Senior Director, Technical Recovery Management

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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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE is a technology company. From our flagship website and five-star mobile apps to developing products, managing big data and providing leading edge engineering and systems support, our teams at NIKE Global Technology exist to revolutionize the future at the confluence of tech and sport. We invest and develop advances in technology and employ the most creative people in the world, and then give them the support to constantly innovate, iterate and serve consumers more directly and personally.  Our teams are innovative, diverse, multidisciplinary and collaborative, taking technology into the future and bringing the world with it.

Open to remote work except in South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

Information about benefits can be found here.
 

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 ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Senior Director of Technical Recovery Management to oversee the global strategy and execution of our technology disaster recovery program which involves designing, exercising and implementing recovery plans for the company’s most critical applications. Our ideal candidate has experience building and leading cyber security teams.  We are looking for someone who is proactive, collaborative, and has experience delivering policy, processes, tools and technology at a global scale to a broad section of stakeholders at all levels in the organization.  

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

• Cultivate a diverse high-performing team of enterprise-wide engaged leaders who will continue to evolve to address the information security needs of Nike.

• Govern, through recovery planning, solutioning and exercises, Nike’s ability to mitigate technology disruption.

• In the event of a recovery activation, lead Nike through the processes that activate, orchestrate and cutover to recovery infrastructure, and leading Nike back to normal operations.

• Lead the delivery and execution of recovery solutions for a complex infrastructure including the systems that support Nike.com, which has more than 300 million users and processes $20 billion in sales each year.

• In collaboration with Nike Technology leadership, drive platform architecture, recovery by design and recovery strategies (e.g. active/active) for Nike Technology.

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH

You will report to the Vice President of Corporate Information Security, Risk & Compliance as part of the leadership team, and in addition to leading the Technical Recovery teams, you will be expected to coordinate and collaborate on cross-functional strategies.  You will work with leadership across Global Technology and NIKE Inc. to ensure that enterprise initiatives are designed and deployed with security in mind.

WHAT YOU BRING 

• 15+ years’ work experience in a senior leadership role within an information security and risk management function, preferred

• 10+ years of relevant work experience, including substantial work in information security or similar function

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or business administration

• Strong understanding and alignment of global regulations, privacy and data protection laws, and cybersecurity best practices.

Critical Skills

• Strategic leader with successful track record of driving change and delivering high quality results

• Demonstrated experience operating in a complex, federated global organization with a geographically dispersed team.  

• Successful track record of partnership across organizations to build trust and achieve shared goals.

• Ability to take unpopular positions, when necessary, influence others to support these decisions, and maintain trust and credibility

• Excellent communications and presentation skills.  Able to communicate complex and technical issues effectively and concisely to executives 

• Experience in facilitating Executive Leadership meetings, driving engagement and collaboration 

• Impeccable high professional standards and expectations for self and others, and the voice to hold accountability for both

• Professional demeanor to consult with and influence stakeholders with credibility, confidence, and a collaborative approach

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.