Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy

About This Role

As a Corporate Strategy Senior Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving Celestica's next phase of profitable growth. This high-impact position is central to shaping our long-term strategic direction, working directly with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and senior leaders across the company. You will be instrumental in identifying and prioritizing market opportunities, leading business transformations, and supporting strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

This is a chance to move beyond analysis and be a true architect of change in a dynamic, high-growth environment, particularly in the critical areas of AI data centers and IT infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Insight & Market Leadership

• AI/Hyperscale Expertise: Continuously monitor and analyze evolving customer needs and market shifts in AI data center and AI workload requirements. Translate these complex insights into clear, actionable market positioning and growth strategies for the business.
• Disruptive Technology Foresight: Develop and maintain a forward-looking intelligence framework to proactively identify disruptive technologies and competitive threats. Present concise, high-impact briefs to senior leadership to inform immediate and long-term strategy.
• Market & Competitive Modeling: Oversee sophisticated global IT hardware infrastructure models. Lead benchmarking efforts and track evolving customer preferences and competitive dynamics to ensure our strategies are market-backed and competitively superior.

Strategic Planning & Execution

• Strategic Planning: Own and drive part of the annual and multi-year strategic planning process for key segments, defining core strategic priorities and identifying crucial investment opportunities.
• Data-Driven Prioritization: Provide rigorous, data-driven recommendations that effectively balance growth potential and risk
• Embrace Continuous Innovation: Champion an agile and adaptive strategy culture.
• Proactively explore new ideas, frameworks, and strategies to solve the organization's most pressing challenges and ensure ongoing market leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Thought Leadership

• Enterprise Alignment: Collaborate seamlessly with key functions, including Corporate Development, Finance, and Operations, to establish a holistic view of enterprise priorities and drive impactful, cross-organizational outcomes.
• Trusted Advisor: Serve as a go-to thought partner to senior leaders. Leverage deep expertise in corporate strategy, AI infrastructure, and cloud networking to provide market-backed perspectives and decisive strategic guidance on complex, high-stakes issues.

Qualifications

Experience & Education

• 10+ years of progressive experience in technology or IT infrastructure (e.g., data centers, IT hardware, cloud platforms, fiber/edge, networking).
• Experience must be focused on corporate strategy at a leading data center/IT infrastructure company, technology firm, or top-tier management consulting firm (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree required; a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated familiarity with the landscape of IT infrastructure, AI/ML compute trends, and networking technology.

Critical Skills & Attributes

• Strategic Acumen: Exceptional ability to apply structured strategic thinking, breaking down ambiguity into clear hypotheses, analytical frameworks, and practical action plans.
• Quantitative Rigor: Strong quantitative skills, including expertise in Advanced Excel/financial modeling and familiarity with strategic analytical tools.
• Collaboration & Influence: Skilled at navigating complex, matrixed environments and gaining the trust of peers and senior stakeholders to build relationships and achieve organizational alignment.
• Resilience & Adaptability: Proven capacity to thrive amid market volatility and shifting priorities, pivoting quickly while maintaining the strategic "north star."