Director of Engineering, Distribution Platform, ITC

At NIKE, Inc., we do more than outfit the world’s best athletes—we explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push the edges of possibility. Our culture thrives on diversity, imagination, and bold leadership. We seek visionaries who bring passion and skill to a game that’s always evolving.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Nike’s Distribution and Outbound Transportation Engineering team builds world class Warehouse management system and transpiration solution for our Global Supply Chain Organization team powers one of the world’s most sophisticated and dynamic value chains. At the India Technology Center, we are building a world-class product and engineering capability to accelerate Nike’s digital transformation and deliver innovation at scale.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Join Nike’s Global Supply Chain Technology Organization as the Director of Distribution & Outbound Transportation Engineering. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the engineering vision and roadmap for Nike’s global Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), including Manhattan Active WM and custom services. You’ll shape the future of Nike’s distribution and transportation platforms, driving innovation, scalability, and resilience across our global supply chain.

• Lead a multi-squad engineering team to deliver world-class supply chain solutions
• Define and execute the technology strategy for global inventory platforms, KPIs, and fitness functions
• Partner with product and business leaders to elevate Nike’s consumer fulfillment experience
• Champion cloud-native, decoupled, and edge-facing services with a focus on scalability and flexibility
• Drive flawless execution—on time and under budget—using data-driven iteration and agile methodologies
• Build and nurture high-performing, diverse engineering teams through servant leadership
• Represent Nike’s technology vision across internal and external forums

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Qualifications, Business and Team Leadership

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering.
• 15+ years leading diverse engineering teams, including multiple managers and squads.
• 8-10+ years of being a practitioner/ hands-on software engineering experience.
• And 4-5 years in management role planning, building, maintaining and managing technology, leading teams.

Business & Stakeholder Alignment

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment with competing priorities
• Commitment to building strong, diverse global tech talent
• Collaborate effectively with culturally diverse and multiple stakeholder groups to define, align, communicate and deliver on commitments that drive value for the business, and celebrate cross functional wins and teams

Technical and Working knowledge and Skills

• Deep expertise in global WMS platforms (preferably Manhattan Active WM or WMoS)
• Experience with TMS (preferably Blue Yonder) preferred
• Proven success delivering cloud-native microservices and edge-facing applications
• Strong background in Agile, DevOps (CI/CD), and distributed/cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Java, Node.js, or Scala; RESTful services; NoSQL (Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDB); and RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle)
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Splunk, SignalFx, and New Relic
• Demonstrated ability to launch new microservices and manage legacy systems
• Proven experience building AI/ML-driven supply chain solutions