Sporting Fashion & Goods
Director, Strategy, Innovation
Senior Level
Beaverton, United States
in office
Full time
Job description
About the Role
Leads strategic planning, authors strategies and plans, and serves as a critical thought partner to senior and executive leaders on complex innovation opportunities. It sits within the Innovation, Design, and Product (IDP) Strategy team, collaborating across the Innovation Creation Division. The role partners closely with the Chief Innovation Officer, the Innovation Leadership Team, strategy leaders, and cross-functional partners to tackle key Innovation questions, shape strategic choices, and set clear direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning, author strategies and plans, and serve as a critical thought partner to senior and executive leaders on complex innovation opportunities.
- Partner closely with the Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Leadership Team, strategy leaders, and cross-functional partners to tackle key Innovation questions, shape strategic choices, and set clear direction.
- Act as a player-coach by personally leading critical strategy work while managing and growing a direct report.
- Develop future strategies by bringing internal, external, and future-oriented perspectives together to identify possibilities, shape strategic choices, and set direction.
- Build integrated growth plans by translating strategy into integrated plans that align priorities, actions, and investments.
- Activate strategy by partnering with leaders and teams to clarify ownership, enable decisions, and mobilise action against the strategy.
- Assess impact by defining the KPIs that matter, assessing progress, and translating insights into what comes next.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Applied Science, Innovation, or related field; any suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
- 9+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, corporate or business-unit strategy, or strategic planning.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex strategy work from problem framing through executive decision-making and action.
- Accomplished leader with strong strategy craft and a track record of turning complex questions into clear strategic direction.
- Analytical rigour to frame challenging business questions.
- Creativity to see multiple paths forward.
- Influence to shape choices and catalyse action with senior leaders.
- Ability to create structure from ambiguity and use constraints to sharpen possibilities.
- Ability to synthesise diverse inputs, connect across strategic priorities, and develop clear options and recommendations.
Preferred Skills
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
- Experience in complex, global, matrixed organisations.
- Experience working at the intersection of strategy and creation.
- Experience building strategic frameworks that drive decisions and action.
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and build alignment.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive storytelling skills.
The Application Process
Accommodations are available to complete the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.
- Request assistance or an accommodation for a disability by completing the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
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