Principal Program Manager, CPBM Operations, Central OperationsHybrid

Title: Program Manager - Non-IT 5

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 7 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Consumer, Product, Brand & Marketplace Operations (CPBM) exists to serve, enable, and lead Nike’s CPBM team to the future. We drive data, digital capabilities, process and functional excellence to deliver world-class product to consumer worldwide. Our mission is to unlock the full potential of the CPBM organization and propel the company forward. Excellence, process and continuous improvement, and excellence in business operations. Our team’s vision is to be outstanding and improve the collective potential of CPBM. CPBM works closely with Nike’s Consumer Teams (Men’s, Women’s, and Kids’) and our Functional Teams (Footwear, Apparel, and Design). These are unique operations roles centered around driving future ways of working for our CPBM community. 

As a key member of Central Operations within CPBM Operations, you'll collaborate with Nike's Consumer Operations Teams (Men's, Women's, Kids'), Functional Operations Teams (Footwear, Apparel, Design), Technology partners, and Central Operations teams (Portfolio Management, Change Management, and Learning & Development). Together, you'll drive revolutionary changes in Nike's merchandising and product creation operations, playing a critical role in shaping the future of the company.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON 

As a Program Management specialist, your primary focus will be delivering a strategic initiative and you will play a secondary role helping shape program management excellence across the portfolio of initiatives.

Deliver Strategic Initiatives: You will partner with business leaders to create, manage, and track value delivery on assigned initiatives. You will lead and execute all aspects of program management, including scope, schedule, budget, capacity, risks, and dependencies.

• Manage a complex program with multiple stakeholders and workstreams
• Develop and execute program plans, monitoring progress and adjusting as needed
• Manage stakeholder engagement and communication
• Partner with change management and learning development to ensure successful activation and adoption
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues, delivering status reporting to stakeholders
• Participate in portfolio-led governance

Program Management Excellence: You will contribute to the program management team's continuous improvement efforts, bringing learnings from your program as the team establishes standard ways of working and best-in-class methodologies. You will leverage your program delivery to drive consistency in governance processes, enabling strategic alignment, prioritization, and visibility.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We're seeking a seasoned program management leader with a proven track record of delivering multi-year complex programs and driving business outcomes. As a creative problem-solver with a passion for delivering results, you'll thrive in our fast-paced environment, driving complex programs forward and achieving exceptional outcomes. Your unique blend of business acumen, program management expertise, and leadership will drive forward one of our most critical initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
• At least 12 years of professional experience within Business, Operations, or an equivalent field
• At least 8 years of portfolio, program management and/or project management leadership roles, with a proven track record of delivering large complex programs. Project management certification preferred (PMP)
• Experience working with senior leaders and driving large, cross-functional strategic initiatives
• Strong expertise in developing consensus and influencing effective outcomes across diverse teams
• Experience working in a highly matrixed work environment and comfortable with ambiguity
• Strong communication, team dynamics, conflict resolution, mentoring and leadership skills
• Ability to track and manage complicated dependencies both within the assigned program and across programs in the portfolio
• Experience in product creation a plus