About the Role
This position is centered on aligning business and technology strategies into actionable execution priorities. The role demands a strong focus on organizational performance, integrating efforts across cross-functional teams, and establishing financial and operational discipline that ultimately drives measurable business value.
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Responsibilities
Strategy Execution & Business Alignment
- Translate business and technology strategy into clear, outcome-driven execution priorities.
- Ensure all major initiatives are aligned to measurable business value (revenue, cost, CX, efficiency).
- Drive clarity of ownership, success measures, and expected outcomes across leadership.
Organizational Performance & Insight
- Establish a single, executive-level view of performance across Logistics Technology.
- Synthesize inputs from Product, Engineering, and PMO into actionable insights for leadership.
- Identify performance gaps, risks, and trade-offs; recommend corrective actions.
Cross-Functional Integration & Execution Effectiveness
- Align Product, Engineering, Architecture, Finance, HR, and PMO to operate as an integrated system.
- Resolve cross-functional friction, misalignment, and prioritization conflicts.
- Act as a neutral operator to ensure decisions translate into execution.
Financial & Operational Discipline
- Drive financial rigor across budgeting, forecasting, and cost management.
- Ensure alignment between investment decisions and business outcomes.
- Oversee headcount planning, vendor spend alignment, and resource optimization.
Executive Operating Cadence & Decision Support
- Run the leadership operating rhythm (business reviews, performance discussions, strategic forums).
- Prepare decision-ready insights for EVP and leadership team (trade-offs, capacity, priorities).
- Ensure leadership discussions are outcome-focused and lead to clear actions.
Organizational Effectiveness & Continuous Improvement
- Identify structural inefficiencies and improvement opportunities across the organization.
- Drive adoption of consistent ways of working across domains.
- Enable a culture of accountability, transparency, and outcome ownership.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, or related field.
- MBA or equivalent preferred.
Experience
- 12–18 years in strategy, operations, or transformation roles within technology organizations.
- Experience working in large, complex, global environments.
- Proven ability to operate at executive level (CIO/CTO/EVP interface).
- Experience driving cross-functional alignment and organizational transformation.
Core Skills
Functional:
- Strong understanding of product, engineering, and technology operating models.
- Financial acumen (budgeting, forecasting, cost management).
- Strategic planning and execution alignment.
- Data-driven performance management.
Leadership:
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence without authority.
- High judgment and structured problem-solving capability.
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and drive clarity.
- Strong stakeholder management across senior leaders.
- Bias for action and accountability.
