Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team 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. We look for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. We seek achievers, leaders and innovators. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. Data science is a competitive differentiator for Nike and is fundamentally changing how the company serves athletes and consumers around the world. The Data Science & Analytics team builds technical solutions to manage the marketplace and optimize the supply chain. Using big data, advanced analytics, and innovative technology, we strive to ensure that Nike gets the right products to the right place at the right time for the consumers. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Scientist to join our Data Science & Advanced Analytics team, which sits within Nike’s Supply Chain and Planning Technology (SCPT). This role is part of a cross-functional Agile squad and serves a critical function in providing technical expertise and leadership in building predictive and prescriptive analytical solutions for Nike’s global supply chain and operations, specifically in the areas of manufacturing, materials sourcing, and supply planning. The candidate needs to be a dependable teammate with drive, curiosity, strong hands-on data science and analytics experience (including forecasting, optimization, and simulation), and deep understanding of supply chain and operations. You know how to rise above the numbers and explain the crucial insights to users at all levels. You simplify and distill business complexity into testable hypotheses and scalable solutions. While you are proficient in various advanced modeling techniques, you are able to identify the technique optimal for the task at hand based on the business requirements, the available data, and the technique’s assumptions, interpretability, robustness, and limitations. You have a consulting mindset, ask good questions, are continually learning and keeping up with state-of-the-art developments, and find opportunities to share knowledge with others. WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON You will be part of SCPT Data Science’s Sourcing, Supply, and Manufacturing (SSM) squad. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will build and deploy optimization and analytical models that power Nike’s global supply chain and support business strategies and initiatives spanning finished goods and materials sourcing, manufacturing, costing, and supply planning.

You will have opportunities to influence product direction, guide standard methodologies in data science and engineering, and help deliver technical projects from inception to completion. Specifically, you will: Design, develop, and productionize optimization and analytical models to support supply chain decisions. Apply statistical modeling and simulation techniques to complement optimization-based solutions. Conduct model performance analysis, scenario testing, and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making under uncertainty.

knowledge and experience

in supply chain, supply planning, manufacturing & sourcing, and logistics. Some hands-on ability and knowledge in data engineering, software engineering, and at-scale production Proven track record of working cross-functionally and having a consulting mindset to critically evaluate complex business information from multiple perspectives, including questioning assumptions and validity.

We are a highly agile group made up of small, integrated product, design, and engineering teams.

Our teams take features all the way from the drawing board to the consumer, partnering closely and continuously across a wide variety of hardware, software, and services teams. If what we need doesn't exist, we make it. To succeed with us you should be open-minded, thoughtful, collaborative and, above all, determined to produce great work for a global audience. 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. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form. At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience.