Future Business Operations Strategy Director

Samsung Electronics•Plano, TX

About The Position

Samsung Electronics America is hiring a Future Business Operations Strategy Director to build and lead a newly funded function focused on new business growth and strategic execution. The Director will own and prioritize the team’s portfolio of new business opportunities, connect Finance, lines of business (LOB) leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders, and keep the team focused on initiatives with the greatest potential enterprise impact. This is a build role. The successful candidate will establish the function from the ground up by defining its ways of working, hiring and developing a small team, and building the executive relationships and credibility needed for success. The role includes identifying and screening new business opportunities, directing market analysis and competitive benchmarking, overseeing due diligence and financial and operational modeling, and partnering early with Finance on business models, assumptions, and ROI expectations. The Director will also lead strategic initiatives requiring collaboration across multiple LOBs, coordinate execution from concept through implementation, simplify processes, and facilitate business leaders’ top priorities. The role serves as a key point of contact for LOB leadership and Finance and represents the team’s work and recommendations to executive audiences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, or a related field preferred.
12+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, corporate development, business development, strategic finance, or management consulting.
Demonstrated experience developing and evaluating new business opportunities, including market analysis, due diligence, and financial and operational modeling.
Experience leading or driving initiatives across multiple business units or lines of business in a large, matrixed organization.
Track record of designing new business models and taking them to market from concept through launch.
Strong financial and business acumen, including the ability to build and defend business cases and ROI models.
Prior people-management experience.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership.
Strong strategic and analytical thinking and the ability to translate market and competitive analysis into actionable recommendations.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with alternative business models such as leasing, installment financing, MVNO, or subscription-based revenue structures.
Experience building or scaling a new team or function.

Responsibilities

Own and prioritize the team’s portfolio of new business opportunities, focusing on the initiatives with the greatest potential impact.
Lead and develop team members and establish operating rhythms, tools, and ways of working for the new function.
Establish a regular cadence with LOB leaders to identify and align on strategic priorities.
Direct market analysis and competitive benchmarking to identify new business model opportunities.
Guide the identification and initial screening of new business channels, areas, and models.
Monitor competitors and emerging business models and translate insights into opportunity recommendations for leadership.
Oversee due diligence and the development of financial and operational models for prospective opportunities.
Partner with Finance early to align business models, assumptions, and ROI expectations.
Drive strategic initiatives requiring collaboration across multiple LOBs, such as leasing models and financing-product differentiation.
Ensure stakeholder alignment, structured initiative management, and cross-LOB coordination from concept through implementation.
Simplify processes and facilitate business leaders’ strategic initiatives, tracking priorities across LOBs.
Serve as a key contact for LOB leadership and Finance on new business strategy and execution.
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and present the team’s work and recommendations to executive audiences.