Title: Jordan Olympics Business Operations Manager
Location: Playa Vista, CA
Duration: 1 Year contract
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 YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will partner closely with the VP, Jordan Visioneering & LA28 Creative Lead and the Global Senior Director, Brand Concepts to bring the vision for LA28 to life through worldclass execution. You will also collaborate with the Business Integration team and a wide range of crossfunctional partners across Brand, Sports Marketing, Product, Marketplace, and Geographies (Geos). This role interfaces regularly with external stakeholders, including athletes, federations, and partners across public and private sectors.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
You will translate strategy into execution, leading complex, cross-functional
workstreams that deliver against Jordan Brand’s LA28 ambitions.
- Build and drive integrated workplans with clear priorities, milestones, ownership, and success metrics
- Design and implement scalable processes, tools, and ways of working to enable execution at speed and quality
- Lead end-to-end project management across multiple initiatives, ensuring alignment and on-time delivery
- Drive clarity in decision-making, roles, and ownership across a highly matrixed organization
- Identify risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies early, and implement mitigation plans
- Align cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure seamless execution across functions and geographies
- Communicate progress, insights, and outcomes clearly to senior leadership
- Enable teams to adopt new ways of working and foster a collaborative, high performing environment
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for a highly effective operator who thrives in complexity and brings structure, clarity, and momentum to ambiguous environments.
- Proven experience in business operations, program management, or similar roles within a global, matrixed organization
- Strong systems thinker with the ability to connect enterprise-wide interdependencies
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution
- Exceptional project management skills, including planning, risk management, and delivery tracking
- Clear, concise communicator with strong facilitation and stakeholder alignment skills
- High attention to detail, with the ability to operate at both strategic and executional levels
- Self-starter with a strong bias for action and comfort operating in ambiguity
- Experience engaging diverse stakeholders, including senior executives, external partners, athletes, and federations
SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- Projects delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to defined outcomes
- Clear, scalable processes that improve speed, efficiency, and team effectiveness
- Manage and oversee budget requests related to vendor and external partner engagements, ensuring effective coordination and alignment with organizational priorities.
- Strong alignment across cross-functional partners and geographies.
- Risks identified early and managed proactively
- Teams operating with clarity, accountability, and high collaboration
- Seamless integration of workstreams across functions, sports, and global markets
ADDITIONAL EXPECTATIONS
- Brings cultural awareness and the ability to engage authentically across diverse global communities
- Demonstrates an understanding of the intersection of sport, style, and culture
- Represents Jordan Brand with credibility and professionalism on a global stage
