Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy & Transformation

Waters Corporation; Sparks Corner (MD); Vor Ort; USD 225.000 - 375.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Waters Corporation is seeking a Sr Director, Enterprise Strategy to lead the annual Strategic Planning process and drive enterprise-wide initiatives across R&D, Manufacturing and Quality. You will align strategy with business units, manage a diverse portfolio, and partner with EC members and senior leaders to deliver measurable capability improvements.

The role requires a strong life sciences background, deep consulting or strategic leadership experience, and the ability to operate in a

Qualifikationen

• Advanced degree strongly preferred (PhD, MD, MBA) with scientific or engineering discipline a plus.
• Consulting background strongly preferred, with at least 1 year of multi-project management experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience within the life sciences tools industry or related biopharma/diagnostics/med device/healthcare fields (e.g., consulting, academia)
• Proven ability to efficiently lead multiple, complex projects in a matrixed environment with a high degree of independence in large organizations
• Significant transformation experience across multiple functions and geographies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sharp business and financial acumen
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence the thinking of senior management
• Team player and network-builder with desire to grasp new technology and change the world
• Energetic, self-disciplined, creative and mature with a customer orientation and strong leadership potential

Aufgaben

• Lead / manage annual Strategic Planning process, challenging existing assumptions and striving for excellence
• Lead company-wide strategy process in collaboration with business and function leaders through the matrixed organization
• Lead internal and external strategy resources to support stakeholders
• Facilitate workshops and prioritization exercises, provide constructive criticism and independent analysis, push to define targets and meaningful KPIs
• Instill appropriate rigor and discipline, helping to set the example
• Bring content knowledge and expertise in addition to process
• Lead / manage strategic projects for Waters as defined by the CEO and Executive Committee
• Lead cross-functional teams to successful outcomes with clear impact
• Ensure that project collaborations with external consultants are well-managed
• Prepare recommendations and present updates to leadership
• Ensure effective change management and communication plans are developed, aligned, and implemented
• Multi-task in balancing large book of work while ensuring consistent attention and prioritization of most critical and visible projects
• Role model leadership and scientific rigor within the Waters culture
• Collaborate with Strategy & Transformation colleagues to support critical initiatives as agreed by leadership, including transformation, deal diligence and integration as needed.
• Support identification and evaluation of organic and inorganic business opportunities that could impact growth and profitability:
• Collect diverse perspectives and market research, including from external networks
• Provide independent recommendations to EC
• Drive people development and cultural change:
• Cultivate a broad and deep network across the company and externally
• Recruit talented individuals as collaborators and future group members
• Provide coaching and mentoring to team members to support robust plan development, execution and transparency in performance
• Set an example of our aspirational culture and strategic directions

Kenntnisse

Strategic leadership

Enterprise strategy

Program management

Stakeholder influence

Financial acumen

Communication

Change management

Team development

Ausbildung

Advanced degree (PhD/MD/MBA)

Jobbeschreibung

Waters Corporation is seeking a Sr Director, Enterprise Strategy to lead the annual Strategic Planning process and drive enterprise-wide initiatives across R&D, Manufacturing and Quality. You will align strategy with business units, manage a diverse portfolio, and partner with EC members and senior leaders to deliver measurable capability improvements.

The role requires a strong life sciences background, deep consulting or strategic leadership experience, and the ability to operate in a