Associate Vice-President, Enterprise Strategy

Agilent Technologies • Santa Clara, CA

88d • $226,176 - $353,400

About The Position

Agilent is a customer-centric organization with our Groups organized around the end markets we serve: Life sciences and Diagnostics Markets Group (LDG) focuses on Agilent’s Pharma, Biopharma, Clinical and Diagnostics markets, providing solutions for life science research, patient diagnostics and testing for safety. Applied Markets Group (AMG) focuses on growing Agilent’s leadership in Applied markets like Food, Chemicals & Materials, Semiconductor, and Energy. Agilent CrossLab Group (ACG) supports customers across all Agilent end markets, enhancing the instruments with targeted workflows and applications through services, software and informatics, automation, and consumables. The Associate Vice President (AVP) of Cross-Group Strategy reports to the VP of Enterprise Strategy. The Cross-Group Strategy lead will define the core business strategy in partnership with the Group strategy leads, coaching them on defining the strategic direction for the groups, identifying and evaluating strategic initiatives and guiding them on initiative execution. The AVP will ensure that the Group and Business roadmaps are aligned with Enterprise priorities by leading the enterprise-wide portfolio management process. The Cross-Group Strategy lead will orchestrate the annual strategic planning cycle and will spearhead major strategic projects that cut across functions and geographies.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree is required; MBA or technical degree related to life sciences preferred
• 10+ years of experience in one or more of the following functions: strategy, business development, strategic marketing, market analysis, business consulting, or related positions with increasing levels of management responsibilities
• Demonstrated track record of results utilizing interpersonal, relationship-building skills required in leading multi-cultural and geographically dispersed teams in a highly matrixed environment
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience in facilitating and influencing decision-making, and the ability to work collaboratively across all levels and multiple businesses
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and the ability to thrive in an environment of ambiguity and complexity that relies heavily on collaboration and cross-functional interaction
• Leadership maturity, confidence, and a high degree of emotional intelligence

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end annual strategic planning cycle with the Groups to define the business strategies in alignment with the enterprise priorities
• Work closely with strategy, business, finance, and HR leaders to align spend to strategic objectives and ensure implementation of the strategic plan across Agilent
• Coach and guide Group Strategy leads in evaluating their market opportunity, identifying and evaluating strategic priorities, creating the business case to support strategic investment, and crafting a strategic narrative and plan for implementation
• Manage overall 'portfolio of initiatives' process to allocate resources (opex, capex, people)
• Manage Enterprise strategic initiatives and steer major Group strategic initiatives
• Serve as a strategic advisor to Group presidents
• Work cross-functionally to establish balanced scorecards to track strategic plan execution
• Conduct market and customer deep-dives to validate strategic pivots
• Coordinate executive strategy meetings, with necessary agenda, materials, and follow-up

Benefits

• Full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $226,176.00 - $353,400.00/yr USD in the US, or $189,073.00 - $295,426.00/yr CAD in Canada, plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits
• Option to work remotely

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees