The Finance Business Intelligence team’s mission is to harness the power of data. We are building a sustainable base of connected data, modernizing the delivery of financial insights, and crafting a center of gravity for analytics innovation. To achieve our goals, we are creating a pipeline for talent, including specialists in data governance, data product management, data analysis, and reporting and analytics innovation. In every role we’re seeking outstanding talent with a passion for data and analytics, a well-adapted focus on business value, and the ability to inspire change.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a data product owner with analytics, finance savvy and product owner experience leading large-scale agile initiatives.

The candidate is used to navigating ambiguity with changing requirements and evolving processes. The candidate thrives in an entrepreneurial environment and is excited by the challenge of bringing complex, meaningful data to light in a way that is simple for Finance teams to use. The candidate asks questions, is continually learning while finding opportunities to share knowledge with your teammates. The candidate’s knowledge, passion and experience help prioritize, solve problems, and guide the extended team. Most importantly, the candidate actively seeks opportunities to be a good partner because the team’s success is the candidate’s success.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll be working with Finance transformation to define, prioritize, and communicate the vision and roadmap across Finance Transformation initiatives; ensure alignment to company, functional, and technology strategies.

Daily, you will be responsible for leading alignment with project and technical partners on scope, dependencies and status. You will regularly provide oversight of strategy, technical and transition management aspects. You will ensure teams have the full business context and understanding of the Nike and Finance environment to build valuable solutions. You will assess the business impact of different solutions, the trade-off between the needs of different groups, then prioritize, complete and communicate the team’s progress to your high level business partners.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will engage with Global and Geography Finance team members to understand business requirements, including Revenue & Margin Management, Business Planning, Strategic Investments, Customer Finance, Nike Direct Finance, Treasury and Tax. You will partner with critical initiative leads and program management to understand and handle dependencies across investments and ensure data needs are met. You will work closely with Enterprise Data & Analytics, including dedicated squads of business systems analysts, data engineers, architects, and other technology experts. You will partner with other Finance Business Intelligence leaders to integrate governance, data management, reporting and analytics standard methodologies into Finance data products.

**There will be 2 roles available at this position

WHAT YOU BRING

Education:

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Business, or Finance; or equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
MBA and/or advanced degree preferred

Experience:

8+ years in data product management, reporting or analytics
Experience in leading teams of product managers, data analysts, engineering, and scrum/project managers
Experience in data warehousing, dimensional modeling and standard methodologies with regard to data management, ETL, API integrations, and data governance
Finance experience working in a global business environment preferred

Technical Skills:

SAP, SQL, R, Python, Tableau, Amazon Web Services, Snowflake literacy desirable

Other Skills:

Strategic mentality with ability to question the status quo, see opportunities, define and lead change