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About the Role
This role leads a multidisciplinary organization, reporting into territory leadership, and serves as the critical bridge between global strategy and local execution for Nike Japan’s digital offense. The leader will ensure alignment while unlocking market-specific opportunity.
Responsibilities
- Set and drive the end-to-end digital commercial and engagement strategy across Nike.com, Nike App, SNKRS, and digital partners in Japan.
- Elevate Nike Digital as the pinnacle brand expression by balancing storytelling, assortment, and service excellence.
- Lead digital expansion, online-to-offline integration, and business-to-business digital solutions across digital platforms, stores, and partners.
- Influence digital marketing transformation across owned communications, consumer lifecycle management, and performance media capabilities.
- Build modern, scalable digital operations that unlock speed, efficiency, and new retail operating models.
- Lead the evolution of the Sports Offense operating model by establishing clear accountabilities, elevating ways of working, and strengthening cross-functional operational excellence to deliver sustainable business performance and organizational effectiveness.
- Own financial performance, including revenue growth, efficiency, market share, and contribution margin.
- Build, lead, and develop a diverse team while fostering an inclusive culture and a strong leadership pipeline.
- Lead Nike's Digital Sport Offense in Japan, translating consumer and sport insights into differentiated digital experiences that deepen brand engagement and accelerate growth.
Requirements
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience across digital commerce, retail, marketplace, or related leadership roles.
- Significant local market experience in Japan, with a strong understanding of Japan consumers, partners, and the operating environment.
- Proven experience leading large, cross-functional teams and complex business transformation with full financial accountability.
- Strong people leadership experience, including building, developing, and leading high-performing teams through coaching, talent development, succession planning, and organizational growth.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop senior leaders and teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale organizational and business transformation efforts, with the ability to articulate and demonstrate tangible impact, change leadership, and sustainable capability building.
- Proven experience building consumer membership ecosystems, driving acquisition, engagement, retention, and lifetime value through digital channels.
- Champion a data-driven culture by leveraging consumer insights, experimentation, and performance analytics to drive growth and operational excellence.
- Deep understanding of marketplace ecosystems, including owned platforms, digital partners, and omnichannel consumer journeys.
Skills
- Digital commerce
- Marketplace management
- Premium consumer experiences
- Global strategy
- Local execution
- Consumer insights
- Experimentation
- Performance analytics
- Data-driven culture
- Marketplace ecosystems
- Owned platforms
- Digital partners
- Omnichannel consumer journeys
- English proficiency
- Japanese proficiency
Location
- Japan
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 15+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, digital, or a related field.
About the Company
- Nike Direct Digital Commerce (NDDC), Japan sits at the center of Nike Japan’s digital offense.
- Nike is seeking a senior digital leader with deep expertise in the Japan market and the ability to operate with confidence on a global stage.