Director, Business Innovation and Strategy

Samsung Electronics America, Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Employee Purchase Program

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Student Loan Program

Wellness Incentives

MBO bonus

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. seeks a Director of Business Innovation and Strategy to analyze the external and internal business landscape and craft actionable strategies to strengthen competitiveness. You will communicate a global strategic vision and lead high-priority initiatives.

Responsibilities include identifying risks, upgrading internal capabilities, and supporting CEO-level management. The role requires extensive experience and advanced degrees in relevant fields.

Qualifications

• Minimally 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree or 10 years with a Master's degree or a PhD with 7 years experience.
• Experience in strategizing and leading high-impact initiatives.
• Ability to influence across functions and geographies, including AI projects.

Responsibilities

• Analyze external and internal business environment to identify critical issues.
• Develop responsive strategies and action plans to strengthen competitiveness.
• Communicate strategic vision globally and execute high-priority tasks to support leadership.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Project management

AI implementation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Position Summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), the U.S. Sales and Marketing subsidiary, is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances, enterprise solutions and networks systems. From our humble beginnings to our position today as a tech leader, our passion for innovation has been the common thread throughout our history. We’ve grown into one of THE most recognized global brands. We consider ourselves “relentless pioneers” that push boundaries and defy barriers. The company pushes beyond the limits of today’s technology to provide groundbreaking connected experiences across its large portfolio of products and services, including mobile devices, home appliances, home entertainment, 5G networks, and digital displays. As EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Corporate Commitment Partner, SEA is dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment through its eco-conscious products, practices, and operations

Role & Responsibilities

The Director, Business Innovation and Strategy will analyze the external and internal business environment along with current business status to strategically identify critical issues and develop responsive strategies to set the course of action. Develop action plans to strengthen competitiveness based on assessment of internal competencies and processes.

Communicate strategic vision globally and execute high priority tasks to support top.

• [Analysis of business environment] Manage to sense risks preemptively by researching and analyzing industry, technology, consumer trends and economic and political environment changes and implement analyzing how these factors will impact on our company.
• [Identification of critical Issues] Manage to examine risk factors based on internal and external environmental changes and implement identifying areas and issues which need to be addressed strategically.
• [Development of response strategy] Manage to set up a mid- to long-term change directions like upgrading internal business capability and innovating processes and implement establishing measures to strengthen competitiveness by stage.
• [CEO support] Manage activities to prepare messages that are shared globally and across the business organization (globally and/or across the company and etc.) and to address urgent internal and external tasks and to support CEO's management activities.

Skills and Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Has broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. Comfortable with investigating new technologies and innovations and influence selecting and managing large scale projects (including AI implementation). Actively solves complicated issues by analyzing situations or data even if it seems like there is no solution Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments May supervise the activities of others Generally requires a minimum 12 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree, or 10 years and a Master's degree, or a PhD with 7 years experience #LI-CS1

Benefits

Benefits @ Samsung - https://www.samsung.com/us/careers/benefits/

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee Purchase Program
• Tuition Assistance (after 6 months)
• Paid Time Off
• Student Loan Program (after 6 months)
• Wellness Incentives
• Many more
• MBO bonus compensation (based on company, division, and individual performance)

EEO/DEI Statement

At Samsung, we believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We aim to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring our talent to be their true selves. Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable Accommodations for Qualified Individuals with Disabilities During the Application Process

Samsung Electronics America is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process, please contact our Reasonable Accommodation Team (855-557-3247) or [e-mail] for assistance. This number is for accommodation requests only and is not intended for general employment inquiries.

Samsung Electronics is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, and network systems, and the entire semiconductor industry with our memory, system LSI, foundry, and LED solutions. Samsung is also leading in the development of the Internet of Things through, among others, our Smart Home and Digital Health initiatives. Since being established in 1969, Samsung Electronics has grown into one of the world’s leading technology companies, and become recognized as one of the top global brands. Our network now extends across the world, and Samsung takes great pride in the creativity and diversity of its talented people, who drive our growth.

To discover more, please visit our official newsroom at (https://news.samsung.com/global/).