Director - HR and Corporate Solutions Architecture - Nike - Beaverton

Job description
Nike does more than outfit the world's best athletes. We are a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. We're looking for people who can grow, think, dream and create. We thrive in a culture that embraces diversity and rewards imagination. We seek achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about bringing what you have to a challenging and constantly evolving game.


Nike Tech brings together technology and process expertise to create value for the consumer. We deliver one-stop, integrated process and technology capabilities that enable Nike, Inc.'s businesses and brands worldwide. Our focus is on providing Lean solutions that eliminate waste, maximize consumer value, and drive profitable business growth.

You'll bring a high level of HR, Legal, Sustainability, and Corporate Services Solution Architecture experience that is leveraged as we revolutionize our capabilities to gain efficiencies and maximize consumer experiences. Expertise in the latest methods and technologies is a must and we are looking for people who are passionate about the world of value-driven solution delivery. In addition, you'll get to work alongside truly talented teams and help them enhance their performance by promoting collaboration and innovation.

As the Director HR and Corporate Solutions Architecture, you will be a leader in the NIKE Technology HR and Corporate Solutions group and support NIKE's Global HR, Sustainability, Legal, and Corporate Services divisions. The successful candidate will:


- Be recognized as an expert in global, end-to-end HR and Enabling Functions technologies and systems that support a Fortune 500 corporation. Create compelling strategic visions for these functions and see them through to fruition by influencing senior executives and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrate an ability to translate business trends and strategies into technical services and solutions as it relates to HR, Legal, Sustainability, and Corporate Services.
- Support strategic technology planning by identifying, tracking, and experimenting with new and potentially disruptive technologies. Lead team that evaluates higher risk technology investments.
- Evaluate technology and business trends in order to achieve value as part of a business strategy. Combine a broad knowledge of the potential value in emerging technologies and a keen understanding of how these technologies can affect Nike's business and processes.
- Provide high level technical design, strategy roadmap development and technical architecture for projects and/or programs.
- Ensure best practices for exploiting key technologies are shared across the organization. Evaluate solution alternatives in order to achieve goals through the use of technology
- Design and develop IT architecture (integrated process, applications, data and technology) solutions to business problems in alignment with enterprise architecture direction and standards.
- Analyze needs and requirements of existing and proposed products/services, applications, and service offerings, and develop technical, structural and organizational specifications.
- Assess the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies.
- Have the ability to effectively work cross-functionally with and through business and IT managers.
- Need to demonstrate a proven track record of successfully managing large technology project-portfolios in a product-driven environment and accountability of deadlines and value propositions.
- Manage project budgets and scope, and will conduct resource planning for risks that are proactively identified.
- This role reports to the Senior Director HR and Corporate Solutions and is an integral member
- of the HRCS Leadership Team.

Desired Skills and Experience
Qualifications
- Degree in Business, Computer Science or a related field
- 10 years business, IT or related experience
- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to gather relevant data and information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas effectively, negotiate tense situations successfully, and manage and resolve conflict.
- Proven presentation and facilitation skills.
- Demonstrated expertise of building a consensus across business partners and technology leaders, and influencing successful outcomes.
- Must excel working in team-oriented roles that rely on ability to collaborate with others.
- Experience working successfully in a highly matrixed work environment.
- 8 years enterprise, business or solutions architecture experience
- Expert-level understanding of business process re-engineering or process improvement
- Ability to develop or improve strategic processes
- Ability to consult, transfer knowledge and act as a resource for the resolution of unique opportunities
- Ability to partner with and influence key stakeholders and architects throughout Nike
- Expert level knowledge in governances and best practices for enterprise architecture strategies and roadmaps
- Ability to communicate technical information to and influence a wide and varied audience, from your team of experienced architects through executives
- Ability to pass a 7-year background investigation

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