Strategy and Business Operations Lead (IT Enterprise Data and Analytics)
$142,400 - $213,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 July 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 5 August 2026.
About the role
Serves as a strategy and operations leader and chief of staff to the VP of IT and the IT leadership team, driving the strategic agenda, operating cadence, and execution of high-priority initiatives across the organization.
What you'll do
- Drives the IT leadership operating cadence including staff meetings, leadership reviews, MBR/QBR sessions, offsites, and all-hands meetings. - Partners with leadership to shape and operationalize strategy across annual and quarterly planning, OKR setting, and portfolio management. - Leads cross-functional strategic initiatives end to end, defining scope, milestones, owners, and tracking metrics. - Drives change management and enablement to build capabilities around new platforms, tools, and AI-enabled workflows across IT. - Supports leadership on the mobilization of data governance across the organization for trust, quality, and AI readiness. - Synthesizes metrics and operational inputs into executive briefings, decision support, and presentations on behalf of IT leadership.
What you'll need
- 7+ years of project management, business operations, or strategy work experience with a Bachelor's degree (or 9+ years of relevant experience without a Bachelor's degree). - Proven experience leading large-scale data and analytics transformation and migration at scale, specifically geared toward AI readiness. - Hands-on fluency with AI tools and demonstrated ability to adapt to an evolving AI footprint. - Demonstrated experience managing resource planning, portfolio management, or executive operating cadences.
Nice to have
- Master's degree (MBA or IT/business-related field). - Prior experience in a chief of staff, strategy & operations, business operations, or PMO leadership role supporting senior executives. - Hands-on experience managing data and AI projects and leading data/AI-driven transformation initiatives at scale. - Knowledge of the semiconductor industry and enterprise IT functions. - Proficiency with presentation development and analysis tools including PowerPoint, Excel, and BI tools.
Skills: data and analytics transformation, AI readiness, leadership operating cadence, strategic initiatives, data governance
This role has been open 105 days — well above the 48-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
36
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$245k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (36 roles · 12 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 36 |
| Median days open | 141 d | 48 d (+93 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $245k |
Skills observed across this category: data and analytics transformation, AI readiness, leadership operating cadence, strategic initiatives, data governance
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 19 open roles · median 28 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 5 open roles · median 141 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 34 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 167 d
- Ayar Labs · 1 open role · median 71 d
- Cerebras · 1 open role · median 86 d
How we counted: 36 open Technical Program Management (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 12 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.