Senior Strategic Execution Lead

About the role

The Senior Strategic Execution Lead is a senior individual contributor within NetApp's Commercial, Partners & Ecosystems (CPE) organization, which drives its partner ecosystem and commercial strategy. As part of the Business Operations team, the role leads high-priority initiatives, from confidential workstreams and strategic projects to executive reputation and influence, turning leadership priorities into structured plans, decision-ready materials and risk mitigation actions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead high-priority strategic initiatives, confidential workstreams and urgent escalations from definition through closeout
• Translate leadership priorities into plans with milestones, owners, dependencies, decision points, risks and executive inspection moments
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across partner, field, finance, legal, HR, operations, strategy and communications teams
• Create executive briefs, decision memos, issue narratives, escalation summaries and status updates
• Maintain dependency maps, issue logs, action plans and follow-up trackers
• Support escalation operating rooms with severity assessments, daily action plans, decision needs, stakeholder updates and closure criteria
• Develop and run the CPE communications strategy with Corporate Communications, including message architectures, speaking engagements, talking points, presentations, announcements and social media
• Run the review and approval process for partner, analyst, press, event, employee-facing and social content

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in strategic execution, business operations, program management, corporate strategy, partner operations, executive operations or corporate communications
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Strategy or a related discipline preferred
• Advanced degree, program management certification or equivalent enterprise execution experience preferred
• Experience managing confidential or executive-sensitive work and partnering with Corporate Communications

Required skills

• Execution discipline: milestone management, dependency tracking, risk management, governance, decision documentation and executive status reporting
• Writing, editing and presentation development skills
• Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives through influence in matrixed organizations

What we offer

• Target salary range of 227,800 - 338,800 USD, depending on location, qualifications and experience
• Benefits package that may include health insurance, life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, performance-based incentives, employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stock units
• Hybrid working environment