WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
Nike’s New Business & Corporate Development team is responsible for identifying, modeling, structuring, negotiating, executing and integrating inorganic opportunities and new business model strategies that drive exponential growth for Nike, Inc. These could include M&A, strategic investments, strategic partnerships and other strategic transactions.
Key Partners
- Chief Growth Initatives Officer
- VP, New Business & Corporate Development
- VP, Corporate Finance & Treasurer
- VP, Strategy
- CEO & CFO
- Functional Enterprise Leaders
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- 10+ years of proven experience in investment banking, private equity/venture capital, or corporate development
- Experience leading transaction structuring, negotiation, execution and integration
- Demonstrated ability to complete quantitative and qualitative analysis, with particular emphasis on financial modeling & diligence
- Proven ability to work on cross-functional teams, influence leadership and drive project momentum forward
- A knack for framing opportunities, synthesizing challenging concepts and comfort with ambiguity
- Can-do attitude and history of making stuff happen independently and as part of a team
- Excellent written and oral communication and superior interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once
- Strong passion for Nike
Key Functional Capabilities
- Strategic Business & Financial Planning– Ability to connect dots and drivers between long-term strategic business plan and financial outlook across Enterprise & Operating Segments
- Executive Influence- Strong ability to influence, negotiate and navigate senior leadership landscape with compelling storytelling founded in business acumen
- Shareholder Value Oriented– Hyper focused on driving value by translating long-term strategy/financial horizon to short-term
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
- Create insightful hypotheses on how specific opportunities might propel the Nike business forward and maintain our competitive advantage
- Build comprehensive business cases & strategic rationale supporting specific transactions, and drive leadership alignment and support
- Synthesize enterprise strategy to identify outsized growth opportunities and the capabilities required to deliver against them
- Identify, execute, and lead key growth opportunities in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver against growth initiatives
- Develop an always-evolving and nuanced understanding of external innovation and marketplace ecosystems
- Establish and maintain strong relationships across business units to identify unique growth opportunities
- Develop and influence deal specific working teams that include relevant stakeholders from key enabling functions (Legal, Accounting, Tax, etc.)
- Have and grow a thematically aligned external network across the investment spectrum (VC, PE, banking, strategic, angel, etc.) and with entrepreneurs and industry luminaries
- Lead engagement with third party stakeholders as needed (CEO’s, legal counsel, etc.)
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.
