Director, Vertical Operations

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The Director of Vertical Operations is the strategic right hand to the President of the Electronics Vertical Business, translating the President’s vision into actionable strategy across Consumer Electronics, Semi-conductors and Datacenter markets. This leader owns the operating model, performance management cadence, and executive narrative that keep the business aligned, accountable, and delivering against its operating plan. 

Acting as a strategic sounding board, operational governor, and cross-functional integrator, the Director anticipates risk, closes execution gaps, and drives achievement of key initiatives and OKRs. This is a high-visibility role for a seasoned operator who thrives at the intersection of strategy, execution, and executive influence. 

As a Director, Vertical Operations, Electronics, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.

The role carries end-to-end accountability for connecting strategy to execution across the Vertical and serves as the primary liaison to corporate strategy functions, acts as a strategic advisor to the President.  

Here, you will make an impact by:

• Own translation of the President’s vision into strategy and strategic priorities across Consumer Electronics, Semi-conductors and Datacenter high growth markets.  

• Serve as primary strategic sounding board and thought partner to the President, shaping strategic decisions and trade-offs. 

• Lead and govern the operating model, management operating system (MOS), cadence, and performance management framework — weekly stand-ups, monthly business reviews, forecast reviews, XLT, townhalls,            and workshops. 

• Hold leadership teams accountable for execution outcomes and intervene to resolve strategic delivery gaps. 

• Steward the executive narrative, strategic messaging, and performance communication — board materials, strategy plan, QOR, QBR, QFR, and weekly/monthly forecasts — in partnership with Finance, Commercial Ops, and cross-functional teams. 

• Serve as the primary interface to Business Group (BG) functions, driving strategic planning and key initiatives.  

• Anticipate strategic risks and drive mitigation actions to ensure successful business outcomes. 

• Identify execution gaps and mobilize action to realign delivery with strategic objectives. 

• Execute success metrics, initiatives, and OKRs to deliver the key initiatives in the operating plan. 

• Align cross-functional goals across Sales, Application Engineering, Finance, and Strategy. 

• Strengthen employee engagement and organizational alignment through strategic communication and leadership engagement initiatives. 

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