Business and Strategic Operations Leader
About the role
We are looking for an exceptional Business and Strategic Operations Leader to partner closely with the Senior Vice President of Engineering in driving operational excellence, strategic execution, and organizational effectiveness across a global engineering organization.
Responsibilities
Partner directly with the SVP of Engineering to execute strategic priorities across the engineering organization.
Drive engineering business operations including annual planning, quarterly business reviews, operational metrics, budgeting, headcount planning, and organizational effectiveness.
Establish and manage operating rhythms including leadership staff meetings, engineering reviews, executive updates, planning cadences, and organizational communications.
Develop executive dashboards and KPIs that provide visibility into engineering health, execution, delivery, quality, productivity, hiring, and organizational performance.
Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives spanning Engineering, Product Management, Security, Finance, IT, Customer Support, People, and Executive Leadership.
Drive accountability across engineering leadership by tracking key initiatives, dependencies, risks, decisions, and execution milestones.
Improve organizational scalability by identifying operational bottlenecks and implementing repeatable processes that increase efficiency.
Partner with Finance and Recruiting on workforce planning, hiring strategy, organizational design, budget management, and resource allocation.
Support engineering leadership in organizational planning, succession planning, executive communications, leadership offsites, and strategic planning sessions.
Prepare executive presentations, board-level materials, business reviews, and leadership communications for senior executives.
Facilitate executive decision-making through structured analysis, data-driven insights, and thoughtful recommendations.
Champion operational excellence while fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
15+ years of experience in Engineering Operations, Technical Program Management, Strategy & Operations, Chief of Staff, Consulting, or similar leadership roles supporting large engineering organizations.
Experience partnering directly with VP, SVP, CTO, or executive engineering leaders.
Strong understanding of software engineering organizations, product development lifecycles, cloud infrastructure, SaaS delivery models, and engineering execution.
Exceptional business operations experience including strategic planning, budgeting, organizational planning, OKRs, KPIs, and executive reporting.
Outstanding executive communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior leadership.
Demonstrated success driving large-scale cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.
Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging data to influence operational decisions.
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.
Proven ability to build trust across executives, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Experience operating in high-growth technology companies where speed, ambiguity, and scale are constant.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Experience supporting engineering organizations of 500+ engineers.
Background in enterprise software, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, storage, AI, or distributed systems.
Experience with engineering metrics, organizational health frameworks, portfolio management, and executive dashboards.
Familiarity with planning and productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Workday, Tableau, Power BI, or similar analytics platforms.
Experience leading organizational transformation or operational excellence initiatives.
Skills
Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.
Pay
The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants.
Schedule
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing. Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the right to work in the job location.