Director, Portfolio Solutions Marketing

General Overview

Functional Area:    MBD - Marketing & Business Development        
Career Stream:    MKT - Marketing        
Role:    Director 2            
Job Title:    Product Strategy Director 2        
Job Code:    DR2 - MBD - PSTR        
Band:    Level 13                
Direct/Indirect Indicator:    Indirect

Summary

The Product Strategy Director 2 is responsible for defining the go to market strategy as well as defining product vision, positioning, pricing and marketing within the market / segment area of responsibility. They will interface with the senior executives within Celestica and customers in addition to market experts. They will focus on increasing our market awareness, drive our product strategy and increase the market acceptance of Celesticas product offerings. They will work with the Technology Solutions team to contribute to our technology strategy, and the account management leadership group to drive profitable growth and Product Management team to conduct research/launch products.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for analyzing our competitive positioning and defining our competitive strategy/differentiation.
• Defines market strategy with penetration plans including target customers.
• Creates new product strategy/vision and timing.
• Ensures effective market competitiveness and pricing analysis.
• Responsible for defining the Go-To-Market strategy.
• Leads marketing, promotion and launch strategy initiatives.
• Provides market and technology research, competitive analysis to progress our product and technology strategy.
• Integrates market knowledge, strategic insight and a strong user focus to help our organization create new products.
• Partners with senior leaders and clients to develop a range of marketing growth strategies such as customer, product, touchpoint and channel.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Strategic problem solving and analytical skills, including experience in structuring high level strategic issues into quantitative analyses and developing actionable recommendations
• Market knowledge and experience that can have a direct impact on our business
• Ability to craft market / business unit / customer strategies
• Robust understanding of how to structure and drive cross-functional programs to deliver on strategic plans
• The ability to develop trust and strong working relationships with other business functions across the company
• The credibility and interpersonal skills to influence Company executives and other decision makers
• The ability to direct and mentor junior team members and subject matter experts assigned to the projects
• The desire to work cross-functionally and enhance our working culture
• Has deep expertise in server, storage and networking products; hardware, software, end workloads/solutions and work experience in strategy development leadership roles working with product solutions
• Understands implications of trends across business & functions
• Proven leadership and organizational skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, analytical / critical thinking skills
• Capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Twelve plus years of applicable experience, including experience in the leadership of a major operations or support organization.
• Experience in strategic planning and providing leadership to global organizations 

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education in an applicable field and experience. MBA is highly preferred.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.