Future Business Operations Strategy Director

Samsung Electronics Perú; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. seeks a senior strategist to own and prioritize a portfolio of new business opportunities, driving impact across multiple lines of business.

The role involves leading a team, establishing operating rhythms, and aligning priorities with LOB leaders to transform strategic initiatives into actionable plans. The ideal candidate will have deep market analysis experience, strong financial modeling skills, and a track record of delivering ROI-driven business models in

Qualifications

• Experience in market analysis, due diligence, and financial/operational modeling.
• Experience leading initiatives across multiple business units in a large organization.
• Familiarity with alternative business models such as leasing, installment financing, MVNO, or subscription revenue.
• Strong financial and business acumen with ability to defend ROI models.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to influence senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the team's portfolio of new business opportunities.
• Lead and develop team members and establish operating rhythms.
• Align top strategic priorities with LOB leaders.
• Conduct market analysis and competitive benchmarking to identify new opportunities.
• Oversee due diligence and development of financial/operational models.
• Collaborate with Finance early to align assumptions and ROI.
• Drive cross-LOB initiatives and ensure stakeholder alignment.
• Simplify processes and guide senior leaders' strategic initiatives.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

Market analysis

Communication & presentation

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Finance

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Position Summary Headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 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. For more than four decades, Samsung has driven innovation, economic growth and workforce opportunity across the United States—investing over $100 billion and employing more than 20,000 people nationwide. By integrating our large portfolio of products, services and AI technology, we’re creating smarter, sustainable and more connected experiences that empower people to live better. SEA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. To learn more, visit Samsung.com. For the latest news, visit news.samsung.com/us.

Roles & Responsibility:

• Own and prioritize the team's overall portfolio of new business opportunities, ensuring focus stays on the highest-impact initiatives.
• Lead and develop team members, build the operating rhythms, tools, and ways of working for the newly established function.
• Establish regular cadence with LOB leaders to identify and align on top strategic priorities, ensuring the team's focus reflects the highest-impact needs across the organization.
• Direct market analysis and competitive benchmarking to identify new business model opportunities.
• Guide the team's surfacing and initial screening of new business channels, areas, and models worth pursuing.
• Proactively monitor competitive landscape and emerging business models (e.g., financing, leasing, new channel strategies), translating insights into concrete opportunity recommendations for leadership.
• Oversee due diligence and the development of financial and operational models for prospective new business opportunities.
• Partner closely with the Finance organization early in the process to align business models, assumptions, and ROI expectations before opportunities advance.
• Drive strategic initiatives that require collaboration across multiple lines of business to develop and execute (for example: new leasing models, credit card / financing product differentiation, and similar cross-LOB opportunities).
• Ensure stakeholder alignment, structured initiative management, and cross-LOB execution coordination from concept through implementation.
• Simplify processes and act as a guide/facilitator for business leaders' top strategic initiatives, tracking priorities across LOBs.
• Serve as a key point of contact for LOB leadership and Finance on new business strategy and execution matters.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Finance and the LOBs; represent the team's work and recommendations to executive audiences.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in 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/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 initial concept through launch.
• Familiarity with alternative business models such as leasing, installment financing, MVNO, or subscription-based revenue structures is a strong plus.
• Strong financial and business acumen; comfortable building and defending business cases and ROI models.
• Prior people-management experience; experience building or scaling a new team or function is a strong plus.
• Excellent communication & presentation skills with ability to influence senior leadership.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, with the ability to translate market/competitive analysis into actionable recommendations.

• Benefits @ Samsung - https://www.samsung.com/us/careers/benefits/
• Life @ Samsung - https://www.samsung.com/us/careers/life-at-samsung/

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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.

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