Transition Manager

Title: Transition Manager 5

Location: Beaverton, OR

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.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Procurement is delivering a portfolio of technology and process changes that affect how employees across the business buy goods and services, engage external workers, and follow Procurement processes. We are hiring a Transition Manager to lead the people side of that change, including readiness, training, adoption, and communications.

Core Responsibilities

• Build and execute transition and readiness plans, including stakeholder analysis, impact assessments, and adoption measures
• Identify affected user groups, define what changes for each, and prepare them ahead of go-live
• Develop training content, job aids, and enablement materials in a consistent, reusable format
• Build executive-ready presentations and status materials for Procurement leadership
• Write clear, audience-appropriate communications for employee, stakeholder, and leadership audiences
• Track readiness, escalate risks early, and keep project leads informed of adoption gaps

Role 1: Transition Manager 5

• Coordinate user participation through testing cycles, including scheduling, instructions, and issue follow-up
• Drive readiness for high-impact employee populations most affected by the change
• Partner with our Managed Service Provider on training materials and delivery
• Own go-live readiness for each required Geo release
• Produce and publish weekly communications

WHAT YOU BRING

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 10 years of transition management, change management, or organizational readiness experience on enterprise programs
• Proven record preparing large user populations for system or process change, including global or multi-region rollouts
• Strong communication skills. Writing, editing, and audience-specific messaging are required
• Excellent PowerPoint skills and a design background. We expect polished, visually clear materials for executive audiences
• Experience building training content and enablement programs from scratch
• Ability to work independently, set structure where none exists, and move quickly with limited direction
• Comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional project teams
• Experience with global rollouts across multiple regions and time zones is preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Change management certification such as Prosci or ADKAR is recommended