Manager, Strategy & Investments – Integrated Optics
About The Position
GlobalFoundries is scaling a photonics and advanced packaging business at the intersection of emerging technology, major investment decisions, and an expanding network of customers, suppliers, and strategic partners. The Manager, Strategy & Investments will help shape the business’s growth by evaluating investment opportunities and partnership structures and translating technical choices into commercial and financial decisions. This high-visibility, cross-functional role works closely with Product Management, Product Marketing, Program Management, Technology Development, Corporate Development, and Business Finance. The role develops organic and inorganic growth strategies, builds business cases and financial analyses, translates manufacturing and engineering inputs into business economics, develops ecosystem relationships, and prepares recommendations to support cross-functional and executive decisions.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of experience, including 2 or more years in investment banking, strategy consulting, or corporate development.
- Strong financial modeling skills, including business economics, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and capital-investment and return analysis.
- Experience building executive- and board-level presentations and presenting recommendations to senior audiences.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or another quantitative field, or demonstrated ability to work through technical material with engineers.
- Cross-functional work experience.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in engineering, physics, or another quantitative field.
- Exposure to semiconductors, hardware, telecom, or data center infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Shape growth strategies for new programs, markets, customer opportunities, acquisitions, and partnerships by assessing strategic fit, competitive positioning, capabilities, execution risks, and organizational priorities.
- Develop business cases and scenario-based analyses covering unit economics, CapEx and OpEx, returns, pricing, deal structures, and make-versus-buy options.
- Partner with process, packaging, test, and operations teams to understand manufacturing flows, costs, yield, capacity, and technical tradeoffs.
- Translate complex engineering inputs into clear business economics, strategic options, and recommendations.
- Identify and develop relationships with suppliers, strategic partners, and potential collaborators across the photonics and advanced packaging ecosystem.
- Develop and present decision-oriented materials to drive cross-functional and executive alignment on strategic priorities.
- Perform activities safely and responsibly and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
