Strategic Business Operations Leader – Planning & Growth

Adidas; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

401k with employer match

Paid parental leave

Annual bonus

Job summary

adidas NAM eCommerce Strategy & Programs seeks a Senior Manager to lead strategic planning, market insights, and initiative sequencing. You will partner with senior leaders to translate strategy into a prioritized portfolio and establish governance with clear metrics and outcomes.

This individual contributor role wields significant cross-functional influence, shaping the market agenda, overseeing the value realization framework, and managing the department's financial rhythms.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in strategic planning, finance, or operations.
• Strong business acumen, ROI modeling, and investment trade-off analysis
• Proven experience running strategic planning cycles and facilitating cross-functional sessions
• Demonstrated track record in KPI development and value realization tracking
• Fluent English; excellent communication and storytelling

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing competitor and market intelligence to inform strategy.
• Provide leadership-ready insights on market dynamics, trends, and competitor moves.
• Partner with analytics, product, marketing, and finance to translate insights into actions.
• Own the department's strategic planning process and artifacts.
• Design planning workshops and leadership sessions; align goals and investments.
• Define initiative portfolios, roadmaps, and resource assumptions.
• Support leadership with scenario analysis and decision framing.
• Create consistent strategic narratives and governance for leadership reviews.
• Track value realization and reporting across major initiatives.
• Manage the department's operating cadence with weekly to yearly reviews.
• Prepare executive updates with clear storytelling for leadership.
• Develop executive-ready content and reusable templates for leadership materials.

Skills

Strategic planning

Financial analysis

KPI development

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive storytelling

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Power BI

MS Teams

Smartsheet

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

adidas NAM eCommerce Strategy & Programs seeks a Senior Manager to lead strategic planning, market insights, and initiative sequencing. You will partner with senior leaders to translate strategy into a prioritized portfolio and establish governance with clear metrics and outcomes.

This individual contributor role wields significant cross-functional influence, shaping the market agenda, overseeing the value realization framework, and managing the department's financial rhythms.