Molex · 16 hours ago
Director of Corporate Strategy
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $225K/yr
3+ years expMolex is seeking a Director of Strategy to support its Optical Connectivity business in the Datacom/AI market. The role involves leading strategic initiatives, assessing market opportunities, and driving collaboration across teams to execute strategic plans effectively.
ElectronicsLogisticsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Lead strategic projects and initiatives across the Optical Connectivity business, which is helping drive innovation and advancement in AI, Cloud and Data center applications
Help define our strategies, assess new markets, new customers, or new or technical applications, support strategic decision making and investments, and interface with key business leaders to organize Molex’s response to critical strategic opportunities
Shape our growth strategies and overall strategic planning: Collaborate with business unit leaders and Molex executives to define where and how Optical Connectivity can grow
Define our right to win across key markets, customers, products and technology applications
Build understanding of market trends, headwinds, tailwinds, risks and competition
Define critical capabilities needed for success
Prioritize and weigh alternative courses of action
Build and maintain market models to assess right to win and prioritize where to play
Identify new opportunities for inorganic growth (acquisition, licensing, etc.) and build relationships with external industry participants in support of this objective
New market, customer, or technology assessments: define, lead, conduct analyses to assess the attractiveness of existing, adjacent, and white-space markets, customers, or technology applications, plus potential inorganic opportunities within those markets
Develop fact-based, economically driven, ‘outside-in’ perspectives on potential new market, customer or technology application spaces; update and refresh points of view on areas where Molex has existing presence
Attend trade shows, industry conferences and interface with industry experts
Perform primary and secondary market research; leverage internal and external expertise, conduct subject matter expert interviews
Identify key market trends, dynamics, value chain participants and translate into actionable insights for Molex leadership
Translate insights to action through partnership across the division:
Support and coordinate execution of our strategies and projects
Identify and drive linkages with Operations, Sales, and Product teams
Help ensure clarity of Vision, adherence to timelines, alignment of requisite people / talent to key activities
Partner with Strategy Team, Molex senior leaders and cross-functional executional teams to drive consensus around priority opportunities and key execution requirements
Support investment decisions for organic capacity, manufacturing space, equipment, and people resources, as well as for inorganic investments
Build the strategy for such investment decisions
Identify alternatives and weigh options
Drive alignment and influence between senior internal stakeholders
Communicate recommendations to business leadership and Molex c-suite
Qualification
Required
A minimum of three years of post-MBA (or equivalent) professional experience, preferably from a data center operator, hyperscaler, datacom enterprise hardware company, optical supplier, silicon supplier, or interconnect company focused on the AI / data center space
Experience running a P&L or in Corporate Strategy or Corporate Development or Finance
Structured and logical thinking with an ability to identify core business problems and demonstrate a ‘nose for value' to discern what is most critical and important
Proven strategy skillset
Proven ability to influence senior leaders' thinking
Powerful written communication skills and a proven ability to succinctly articulate key elements of complex topics in written form
Strong verbal communication and experience partnering with executives and sales leaders
An ability and understanding for how to deliver on short time frames and be committed to meeting deadlines at all times
Proven ability to manage execution of major cross-functional strategic programs, at a higher level than day-to-day project manager
Preferred
Deep knowledge of data centers, AI hardware, or optical products
Broad existing relationships with people at companies in the data center, AI hardware, or optical products space; which you could leverage to improve our real-time market knowledge or tap to become Molex's suppliers, customers, partners, or acquisition targets
A modest and humble demeanor
Utmost respect and dignity in all manners
Prior experience leading and working with global teams across time zones
A strong bias for action and a proven ability to drive projects through execution
Proven managerial skills and a mentorship mindset
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Life insurance
ADD
Disability
Retirement
Paid vacation/time off
Educational assistance
Infertility assistance
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Company
Molex
Molex supplies electronic interconnect solutions and connectivity products for a broad range of industries. It is a sub-organization of Koch, Inc..
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2013-09-09Acquired
Leadership Team
Martin Slark
CEO
Alexandra Haser
Senior Industry Standards Engineer
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