Senior Director of Corporate Strategy

Position Summary

The Samsung North America Strategy Planning Group is looking for a Senior Director of Strategy to help us take our growth to the next level by working directly with VP of Strategy to develop and refine our long-term strategic plan by identifying key shifts and trends in the industry in order to develop new market opportunities and business models. In addition, the group will leverage external experts and C-level networks to foster new ideas and facilitate cross-divisional collaboration on strategic projects and initiatives. The Strategy Planning Group will also be responsible for ensuring clear communication of these strategies to executive leadership and key stakeholders across Samsung. This job description should be tailored to the specific needs and culture of the company, but these points provide a solid foundation for what might be expected in such a role.

Role and Responsibilities

• Strategic Vision Development & Alignment (with support from the VP and Team Leadership):  Lead, develop and execute company’s long term strategic plans.  Also, conduct comprehensive analysis to ensure strategic plans are aligned with market demands and company’s objectives.
• Market and Industry Analysis: Monitor and analyze industry trends, competitive landscape, and market shifts to identify strategic opportunities and threats.  Also, provide insights into new business model innovation that can give Samsung competitive edge.
• Strategic Planning:  Oversee the development of strategic plans, including short-term objectives and long-term goals, ensuring they support the overall corporate vision.
• Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence:  Identify, evaluate, and recommend potential M&A opportunities that align with strategic goals. Manage due diligence and integration planning for acquisitions.
• Strategic Opportunity/Project Initiative Development: identify, evaluate, and develop new market opportunities and business models to drive growth; spearhead creation of strategic business cases; Oversee development of strategic projects from inception to execution, facilitating cross-divisional collaborations and ensuring they meet strategic goals
• Change Management: Lead change management efforts to ensure smooth transitions when new strategies are implemented, addressing cultural and operational shifts.
• Performance Monitoring: Implement metrics and KPIs to monitor strategy execution. Regularly review performance against strategic objectives and adjust plans as necessary.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with department heads (e.g., Finance, HR, Operations) to ensure strategic initiatives are integrated across the organization.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate strategic direction to the board of directors, executive team, and other key stakeholders. Facilitate buy-in and alignment on strategic priorities.
• Innovation Management: Promote a culture of innovation by fostering environments where new ideas can be tested and scaled. Ensure the company stays at the forefront of industry trends.
• Risk Management: Identify strategic risks and develop mitigation plans. Ensure that strategic decisions consider potential risks and their impacts.
• Strategic Partnership Development & CEO Networking Support:  Build and nurture a network of external experts and C-level executives to bring innovative ideas and business opportunity/partnerships to Samsung.  Identify, develop and manage Chief Executive level network in support of Samsung’s North America CEO in the U.S. market.
• Thought Leadership:  Serve as a thought leader within the company, advocating for strategic thinking and innovation; present strategic insights and recommendations to executive leadership and external customers/partners;  develop overarching strategy and business analysis and presentations for the top management meetings.
• Strategic Meeting & Presentation Support:  work with the leadership to prepare top management and cross-divisional level meetings and workshops including preparation of the agenda, presentation preparation, including all necessary back up analysis.
• Customer Experience: Continuously look for ways to enhance the Samsung’s customer experience through strategic decisions, whether through product enhancements, service offerings, or retail strategy.
• Customer/Installed base strategy: Continuously look for ways to enhance the customer experience through strategic decisions, whether through product enhancements, service offerings, or retail strategy, across LOB and services.

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 15+ years of directly related experience is required. Including, but not limited to strategic planning, business management, corporate leadership, and financial decision-making.
• MBA preferred
• Must have a strong working knowledge of management strategies, financial accounting, marketing, supply chain, and operations
• Experience communicating cross-functionally, domestically, globally and up & down an organization
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information quickly
• Experience collaborating with senior executives across a large organization
• Experience leading innovation initiatives that create real world impact, including expertise in design thinking, consumer insights, experimentation, and user experience in a corporate and environment
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.  Sophistication in communications, interpersonal relations and diplomacy.
• Excellent analytical, problem resolution and decision-making skills
• strategic planning and execution skills

Cultural fit and behavioral Competencies

• Thought leader who can drive action, embody and encourages intelligent creativity
• Enjoys working closely with multiple partners and complex stakeholders
• Idea generator:  Consistently curious about the world and must be able to draw on your experience and also tools and techniques to solve innovation challenges
• Fast-thinking, nimble, adaptable and thrive in a fast-moving environment.  Always open to new ideas with the ability to recognize the business value of ideas
• Possess the demeanor, business maturity, intellect and integrity required to establish immediate credibility with key stakeholders within the company and motivate your team in a way which lets them play to their strengths
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills and be masters in the art of persuasion to strategically get your point across
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a restless heart
• Head and heart in balance.  Deeply human in understanding people problems and commercially sharp with advice
• Our people are smart and ambitious and also humble.  Strong opinions lightly held is how we sum it up.
  Lifelong learners are a great fit for our organization

Leadership CORE Competencies

• EXCELLENCE
  Drives action with humility, EQ, and an unwavering passion for performance and results
• CHANGE
  Embodies and encourages intelligent creativity
• CO PROSPERITY
  Navigates highly matrixed and complex organizations successfully as part of a team
• PEOPLE
  Builds and develops best-in-class teams built on trust, accountability and mutual respect for each other and the organization
• INTEGRITY
  Inspires trust, confidence, and consensus across the organization by fostering relationships

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The salary range for this role is expected to be between $ 250,000 and $280,000 plus a 35% bonus target. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.

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, and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for MBO bonus compensation, based on company, division, and individual performance.

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