functional business partners and subject matter experts.