Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development

About the role

The Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development plays a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering the company's most high-impact strategic programs. This role leads a small, high-caliber team responsible for driving alignment, strategic acceleration, and enterprise-level value creation and directly engages with the Executive Leadership Team in a meaningful way.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of strategic programs that enable Agility's humanoid leadership focused on sustainable growth.

• Drive executional discipline, risk mitigation, and milestone delivery across strategic programs under the Chief Business Officer.

• Lead strategic identification and evaluation of potential M&A and partnership opportunities aligned with Agility's roadmap, particularly in areas of AI, safety, and humanoid platform technologies for integration, and commercial acceleration.

• Support investor and Board engagement with analysis and recommendations tied to growth initiatives.

• Build and maintain an external network of partners to accelerate product adoption and category leadership.

• Lead CBO-sponsored initiatives that drive organic and inorganic growth, including new market activations, geographic expansion, and industry adjacency explorations.

• Partner with leaders to identify, validate, and operationalize new channels of value creation.

• Partner with Product organization to support strategy development for key verticals, including logistics, manufacturing, automotive, defense, and others, ensuring Agility's humanoid platform aligns with the highest-value use cases.

• Evaluate and design partnership frameworks that extend beyond commercial contracts, like ecosystem integration and platform standardization.

• Directly engage with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) on a regular basis to ensure initiatives remain on track, ensuring visibility and accountability.

• Drive OKR alignment and provide visibility across the ELT to support and drive achievement.

• Foster a culture of analytical rigor, high-bar output, and rapid thinking within the team.

• Establish operating cadence, program reviews, and executive reporting frameworks in partnership with the ELT.

• Partner across the ELT to support enterprise problem solving, prioritization, and alignment on strategic imperatives.

• Lead cross-functional teams across org-wide employee meetings and cadences to ensure the entire organization is advised on the company's progress against OKRs, educated on initiatives within the company, and informed on the latest cross-functional updates.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in strategy, operations, corporate development, or program leadership within emerging technology, robotics, or high-growth sectors.

• Top-tier MBA or Engineering Degree.

• Prior experience at a top-three management consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, or BCG), ideally with exposure to technology and industrial clients.

• Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with executive-level accountability.

• Deep strategic, analytical, and financial acumen with the ability to navigate high-stakes corporate development and investor discussions.

• Strong executive presence, communication, and leadership skills capable of influencing at Board and C-suite levels.

• Experience working in or advising robotics, automation, or complex hardware-software systems preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with executive-level accountability.

• Deep strategic, analytical, and financial acumen with the ability to navigate high-stakes corporate development and investor discussions.

• Strong executive presence, communication, and leadership skills capable of influencing at Board and C-suite levels.

• Experience working in or advising robotics, automation, or complex hardware-software systems preferred.

Skills

• Strategic Planning

• Corporate Development

• Business Development

• Market Analysis

• Financial Modeling

• Due Diligence

• Investor Relations

• Executive Presence

• Leadership

• Team Management

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.

• Equity: Company stock options.

• Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.

• Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.

• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Time Off: Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown. Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.

• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.

• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.

• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.

• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.

• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.

• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

Pay

Anticipated Base Salary Range $248,000—$388,000 USD

Schedule

This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.