Job Summary

About Us

NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud. We provide a full range of hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation. Together with our partners, we empower global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation and optimize their operations.

Job Requirements

As a Director of Business Operations, you will be a trusted business partner for the leadership of key products within a growth product portfolio, helping bring structure and rigor to the disciplines of planning and business performance management, and serving as “the glue that holds things together”.

What You Will Do:

Staff Operations for VP’s of Engineering & Product Management:

• Install a predictable rhythm of well-planned staff meetings and internal communications forums which align to calendars at the corporate and BU levels.
• Support VP’s with their personal prioritization, overseeing their calendars to ensure the most effective use of time and readiness for all meetings and deliverables
• Serve as the primary interface to support functions, including finance, human resources and communications.
• Planning & Reporting
• Drive the strategic and operational planning process, ensuring alignment to BU planning deliverables:
• Coordinate operational business performance reporting
• Install a discipline to plans of record, focus, corrective action planning, and follow-through  
• Source data, build and manage dashboards and trackers to ensure leadership transparency to critical path initiatives, key indicators of business results, and operational health
• Conduct investigations and analysis in order to drive generation of actionable insights from data

Budget Management:

• Build detailed Opex, Capex and Headcount budgets to ensure alignment to product strategy and an investment thesis
• Collaborate with finance to ensure disciplined management of budget variances, action plans, forecasts and exception requests.  Design and lead financial management maturity programs.
• Team Level “Scrum Master” & Program Manager:
• Partner with the VP’s to identify and clear impediments which prevent effective plan execution by the teams.  Help teams to define escalations, support their rapid closure and call for decision making.
• Take the lead to drive improvements to core business processes and implementation of best practices which ensure teams are positioned to execute with pace and role clarity.
• Take the lead to define and own execution for cross-functional programs, particularly where ownership isn’t clear.

Skills You Have:

• Excellent planning and program management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, especially executive summary writing
• Very strong PowerPoint, Excel and Office365 skills
• Experience building financial models and managing large budgets
• Excellent change management skills

Strengths You Demonstrate:

• An ability to drive collaboration and consensus, even among very senior level leaders
• A logical, pragmatic approach to solving complex organizational challenges
• An ability to dive deep into the detail, and yet also elevate to drive perspective from a strategic level
• A multi-disciplinary perspective and a natural tendency to see things from “end-to-end” across the operation of a business

Education

• MBA or equivalent experience
• Experience in storage and data management software industry preferred
• Agile software development and SAFe certifications preferred

What You'll Love About Us:

• Our Culture: It’s our culture and our people. If you ask anyone at NetApp why they work here, the answer is inevitably the same: it’s the people.
• Our Location: We have a beautiful Boulder office, with amazing Flatiron views, on the vibrant downtown Pearl Street.
• Health Benefits: NetApp provides comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family.
• Financial and Savings Programs: Whether it’s flexible spending, stock purchases, or competitive retirement plans, we work with you to capitalize on total compensation now and into the future.
• Work Life balance and more: To make sure of work-life balance, we offer paid and volunteer time off, educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts and fitness centers.
• Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: We fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global workforce with a culture of belonging that leverages the backgrounds of all to cultivate a higher performing organization.