Senior Director – Digital Product Design – SNKRS NBHD & Activity

Senior Director – Digital Product Design – SNKRS NBHD & Activity

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant experience in the design industry
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in design or related field (UX/UI design, human-computer interaction, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing managers and growing careers for seasoned designers
• Can shape the look and feel of an experience based on your vision and taste
• Can identify great design and provide meaningful critiques of discrepancies/opportunities in the team’s work
• Can influence executives and drive broad-scale initiatives to completion by constantly thinking beyond current organizational needs
• Impeccable attention to detail in all aspects of your team’s work
• Ability to actively connect business leaders, design leaders and partners — empowering them to work together toward aligned outcomes
• Ability to use quality standards and available data to hold self/others accountable for examining decisions
• Able to define and clearly articulate vision and strategy to leadership
• Thinks and acts ‘big picture’
• Ability to speak to technical constraints, data science, experimentation, product, brand, business and strategy — connecting across disciplines to foster stronger collaboration between teams
• Have successfully managed and launched multiple large scale cross-platform design projects (Web, Android, iOS, emails)
• Inspirational and masterful storyteller and communicator who can deliver a vision and a path forward
• Ability to foster a culture that supports and encourages diversity and inclusion
• Passion for the Nike brand, sports and for creating high-quality work
• A fascination with innovation and technology and an expert understanding of digital tools and trends

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.