Business Strategy Director
Olympia, WA - USA
Job Summary
At Infoblox every breakthrough begins with a bold what if.
What if your ideas could ignite global innovation
What if your curiosity could redefine the future
We invite you to step into the next exciting chapter of your career journey. Bring your creativity drive your daring spirit and feel what its like to thrive on a team big enough to make an impact yet small enough to make a difference. Our cloud-first networking and security solutions already protect 70% of the Fortune 500 and were looking for creative thinkers ready to push that influence even further. Join us and discover how far your bold what if can take the world your community and your career.
Here how we empower our people is extraordinary: Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2025 Great Place to Work-Certified in five countries and Cigna Healthy Workforce honors three years running and what we build is world-class: recognizedas CybersecAsias Best in Critical Infrastructure 2024evidence that when first-class technology meets empowered talent remarkable careers take shape. So what if the next big idea and the next great career story comes from you Become the force that turns every what if into whats next.
In a world where you can be anything Be Infoblox.
Business Strategy Director
We have an opportunity for a Business Strategy Director to join our Corporate Strategy team remotely in the United States reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate Strategy. In this pivotal role you will drive strategic analysis business planning and end-to-end execution of high-impact programs with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions and post-merger integration.
You will help Infoblox evaluate strategic opportunities build fact-based recommendations and translate decisions into durable operating results. As you deepen your understanding of our products go-to-market strategy customer lifecycle partner ecosystem and operations you will identify opportunities to improve growth customer value retention expansion and operational effectiveness. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams you will support M&A activities and deliver clear actionable insights to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
Be a Contributor What Youll Do
- Lead structured strategic analyses ideation sessions and planning workshops with cross-functional stakeholders
- Scope ambiguous business questions establish a defensible fact base test assumptions and develop executive recommendations
- Support M&A strategy and execution including market and company analysis strategic rationale synergy assessment diligence integration planning and value tracking
- Develop post-merger integration plans covering decision rights governance milestones dependencies communications risks and outcomes
- Assess competing operating models and recommend practical choices that balance customer experience business performance organizational effectiveness and people impact
- Map current-state and future-state customer journeys across enterprise mid-market partner/MSSP product-led growth digital-touch and long-tail segments
- Evaluate customer lifecycle customer success renewal retention expansion channel and partner-intermediated motions to identify best practices
- Build business cases financial models forecasts scenario analyses investment recommendations and executive decision materials
- Drive cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution while maintaining alignment across teams that do not report directly to you
- Establish measurement frameworks repeatable playbooks and best practices that connect M&A and strategic initiatives to measurable business outcomes
Be Prepared What You Bring
- 12 years of experience in corporate strategy corporate development strategic consulting business operations transformation leadership or a related field
- Experience with an MBB Big Four strategy or specialist go-to-market or customer-success advisory practice combined with operating or implementation experience
- Demonstrated experience supporting M&A and post-merger integration including operating-model evaluation integration priorities and value realization
- Experience with enterprise software customer lifecycle customer success renewals retention expansion channel or partner-intermediated markets
- Background in networking DDI security cloud infrastructure SaaS or adjacent enterprise technology
- Experience with partner-led motions and product-led growth or digital-touch motion design for long-tail segments
- Proven ability to build fact-based analyses financial models business cases forecasts scenario analyses and performance measurement frameworks
- Ability to lead through influence and deliver results when Field Renewals IT and partner organizations do not report directly to you
- Practical experience using AI and automation tools for research analysis productivity content development or decision support with sound judgment regarding validation and confidential information
- Excellent executive communication storytelling presentation writing facilitation and stakeholder-management skills; bachelors degree required and MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred
First 90 Days: Immerse in our culture connect with mentors (Blox Buddies) and map the systems and meet with key stakeholders that rely on your work. Discuss and create short- and long-term goals.
Six Months:
- Establish trusted partnerships with executive and cross-functional stakeholders
- Develop a prioritized portfolio of M&A and strategic opportunities supported by market analysis operating-model insights financial models and recommendations
- Document current-state customer journeys and operating practices across priority segments
- Advance at least one M&A integration or strategic initiative into measurable execution
One Year:
- Own a significant M&A post-merger integration or corporate strategy workstream through value realization
- Establish repeatable integration decision-support planning journey-mapping and measurement practices
- Deliver measurable progress in retention expansion revenue growth operating efficiency synergy realization or customer experience
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leadership and mentor colleagues through structured problem-solving and cross-functional execution
BelongYour Community
Our culture thrives on inclusion rewarding the bold ideas curiosity and creativity that move us a community where every voice counts continuous learning is the norm. So whether you code create sell or care for customers youll grow and belong here.
Be Rewarded Benefits That Help You Grow Thrive Belong
- Comprehensive health coverage generous PTO and flexible work options
- Learning opportunities career-mobility programs and leadership workshops
- Sixteen paid volunteer hours each year global employee resource groups and a No Jerks policy that keeps collaboration healthy
- Modern offices with EV charging healthy snacks (and the occasional cupcake) plus hackathons game nights and culture celebrations
- CharitableGiving Program supported by Company Match
- We practice pay transparency and reward performance. Offers reflect role location internal equity experience skills education and certifications. Base salary for this position: $160600 $244860 plus bonus or commission.
Ready to Be the Difference
Infoblox is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin genetic information age disability veteran status or any other legally protected basis
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Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Infoblox delivers the next level network experience with its Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services. As the pioneer in providing the world’s most reliable, secure and automated networks, we are relentless in our pursuit of next level network simplicity. A recognized industry leader, In ... View more