Senior Strategic Execution Lead

About the Position

Senior Strategic Execution Lead

The Senior Strategic Execution Lead is a pivotal role within the Commercial, Partners & Ecosystems (CPE) organization, driving NetApp's holistic partner ecosystem and commercial strategy to scale business globally. This role is part of the Business Operations team, responsible for catalyzing and steering the success of CPE and the Chief CPE Officer by leading high-priority initiatives, from confidential workstreams and strategic projects to executive reputation and influence.

Responsibilities

Strategic Execution

• Lead high-priority strategic initiatives, confidential workstreams, and urgent escalations from definition through execution, stabilization, and closeout.
• Translate leadership priorities into structured plans with clear outcomes, 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; drive alignment and accountability without direct authority.
• Create executive-ready briefs, decision memos, issue narratives, escalation summaries, and status updates that clarify options, implications, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
• Maintain dependency maps, issue logs, action plans, and follow-up trackers so commitments, owners, timelines, and blockers remain visible and actively managed.
• Support escalation operating rooms by organizing severity assessments, daily action plans, decision needs, communications inputs, stakeholder updates, and closure criteria.
• Protect confidentiality, identify risks early, recommend intervention plans, and escalate blockers before they become missed commitments.

Communications Strategy and Execution

• Develop and execute the CPE communications strategy in close partnership with the NetApp Corporate Communications team, focused on activating the CPE narrative through the executive platform of the Chief CPE Officer.
• Translate CPE strategy and business outcomes into an integrated communications plan and deliverables inclusive of message architectures, speaking engagements, executive talking points, presentations, announcements, and social media.
• Run the review and approval process for CPE communications - including partner, analyst, press, event, employee-facing, and social content - to ensure necessary signoffs and protect against leaks and exposures.
• Maintain message consistency across CPE leadership and stakeholder channels; partner with the Head of CPE Business Operations, Business Manager, PMO Lead, and Corporate Communications to integrate execution updates, leadership moments, and communications into the RoB.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of experience spanning strategic execution, business operations, program management, corporate strategy, partner operations, executive operations, corporate communications, or related enterprise roles.
• Skills:
  • Strong execution discipline across milestone management, dependency tracking, risk management, governance, decision documentation, and executive status reporting.
  • Experience managing confidential or executive-sensitive work with sound judgment, discretion, and appropriate access controls.
  • Proven experience developing communications strategies, message frameworks, executive narratives, and integrated plans for internal and external audiences.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and presentation development skills, with the ability to create concise executive materials that frame issues, options, risks, tradeoffs, recommendations, and next actions.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to connect strategic priorities to practical operating plans, governance forums, measurable outcomes, and audience-relevant messaging.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity, resolving blockers, aligning stakeholders, and engaging senior leaders without relying on formal reporting authority.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Strategy, or a related discipline preferred. Advanced degree, program management certification, or equivalent enterprise execution experience preferred.

We Offer

• Compensation: The target salary range for this position is 227,800 - 338,800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies.

About the Company

NetApp is a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company that helps organizations take full advantage of their data. We are committed to driving innovation and delivering exceptional value to our customers, partners, and employees.

Locations: San Jose, CA | Waltham, MA | Boulder, CO | US (Remote) | Morrisville, NC | New York, NY | Vienna, VA | Wichita, KS

Apply Now: Apply with LinkedIn | Apply Now