Renesaselectronics

Head of Strategic Initiatives

San Jose, CALIFORNIA, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$218k-$272kDetected 2 days ago

AWSData EngineeringSalesM&ACiscoLeadershipCommunication

About the role

Acting as a strategic sounding board, shaping, testing, and challenging the GM's thinking before it is communicated publicly
Owning the analytical and written spine of the GM's most important decisions and external communication
Serving as the GM's proxy in rooms where the GM's perspective is needed but presence is not

Responsibilities

Lead 1-2 GM-priority initiatives per quarter end-to-end - from framing the question to recommendation to execution handoff.
Examples: 5-year strategy refresh, competitive teardowns, design-win economics review, new market entry analysis, M&A target diligence, organizational design.
Build the analytical spine for major decisions: structure the question, pull data with finance, sales operations, product, and marketing, pressure-test assumptions, and write the memo the GM will act on.
Own the GM's written read-out on division strategy to ELT and other key partners - the narrative, not just the deck.
Facilitate the GM's staff meeting: own the agenda, ensure presenters and topics are prepared in advance, circulate pre-reads, and run the meeting with extreme efficiency.
Bring the strategic frame to the AOP cycle: what the division is betting on, why, and what tradeoffs the leadership team is being asked to make. The Head of Business Operations owns the process; this role owns the strategic content.
Drive follow-through on GM commitments out of staff, offsites, and customer meetings; close loops the GM cannot personally close.
5-year strategy refresh, competitive teardowns, design-win economics review, new market entry analysis, M&A target diligence, organizational design.
own the agenda, ensure presenters and topics are prepared in advance, circulate pre-reads, and run the meeting with extreme efficiency.
Strategic thinker - takes an ambiguous question, frames it cleanly, and drives it to a decision-ready answer.

Requirements

Semiconductor experience is not required.
A strong technical foundation and high intellectual curiosity are required.

Nice to have

Experience operating in a hypergrowth or scaling environment is strongly preferred.

Compensation

The expected annual pay range for this position is $217,500 - $271,700.
Work with the GM's direct reports to structure, prepare, critique, and evaluate semi-annual product-line deep dives. This role owns the timing, agenda, preparation, and execution of the deep dives.

Benefits

This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities.

Company info

Nvidia, AWS, Google, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cisco, Arista, Supermicro, all major Taiwan ODMs, and other leading global AI providers and hyperscalers.
The division has scaled approximately eight-fold in four years, cresting $1.5B in 2026, with a goal of doubling again within two years.
This hypergrowth phase creates the need to multiply the GM's effectiveness by offloading execution detail so the GM can focus on high-value customer engagement, industry presence, leadership team development, and strategic positioning for the next phase of growth.
The Head of Strategic Initiatives is the GM's strategic operator, executive communicator, and thought partner.
which customers, which conferences, which keynotes, which analyst briefings - and what the GM should walk away with from each.
Corporate development, strategy, or special projects at a semiconductor, hardware, or hyperscaler company
Curate the GM's external calendar: which customers, which conferences, which keynotes, which analyst briefings - and what the GM should walk away with from each.

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