# Director, Vertical Operations, Electronics

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Austin, MN
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $287,281 - $351,122
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

The Director of Vertical Operations is the strategic right hand to the President of the Electronics Vertical Business, translating the President's vision into actionable strategy across Consumer Electronics, Semi-conductors and Datacenter markets.

This leader owns the operating model, performance management cadence, and executive narrative that keep the business aligned, accountable, and delivering against its operating plan.

Acting as a strategic sounding board, operational governor, and cross-functional integrator, the Director anticipates risk, closes execution gaps, and drives achievement of key initiatives and OKRs.

The role carries end-to-end accountability for connecting strategy to execution across the Vertical and serves as the primary liaison to corporate strategy functions, acts as a strategic advisor to the President.

Key responsibilities include:

- Own translation of the President's vision into strategy and strategic priorities across Consumer Electronics, Semi-conductors and Datacenter high growth markets.

- Serve as primary strategic sounding board and thought partner to the President, shaping strategic decisions and trade-offs.

- Lead and govern the operating model, management operating system (MOS), cadence, and performance management framework.

- Hold leadership teams accountable for execution outcomes and intervene to resolve strategic delivery gaps.

- Steward the executive narrative, strategic messaging, and performance communication.

- Serve as the primary interface to Business Group (BG) functions, driving strategic planning and key initiatives.

- Anticipate strategic risks and drive mitigation actions to ensure successful business outcomes.

- Identify execution gaps and mobilize action to realign delivery with strategic objectives.

- Execute success metrics, initiatives, and OKRs to deliver the key initiatives in the operating plan.

- Align cross-functional goals across Sales, Application Engineering, Finance, and Strategy.

- Strengthen employee engagement and organizational alignment through strategic communication and leadership engagement initiatives.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, or a related field.

- Ten (10) years of progressive experience in strategy, business operations, or strategy-and-operations leadership roles.

Preferred qualifications:

- MBA or advanced degree in business, engineering, or a related discipline.

- Industry experience in Electronics or related sectors.

- Experience in a global, matrixed organization serving multiple business units or verticals.

- Demonstrated success translating executive vision into prioritized strategy and measurable execution across a complex, multi-sector business.

- Proven experience building and running executive operating cadences.

- Track record of producing board-ready narratives and performance communications.

- Experience influencing and aligning senior cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.

The expected compensation range for this position is $287,281 - $351,122, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.

## Skills

### Required
- strategy
- business operations
- leadership
- communication

### Nice to have
- MBA
- Electronics industry experience
- global organization experience

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