About

Manjunathan G is a seasoned Director of Technology at Nike, with over 23 years of experience in crafting and building products that are desirable and thrive sustainable business value. He is passionate about building great teams, establishing strong partnerships, and winning strategies that elevate the potential of athletes. Currently, Manjunathan is the Director of Partners & Marketplace Engineering at Nike, where he leads the team to provide the best marketplace engineering experience for customers. Prior to Nike, he served as a Senior Engineering Manager at Target, where he was solely responsible for engineering delivery, technology lifecycle management, and modernization of large-scale vendor apps. He led a peak team size of 38+ comprising of Scrum masters and Java engineers. Additionally, Manjunathan has domain competencies in retail, enterprise vendor onboarding and management, vendor contracts and negotiations, enterprise item management, merchandise planning, MDM, vendor accountability, market place, and enterprise services. Manjunathan has also worked as a Project Manager at Wipro, where he managed complex data migration and conversion programs comprising 400+ modules with the best quality for a team size of 30+. He was effective in tough negotiations to seek change request budget from the customer and promoted critical thinking on productivity enhancements by analyzing the ticket history and driving continuous process improvements to provide consistent value to customers and earn the best satisfaction. Manjunathan has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, with a field of study in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He has relevant experience in senior software engineering, product management, Java, and parts-of-speech. Overall, Manjunathan is an enthusiastic individual with a wealth of experience in technology modernization, technology delivery, program management, product management, user experience design, product development, stakeholder management, agile delivery, financial management, strategy planning, architecture and engineering practices, talent development, and more. He is a valuable asset to any team and is committed to delivering exceptional results.