Growth & Operations Strategy Leader (Senior Director)

Nokia; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia in Allentown, PA is seeking a Senior Director of Product & Business Operations to partner with senior leaders, align priorities, and accelerate growth. You will build operating mechanisms, performance systems, and processes across Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to enable strategic execution.

The role combines business operations, strategy execution, program leadership, and organizational transformation, driving scalable initiatives and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of business, operations, product, engineering, or related leadership experience.
• Track record of successfully driving cross functional teams successful outcomes
• Proven success operating in complex technology-based businesses.
• Strong experience leading cross-functional initiatives across multiple organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to drive business performance through data, metrics, and operational discipline.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and influencing decisions at the leadership level.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including planning, forecasting, investment analysis, and performance management.
• Outstanding communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute business strategy, annual operating plans, and growth objectives.
• Translate long-term business goals into actionable priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Drive resource allocation, investment decisions, and organizational trade-offs.
• Support strategic growth initiatives, partnerships, acquisitions, and integration activities.
• Identify business risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Establish and lead the operating rhythm of the organization, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews.
• Develop and maintain executive scorecards and key performance indicators.
• Create transparency around business performance, execution risks, and organizational priorities.
• Drive accountability for commitments and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Lead complex initiatives that span multiple organizations and global teams.
• Align stakeholders across Product Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, HR, and Sales.
• Remove barriers to execution and accelerate decision-making.
• Build strong partnerships across functions to drive business results.
• Drive initiatives that improve scalability, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
• Champion digital transformation, process simplification, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting, reporting, operational efficiency, and business insight.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts that enhance execution and decision quality.
• Lead or coordinate business-critical initiatives, including New Product introduction, commercialization and production ramps, Margin improvement programs, Cost reduction initiatives, Operations and supply-chain transformation, Business scaling programs, Mergers, acquisitions, and integration efforts, Executive strategic initiatives.
• Develop executive-level business reviews and presentations.
• Provide data-driven analysis and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support major customer engagements, strategic planning activities, and leadership reviews.
• Ensure leaders have timely visibility into business performance, opportunities, and risks.
• Support workforce planning and organizational design.
• Partner with leaders to build high-performing teams.
• Strengthen talent pipelines, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Executive communication

Financial acumen

Operational excellence

Stakeholder management

Transformational leadership

Program leadership

Strategic partnership

Education

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Nokia in Allentown, PA is seeking a Senior Director of Product & Business Operations to partner with senior leaders, align priorities, and accelerate growth. You will build operating mechanisms, performance systems, and processes across Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to enable strategic execution.

The role combines business operations, strategy execution, program leadership, and organizational transformation, driving scalable initiatives and data-driven decision making.