Job description
Veritas solves what no one else can. With an industry-leading product portfolio, we offer proven, modern, and integrated technology that brings together availability, protection, and insights. Our Veritas Enterprise Data Services Platform addresses current and future data issues end-to-end – keeping mission-critical workloads highly available, protecting data everywhere, and providing insights to optimize costs and maintain regulatory readiness.
Our VP Strategy, Corporate Development and Tech Partnership is seeking a Strategy Director with enterprise technology (infrastructure software) experience to join the team. This individual will be based out of Santa Clara, CA (or ability to commute to Santa Clara, CA). Due to the collaborative nature of this role, we are seeking candidates who can accommodate a hybrid work arrangement with 3-4 days per week in-person. The Veritas Strategy team serves as the core “think-tank” of the company and is focused on corporate strategy, market and technology landscapes, customer problem assessment and product ideation, technology/product ecosystem partnerships, and M&A. This is a highly impactful and visible role working with executive leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Support and manage the strategic planning process (multi-year strategic plan)
- Structure and solve business problems and make recommendations on a wide range of business issues substantiated through primary research (e.g., interviews, surveys) and secondary research
- Manage the day-to-day project and team activities to meet project goals and timelines
- Create “big picture” views of market spaces – with market- backed data that reveals new market opportunity (e.g., TAM) and potential winning plays
- Evaluate business opportunities based on Veritas capabilities and assets coupled with market opportunity
- Generate ideas and drive potential innovation initiatives and special projects
- Scan the market, identify companies, and create taxonomies of the market ecosystem; identify and pursue candidate companies for partnerships and/or M&A
- Collaborate in a dynamic organization across leadership levels and functions – from senior leadership to functional leaders, managers, and engineers during and beyond strategic project engagement
- Communicate, educate, and influence a wide range of stakeholders in clear, concise, and compelling language and material
- Provide continuous coaching and training to strategy team
Basic Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree in science, engineering, or similar discipline; MBA/ MA, or other graduate degree in related field is a plus
- At a minimum, 2+ years as an engagement manager, manager or case team leader at McKinsey, Bain, or BCG, respectively
- Corporate or business unit strategy, sell or buy side investment research, technology industry strategic consulting, or a combination of technology background with a transition to business functions, is a plus but not required
- Broad experience in enterprise software, SaaS, Cloud products / solutions within B2B space – with spikes in enterprise infrastructure software (i.e., data protection, data management, virtual machines, container management, enterprise storage, cloud management platforms or cyber security) and/or cloud computing
- Entrepreneurial – inquisitiveness about how technology can transform business and the ability to rapidly evaluate markets and products with data-driven insights
Additional Qualifications:
- Intellectually curious, analytic, data-driven, and research-oriented
- Comfortable working with both senior business executives, product technology leads and customers. It is crucial that the candidate be able to see the forest beyond the trees
- Generating new insights, ideas and approaches is a critical element
- Broad technology understanding as well as business acumen is required to successfully identify opportunities
- Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Executive level presentation and writing skills – ability to synthesize ideas into top-down, digestible insights
- Background in SaaS industry, technology development, enterprise product management and/or marketing, experience in start-up culture desirable
- Ability to work within a complex and fast-moving environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to senior management
- Commitment to excellence and attention to detail
- Thrives in a small team environment
- Contributes to building a positive team spirit and treats others with respect
- Develops positive relationships and lead through influence with internal partners, build consensus and prioritize action and results
Santa Clara - $161,400 – $269,000
CA remote - $140,200 – $233,700
The above pay range is based on a good faith estimate made at the time of publication and may be modified in the future. The pay offered to a candidate may vary within this range depending on factors such as education, experience, and geographic location.
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