Head of Strategic Analysis & Planning

Job Description

Agilent is a customer-centric organization with our Groups organized around the end markets we serve:

• Life sciences and Diagnostics Markets Group (LDG) focuses on Agilent’s Pharma, Biopharma, Clinical and Diagnostics markets, providing solutions for life science research, patient diagnostics and testing for safety.

• Applied Markets Group (AMG) focuses on growing Agilent’s leadership in Applied markets like Food, Chemicals & Materials, Semiconductor, and Energy.

• Agilent CrossLab Group (ACG) supports customers across all Agilent end markets, enhancing the instruments with targeted workflows and applications through services, software and informatics, automation, and consumables.

Head of Strategic Analysis & Planning – Position overview

The Head of Strategic Analysis & Planning is responsible for developing market insight and informing strategic business cases and forecasts, and will report to the VP of Enterprise Strategy, while working closely with the Enterprise Strategy team and the Group Strategy leaders to spearhead rigorous analysis of the market dynamics and competitive landscape that underpin strategic decision making. The Strategic Analysis & Planning leader is responsible for ensuring that a rigorous analytical foundation underpins strategy and a strong fact base supports strategic business cases, as well as uncovering and characterizing emerging market and macro trends and identifying growth pockets.

Key responsibilities:

• Define business and market taxonomy and work with Market Intelligence team (Marketing) to maintain market-sizing and segmentation models to inform strategic decisions

• Develop deep insights in market structure, competitive conduct and financial performance in market by systematically reviewing value driver performance of market participants

• Work with Finance to develop rolling forecasts and scenario analysis

• Collaborate with Enterprise Portfolio & Corporate Development to size adjacent and “white space” markets and new entry opportunities

• Quality control strategic business cases, ensuring rigor in assumptions and sensitivity testing

• Monitor macroeconomic, regulatory, and competitive landscape to surface risks and disruptors that may impact long term strategic plans

• Mentor team members in research methodologies, analytical best practices, financial modeling and business case development

• Collaborate with Market Intelligence team to develop quarterly “state of the market” briefings for senior leadership

The preferred candidate will be commutable to Agilent Headquarters in Santa Clara, CA

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree is required; business, financial or science degree related to life sciences preferred

• 7+ years of experience in one or more of the following functions: strategy, business development, strategic marketing, market analysis, business consulting, investment banking, or related positions

• Experience in market and business assessment through primary and secondary research, market modeling and business case development

• Demonstrated track record of results utilizing interpersonal, relationship-building skills required in multi-functional and geographically dispersed teams

• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and the ability to thrive in an environment of ambiguity and complexity that relies heavily on collaboration and cross-functional interaction

• Leadership maturity, confidence, and a high degree of emotional intelligence

CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES

Acting Strategically

• Ability to analyze market information and develop or constructively challenge business cases

• Rapidly coming up to speed on new market segments

• Plan for and drive results cross-functionally with close collaboration with Market Intelligence CoE expected

• Act to surpass team goals, seizing opportunities to extend the limits of what is possible

• Set continually higher goals that are ambitious but achievable

• Identify and act on new opportunities that enable performance targets to be exceeded

Collaborating and Influencing

• Identify all necessary stakeholders and connect with them to gain support or agreement

• Take advantage of opportunities to build strategic relationships to achieve a specific outcome

• Engage others in constructive dialogue and adapt own influence approach to different