Principal Information Security Analyst – Information Risk Management

Open to remote work except in South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $149,100.00 in our lowest geographic market to $313,900.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here .

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We're looking for a Principal Information Security Analyst to join the Information Risk Management (IRM) team within Corporate Information Security (CIS). This role is a senior individual contributor and program leader who will deliver against an information security and cybersecurity assessment plan integrated into a broader enterprise risk management program supported by executive management.

You will leverage deep expertise in security policies, standards, controls, and industry best practices to perform and lead risk assessments of Nike systems and systems managed for Nike by vendors. You will also drive strategic advancement of Nike's Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) program—establishing risk-profiling methodologies, tiered assurance frameworks, vendor lifecycle controls, and executive reporting capabilities that protect Nike's most sensitive data across a complex global vendor ecosystem.

Our ideal candidate is a trusted advisor with superb communication skills, exceptional analytical and problem-solving ability, intellectual curiosity, and proven experience translating complex security risks for both technical and non-technical audiences—including executive leadership, procurement, legal, privacy, and technology partners. You thrive in cross-functional environments, influence without authority, and bring a principal-level perspective to program design, not just execution.

Beyond assessment execution and program delivery, this role carries a broader organizational mandate. You will serve as a recognized subject matter expert in information risk and cybersecurity not only within CIS, but across Nike. Partner teams including Procurement, Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and the broader Nike Business will look to you as a trusted, accessible authority on information risk. You will also identify, initiate, and lead cross-functional programs that extend beyond IRM’s immediate scope, efforts such as enterprise-wide data governance alignment or cross-team risk standardization, bringing structure and momentum to problems that span organizational boundaries.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

This role works with the Information Risk Management team to identify, assess, elevate visibility to, and remediate information security risks across Nike's technology landscape. As a Principal-level contributor, you will lead high-complexity assessments, shape team methodology, mentor analysts, and own key TPRM program initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

Third-Party Risk Management Program Leadership

• Advance TPRM capability maturity by designing and implementing program rigor beyond control self-assessments, including vendor risk profiling, risk-based controls testing, and tiered assurance requirements

• Establish and operationalize a standardized vendor risk-profiling methodology (e.g., data sensitivity, criticality, regulatory impact) to consistently categorize vendors by inherent risk tier and drive risk-based assessment prioritization

• Define and implement tiered assurance requirements so that higher-risk vendors undergo deeper validation (evidence reviews, control testing, security baseline documentation) while lower-risk vendors follow appropriately scaled processes

• Introduce targeted validation of high-impact controls (e.g., access management, data protection, availability) for critical suppliers, going beyond self-attestation to validate design and operational effectiveness

• Establish mandatory control effectiveness standards requiring vendors to demonstrate effective design and operational execution for high-impact controls prior to contractual engagement or network integration

• Develop and operationalize TPRM metrics and executive reporting , including third-party blind metrics and integration into Executive TPRM Council reporting

• Expand factory risk assessment program scope and contribute to assurance activities for Nike's highest-risk indirect and direct third parties

• Plan and execute joint response planning tabletop exercises with key direct and indirect suppliers to validate incident readiness and coordination capabilities

Vendor Lifecycle Governance

• Close vendor onboarding gaps by designing and enforcing standardized, enterprise-wide onboarding controls to ensure no vendor obtains network access or data-sharing capability until a thorough risk assessment is completed

• Build and steward a centralized vendor inventory capturing all active vendors, associated services, and data-sharing agreements, with inventory updates embedded into the global onboarding workflow

• Design and enforce a standardized, enterprise-wide vendor offboarding process to ensure all vendor access and data-sharing channels are terminated promptly and consistently at contract end

• Partner with Procurement, Legal, Privacy, and Technology to align vendor lifecycle controls across domains and drive measurable compliance with TPRM onboarding and offboarding requirements

Enterprise Risk Leadership & Cross-Functional Inf luence

• Serve as a recognized subject matter expert in information risk and cybersecurity across Nike, representing IRM and CIS with credibility and authority in forums, partner team engagements, and ad-hoc consultations

• Embed with cross-functional partners, including Procurement, Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and Nike Business teams, to provide ongoing security risk guidance, ensuring these teams view information security as a strategic partner invested in their success

• Identify emerging risks, capability gaps, and opportunities for enterprise-wide improvement that others have not yet surfaced, and drive action by building the case, gaining stakeholder alignment, and advancing solutions

• Initiate and lead cross-team programs and initiatives that extend beyond IRM, such as enterprise data governance alignment, cross-domain risk standardization, or shared assurance frameworks, taking them from concept through operationalization with minimal oversight

• When assigned to lead or support broader organizational initiatives, operate with full autonomy: set direction, engage stakeholders, build roadmaps, and drive execution end-to-end

• Maintain and elevate the reputation of IRM and CIS by consistently demonstrating deep understanding of business context, delivering pragmatic risk guidance, and building trust as someone who gives direct, honest assessments of risk

Vendor Information Risk Assessments

• Perform and lead formal risk assessments on partner and vendor connections, evaluating vendor processes at the point of engagement with Nike

• Ensure sufficient validation of data sharing arrangements and agreements to protect Nike's sensitive information

• Confirm business objectives align with the type and volume of data used, maintaining a "need to know/use" mindset

• Review third-party SOC reports, security baseline documentation, and vendor security evidence as part of assessment activities

• Establish risk and remediation ownership for identified vendor-related risks and document findings in the Risk Register

• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex vendor risk decisions and exception recommendations

Security Controls Baseline Assessments

• Lead assessments of complex platforms and systems against Nike security and configuration standards

• Evaluate and process exceptions to information security policies and standards, providing principal-level recommendations on risk acceptance and compensating controls

• Perform compliance control validation testing to determine the operating effectiveness of IT controls for scope