Lead Strategic Planner

Keysight Technologies; Pueblo (CO); On-site; USD 142,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

Health Savings Account

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Keysight Technologies seeks a talented strategic planner to join its digital health business team. The role will define global growth strategy, roadmap, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across regions to execute growth initiatives.

You will drive VOCs, market research, and customer engagement to shape opportunities and partnerships in MedTech and digital health sectors. The position emphasizes strong business acumen, industry exposure, and the ability to lead complex, global projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent.
• 10+ years of strategic planning, business development, upstream marketing, or custom applications.
• Strong business acumen and fast learners.
• Self-motivated and results-driven with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced global environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct VOCs and market research to identify meaningful industry and customer needs.
• Analyze industry and customer needs to identify impactful business opportunities and establish strategies to capture them.
• Define a winning solution roadmap and drive implementation with R&D and cross functional teams.
• Engage with key customers and lead requirements gathering and validation throughout development processes.
• Develop in-depth industry knowledge and propose potential external partnerships and M&A opportunities.
• Be the industry thought leader and consultant to group and business level managers.

Skills

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Market research

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor or Master degree

Job description

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do. Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers. We are seeking a talented and experienced strategic planner to join our digital health business team. In this role, you will play a leading role in defining our global growth strategy and roadmap. You will work closely with cross-functional teams in different regions and time-zones to ensure the execution of the roadmap and growth strategies.

Responsibilities

This planner is responsible for global business strategy development to drive emerging growth in digital health segment. This role requires the ability to obtain MedTech industry and customer insights, identify emerging technology trends and application opportunities with objective to develop impactful growth initiatives and solution roadmap, and drive implementation of strategic plan to increase Keysight market shares.

The candidate will have strong business acumen, strategic planning experience, industry and business exposures, customer engagement skills, sound Test and Measurement background, and solid understanding in Product/Solution Lifecycle. This candidate will also collaborate with both internal and external cross functional stakeholders to drive business results. Considers organic and inorganic approaches to capitalize upon opportunity and investment.

This is a challenging but rewarding role where you will

• Conduct VOCs and market research to identify meaningful industry and customer needs.


• Analyze industry and customer needs to identify impactful business opportunities and establish strategies to capture the business opportunities.


• Define a winning solution roadmap and drive implementation with R&D and cross functional teams.


• Engage with key customers and lead the efforts of customer requirements gathering and validation throughout the solution development processes.


• Develop in-dept industry knowledge and propose potential external partnerships and M&A opportunities.


• Be the industry thought leader and consultant to group and business level managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master Degree or University Degree or equivalent.


• 10 + years of relevant experience in strategic planning, business development, upstream marketing, or custom applications.


• Strong business acumen and fast learners.


• Self-motivated and results-driven with minimal supervision.


• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative global environment.


• Excellent communication and presentation skills.


• Demonstrated sense of urgency and passion for the role.

Desired Bonus Skills

• MedTech device development & test experiences is highly desired.


• In depth knowledge in MedTech industry trends and regolatory landscape.


• Sound experience in test and measurement instrumentation and solutions.


• Familiar with MedTech product development life cycles.


• M&A experience is a plus.

Careers Privacy Statement

Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The level of role will be based on applicable experience, education and skills; Most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the Salary Range listed below.

Colorado Pay Range MIN $141,570.00 MIDPOINT $189,000.00 MAX $236,250.00

Note: For other locations, pay ranges will vary by region

US Employees May Be Eligible For The Following Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision


• Health Savings Account


• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts


• Life, Accident, Disability insurance


• Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health


• 401(k) Plan


• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays


• Paid Family Leave


• Discounts, Perks


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Adoption Assistance


• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)