Senior Director, Digital Product Design, SNKRS NBHD & Activity

Open to remote work except in South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $199,200.00 in our lowest geographic market to $471,100.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

Play on the Nike Team 

Nike does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It’s a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push the edges of what can be. As a company, we look for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. We seek achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. 

Nike Digital Product Design executes thoughtful design solutions for business and consumer problems at scale. We craft the overall form and function of our digital products — defining the user experiences and interfaces for Nike’s internal and consumer-facing experiences.

 

Who we’re looking for 

As the head coach, you direct creative initiatives across the enterprise and are responsible for the team’s delivery of design milestones and functional deliverables. Everyone sees you as a thought partner who can help guide the vision for the business. You have a presence in the design industry and your high-level view of the work helps you give insights others can’t. You create a nurturing environment where different perspectives are valued and teammates are encouraged to grow and develop. 

 

 Who you’ll work with 

The S23NYC Team is responsible for the UX and design of digital product features and capabilities that deliver the best possible brand experience across SNKRS, Launch, community and content experiences – defining how Nike connects with sneaker consumers and engages them through community and content across Nike’s digital ecosystem. As the key leader of this team, you’ll report into the Vice President of Nike Digital Product Design. 

 

 What your responsibilities will be 

• Managing a large, well-rounded team of design managers (can include directors) and ICs across multiple, broad initiatives 

• Defining and prioritizing the problems being tackled, approach to initiatives, and coordinating the efforts of​ multiple ​design teams, the broader organization, a​nd often Nike as a whole 

• Overseeing the overall ​vision​, execution, culture, process and results of your product areas and the Nike Digital Product Design org 

• Demonstrating that diverse and inclusive teams are important to the success of Nike and actively building them 

• Setting the career development strategy, cadence and template for managers and designers 

• Managing resources​ (across the entire product area)​ to meet business goals and ​ensuring cross-functional product teams are set up for success 

• Building a cohesive leadership team that drives the goals and success of the organization 

• Sourcing, attracting and retaining diverse key and senior talent — proactively building hiring pipelines ​and seeking and attracting the best candidates 

• Representing Nike Digital Product Design internally throughout the company and externally to the design industry by sharing your passion/skills/expertise 

• Identifying, owning and successfully driving substantial Nike Digital Product Design org-wide initiatives that improve its caliber, efficiency​ and create a more positive work culture 

 

 What you bring to Nike 

• 15+ years of relevant experience in the design industry 

• A bachelor’s degree or h