Lead Strategic Planner

Keysight Technologies, Inc.•Boston, MA

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About The Position

Keysight is seeking an experienced strategic planner to join its digital health business team and help define the global growth strategy and roadmap. The role works with cross-functional teams across regions and time zones to support execution of the roadmap and growth strategies. The planner develops global business strategy to drive growth in the digital health segment. This includes gathering MedTech industry and customer insights, identifying emerging technology trends and application opportunities, developing growth initiatives and a solution roadmap, and driving implementation of strategic plans to increase Keysight’s market share. The role considers both organic and inorganic approaches to opportunities and investment, and serves as an industry thought leader and consultant to group and business-level managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s, master’s, or university degree, or equivalent.
10 or more years of relevant experience in strategic planning, business development, upstream marketing, or custom applications.
Strong business acumen and ability to learn quickly.
Self-motivated and results-driven, with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative global environment.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Demonstrated sense of urgency and passion for the role.

Nice To Haves

Experience in MedTech device development and testing.
In-depth knowledge of MedTech industry trends and regulatory landscape.
Experience with test and measurement instrumentation and solutions.
Familiarity with MedTech product development lifecycles.
M&A experience.

Responsibilities

Conduct voice-of-customer (VOC) activities and market research to identify meaningful industry and customer needs.
Analyze industry and customer needs to identify business opportunities and establish strategies to capture them.
Define a solution roadmap and drive its implementation with R&D and cross-functional teams.
Engage with key customers and lead gathering and validation of customer requirements throughout solution development.
Develop in-depth industry knowledge and propose potential external partnerships and M&A opportunities.
Advise group and business-level managers as an industry thought leader and consultant.
Develop global digital health business strategy and growth initiatives to increase Keysight’s market share.