Senior Director, New Business & Corporate Development

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.)

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