Nike exists to innovate for athletes. Nike Sports Marketing professionals provide the vital linkage between the company and Nike-sponsored athletes, clubs and federations worldwide. Sports marketing employees partner with premier athletes to collect insights about existing and future products, gather inspirational stories about sport, and nurture long-term relationships between the athletes and the company. The team develops and executes sports marketing strategies, obtains endorsements and licensing agreements and serves as Nike ambassadors to the sports community worldwide. Their relationships build the foundation of Nike’s product creation: Nike creates extraordinary products because its employees listen to exceptional athletes.

In this position as Director, Sports Marketing NBA, you’ll be responsible for a variety of responsibilities including but not limited to: contract negotiations, relationship & personnel management, managing and tracking contractual obligations, strategic planning, budget management, end to end supply chain, and highly complex problem solving. More specifically, you’ll assume oversight of the promo outfitting component of our NBA contract, across NBA, WNBA, G-League, and the global League Offices. You'll represent the Sports Marketing function on the Apparel & NBA Leadership teams, while working with your direct team to drive Apparel strategy, innovation, and culture into the way Nike shows up on court. You will oversee a large budget, a high functioning team of seven, and the full slate of inventory & buys across all of Basketball Sports Marketing; while driving strategic decision making that results in more efficient processes, expedited timelines, and overall improved service across the platform of partnerships you're responsible for.

Other responsibilities include: partnering with the Senior Director on team deals, creating and assisting on high level strategy presentations, maintaining solid working relationships with a variety of internal & external key stakeholders, utilizing analytics to find efficiencies in processes, working across the full supply chain in an end to end capacity, partnering with cross functional internal partners to ensure all product launches are a comprehensive & coordinated effort across Promo & Retail, using a deep Apparel & Supply Chain understanding to mitigate and solve issues, and ensuring the voice of the athlete is always represented in everything we do.