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LAYIQ - Sr Director - Business Development and Strategy - AI Connect at Verizon

Strategic Leadership & Business Development
Program Strategy: Define and drive the overarching program strategy and Business Development (BD) initiatives for the AI Connect unit to ensure long-term alignment with enterprise goals.
Market Development: Facilitate and partner with cross-functional teams to drive core infrastructure plays, including Edge Data Centers, Dark Fiber, Wave technologies, and Adaptive Network Fabrics.
Organizational Maturity: Manage organizational maturity benchmarking and annual planning processes to ensure the unit scales effectively in step with operational complexity.
Strategic Innovation: Direct next-generation AI and agentic strategy innovation to identify and drive new growth opportunities in alignment with broader business objectives.
Define and drive the overarching program strategy and BD initiatives.
Manage Play 1 GTM partnerships delivering up to $200M in run rate revenue.
Lead supply chain de-risking efforts.
Operational Excellence & Governance
Cross-functional Collaboration: Lead the prioritization of execution across critical functions within and outside of VBG, including Legal, Sourcing, Real Estate, Regulatory, and Product.
Performance Management: Implement and manage OKR (Objectives and Key Results) frameworks to track progress against strategic milestones and business outcomes for strategy and BD priorities, track performance, identify gaps and ensure operational integrity.
Resource Planning: Oversee resource allocation and headcount planning for a projected organization of approximately 250 total personnel.
Phased Evolution: Drive the phased organizational evolution from Build (Phase 1) through to Scale and Optimization (Phases 3 & 4), ensuring clear ownership across all commercial and build functions.
What we're looking for...
Seniority: 10+ years of relevant experience
Executive Experience: Proven executive-level experience in business development, corporate strategy, finance, and operations within a high-tech or telecommunications environment.
Strategic Planning: Strong background in strategic program management, cross-functional governance, and driving large-scale initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
Growth Mindset: Demonstrated ability to navigate a phased growth model and scale organizational capabilities in alignment with business complexity.
Cross-functional Leadership: Proven success in leading and influencing cross-functional teams to deliver on complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA or an equivalent advanced degree is preferred.
Work Location: Flexible across all VZ US-based locations. Candidates residing in the Basking Ridge, NJ (NY Metro) area are highly preferred.
Travel Requirements: 50%+ travel required
Where you’ll be working
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Equal Employment Opportunity
Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

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