Director, Strategic Intelligence

Schneider Electric • Pleasanton, CA

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About The Position

The Strategy Intelligence Lead is responsible for architecting, scaling, and operationalizing the centralized Market, Competitive, and Customer Intelligence capability within the Strategy organization. This role leads the development of a proactive, repeatable, and insight-driven function that acts as the strategic nervous system of the North American Strategy & Operations organization—enabling the executive team, strategy leaders, and business units to make high-impact decisions rooted in external market context and forward-looking insight. You will set the strategic vision for how intelligence informs planning, investment, and growth—and lead a team that turns fragmented signals into integrated insight platforms. This role requires someone who is equally skilled in executive communication, strategic modeling, team leadership, and cross-functional orchestration.

Requirements

• 6 - 10 years of experience in strategy, market intelligence, consulting, or enterprise planning
• 5+ years of experience of understanding of the Electrical technology and equipment industry, including key players (Eaton, ABB, GE, Siemens, Vertiv, Honeywell), market dynamics and business drivers.
• Experience navigating diverse sales channels (direct, distributors, system integrators).
• Proven success standing up or maturing intelligence or insights teams
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguity into action and frameworks
• Advanced executive communication and storytelling skills
• Strong grasp of market modeling, scenario planning, and competitive strategy
• Familiarity with external data sources (e.g., NEMA, John Burns, IDC, CapIQ, McKinsey, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Strategy Intelligence operating model, quarterly roadmap, and team structure
• Oversee the development of strategic intelligence deliverables including:
• Quarterly Market & Competitive Outlooks
• Market Sizing & Forecasts
• Executive-Ready Competitive Briefings
• Customer Insight Syntheses
• Strategic Insight Packs for ELT and Board
• Serve as the strategic liaison between Intelligence and:
• Strategic Planning & development
• CEO Office / Annual Strategy
• Transformation & Growth Initiatives
• Finance, Product, Sales, and Marketing
• Build and mentor a high-performing team of 4–6 analysts and managers
• Own relationships with external research vendors, tools, and benchmarking sources
• Create a structured knowledge base, taxonomy, and insight repository for the organization.

Benefits

• Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, inclusive of medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits) flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, 401(k) + match, well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 20 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees