Director, Business Operations

onsemi•Scottsdale, AZ

About The Position

The Director of Business Operations leads strategic planning, business performance management, capacity strategy, investment governance, supply resiliency, and manufacturing readiness for ISG and AMG Business Units. The role partners with Product Marketing, Finance, Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain to optimize revenue growth, margin expansion, capital productivity, and operational execution while supporting long-term capacity readiness and continuity of supply. The Director develops long-range plans and business scenarios; guides capacity and investment decisions; builds strategic relationships with foundries, OSATs, and suppliers; and coordinates product ramp and manufacturing readiness. The role also governs inventory and supply, identifies and addresses margin and revenue leakage, develops customer long-term supply agreement strategies, advances analytics and automation, and leads a global Business Operations and Capacity Planning organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.
MBA required.
Significant leadership experience in semiconductor business operations, capacity or supply planning, manufacturing, or supply chain.
Deep knowledge of wafer fabrication, probe, assembly, test, and finished-goods operations.
Experience developing long-range capacity plans and evaluating foundry, OSAT, equipment, and investment alternatives.
Proven cross-functional leadership, executive communication, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills in global, constrained-supply environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with foundry and OSAT strategy, supply agreements, supplier governance, and continuity planning.
Knowledge of BOMs, yields, cycle times, package families, test platforms, NPI ramps, transfers, and manufacturing constraints.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic and long-range planning aligned with market opportunities, product roadmaps, technology transitions, and investment priorities.
Develop business scenarios and integrated financial-operational models to evaluate growth opportunities, trade-offs, and risks.
Advise executive leadership on portfolio strategy, growth investments, network optimization, and risk mitigation.
Partner with Supply Chain Planning to identify structural constraints, closure plans, and planning assumptions.
Define long-range capacity and investment strategies supporting growth, profitability, customer commitments, and technology roadmaps.
Work with Finance to develop and track investments to meet the capital-expenditure-as-a-percentage-of-revenue model.
Partner with foundries, OSATs, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to secure strategic capacity and improve supply resilience.
Define supplier agreements, diversification initiatives, continuity planning, and long-range capacity strategies.
Assess supplier capabilities, technology roadmaps, performance, and risk exposure, and drive resolution of capacity and manufacturing constraints.
Align product roadmaps, qualifications, transfers, packaging, tooling, and test readiness with business objectives across Product Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.
Influence Design for Manufacturing, Design for Test, and Design for Supply Chain decisions to improve manufacturability, scalability, cost, quality, and supply resilience.
Oversee readiness reviews, identify risks early, and drive mitigation plans for product introductions, technology transitions, and manufacturing transfers.
Develop inventory strategy and oversee inventory across all stages and channels.
Balance supply, customer commitments, inventory, and working capital; manage shortages, excess inventory, and supply risks.
Quantify and mitigate revenue at risk from capacity constraints, supply disruptions, qualification delays, material shortages, and execution gaps.
Partner across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Product organizations to improve margin through asset utilization, BOM improvement, test-time reductions, excess inventory, low-yield operations, and manufacturing efficiencies.
Establish governance mechanisms, performance metrics, and executive reviews to track, escalate, and eliminate revenue, margin, inventory, and value-chain leakage.
Lead long-term supply agreement and capacity reservation strategies that align customer demand commitments with capacity investments, supply continuity, and profitability objectives.
Partner with Business Units, Sales, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain to evaluate commercial terms, demand visibility, investment requirements, and risk-sharing mechanisms.
Ensure customer commitments support revenue growth, capital efficiency, and long-term business resilience.
Develop advanced analytics connecting product roadmaps, technology transitions, capacity requirements, manufacturing footprint changes, and long-range business plans.
Drive adoption of automation and generative AI to increase organizational productivity and responsiveness.
Lead and develop a global Business Operations and Capacity Planning organization.
Build organizational capabilities in strategic planning, scenario modeling, supply-risk management, analytics, AI, and executive communication.
Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and foster accountability, collaboration, and enterprise ownership.