Sr. Director, Strategic Operations & Enterprise Alignment

GlobalFoundries•Malta, NY

5d•$198,000 - $333,000

About The Position

The Sr. Director, Strategic Operations & Enterprise Alignment is a key leadership role responsible for driving alignment, organizational effectiveness, and execution of Fab 8’s strategic and operational priorities. The role serves as a strategic integrator across the Fab 8 leadership team and broader organization, ensuring priorities are clearly defined, decisions are coordinated, and cross-functional teams remain aligned around shared business outcomes. It connects strategy to execution by establishing operating rhythms, clarifying accountability, identifying interdependencies, and removing barriers to delivery. The Sr. Director partners with Manufacturing and GlobalFoundries enterprise leaders to influence decisions, align priorities, and advance business objectives. The role calls for an enterprise mindset, strong business judgment, operational discipline, and the ability to deliver outcomes through influence, collaboration, and leadership. The position also serves as a trusted advisor to the General Manager and leadership team, helping Fab 8 operate as an aligned, execution-focused organization capable of delivering site and enterprise objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field.
15+ years of leadership experience in semiconductor manufacturing, operations, strategy, business transformation, or related environments.
Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Enterprise thinking combined with a strong commitment to Fab 8 performance.
Strategic perspective and disciplined operational execution.
Executive presence and credibility.
Ability to simplify complexity and create clarity from ambiguity.
Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills.
Bias for action, accountability, and measurable results.

Responsibilities

Drive horizontal alignment across the Fab 8 leadership team and organization in support of strategic and operational objectives.
Translate strategic priorities into coordinated plans, measurable outcomes, clear ownership, and execution milestones.
Lead annual and quarterly strategic planning processes.
Establish and manage operating mechanisms to improve prioritization, decision-making, accountability, and execution.
Monitor progress against strategic commitments and identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and emerging opportunities.
Maintain visibility into significant strategic initiatives.
Own and continuously improve the Fab 8 executive operating system.
Facilitate leadership staff meetings, strategic reviews, operating reviews, and planning sessions.
Ensure executive decisions are documented, communicated, assigned, and tracked to completion.
Establish governance mechanisms that improve transparency, accountability, and execution discipline.
Maintain a consolidated view of Fab 8 strategic initiatives and business priorities.
Evaluate portfolio-level risks, competing priorities, resource constraints, and execution challenges.
Recommend prioritization, sequencing, and resource tradeoffs to maximize business impact.
Integrate work across Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and other enabling functions.
Lead complex initiatives requiring coordination across multiple functions and leadership teams.
Strengthen collaboration and communication across organizational boundaries.
Represent Fab 8 priorities in enterprise governance forums, strategic discussions, and cross-site initiatives.
Build partnerships with Manufacturing, functional, and enterprise leaders.
Provide strategic recommendations regarding resource allocation, business priorities, and operating tradeoffs.
Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the General Manager and Fab 8 leadership team.
Develop scenario analyses, business cases, performance insights, and decision frameworks.
Prepare executive-level business reviews, strategic updates, presentations, and communications.
Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, operating efficiency, leadership alignment, and execution capability.
Lead or support strategic transformation, organizational change, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Foster collaboration, accountability, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement.
Perform activities safely and responsibly and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.