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Principal, Strategy & Planning

Cohesity

Job Description

Posted on: 
September 17, 2024

Summary and company overview

Cohesity

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

Job Mission

As the Principal, Strategy and Growth, you will partner closely with the Office of the CFO to tackle sophisticated business problems: ranging from strategic planning, business model transition, to M&A diligence and integration. You will support and work with executives directly to lead cross-functional projects and steer the teams towards deliverables that will shape the future of Cohesity. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated and resourceful individual who excels at problem solving, and solving the company’s largest business challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Be a critical member of the FP&A team, working closely with Cohesity executives on high priority initiatives
  • Lead initiatives and work across teams to advise decisions related to business strategy, annual planning, investment strategy, prioritization, and other ongoing business priorities, enabling insights and improving decision-making velocity
  • Proactively identify areas of opportunity for Cohesity from a strategic and operational perspective
  • Lead cross-functional project teams to structure sophisticated business critical problems, develop clear hypotheses, conduct analyses, and provide recommendations through a data-driven process
  • Support M&A related diligence, including developing investment models, returns analysis, valuations, and exit scenarios. Develop executive level presentation materials related to strategic investments
  • Support M&A related integration efforts, working with cross-functional collaborators on financial planning and alignment realization.
  • Become a guide on Cohesity’s business model and how it benchmarks against competitors in the market
  • Able to seamlessly transition from high-altitude / big picture to diving deep into details to uncover insights, perform financial and market analyses and synthesize a point of view to make recommendations to executive leadership.
  • Influence across all levels from the front lines to C-suite through effective communication and partnership.
  • Take on ambiguous, open-ended questions, plus quickly develop and iterate to develop a solution

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of related experience in business strategy, operations in tech companies, management consulting firms, or finance
  • A consistent track record of delivering quantifiable business impact and running large corporate strategy and/or finance projects to desirable outcomes
  • Outstanding critical and creative thinking skills including evaluating risks and contingencies, developing structure in ambiguous situations, connecting the dots and proven flexibility in accepting new insights and pivoting as needed.
  • Ability to identify patterns and synthesize disparate data to explain problems and propose recommendations
  • Experienced at breaking down problems to resolve key questions/issues, diagnose the root causes, and crafting realistic solutions that can be readily driven across the organization.
  • Highly collaborative and comfortable working across teams cross-functionally. Ability to efficiently partner, empower and encourage team members
  • Executive-ready communication and problem-framing/solving skills, including experience working directly with and advising members of the C-suite
  • Ability to work quickly in a fast-paced environment while seamlessly transitioning from high-level to a detailed view

Additional commentary

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

US Pay Range

$188,000 — $235,000 USD

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)

Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 1-855-9COHESITY or talent@cohesity.com for assistance.

In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

Summary and company overview

Cohesity

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

Job Mission

As the Principal, Strategy and Growth, you will partner closely with the Office of the CFO to tackle sophisticated business problems: ranging from strategic planning, business model transition, to M&A diligence and integration. You will support and work with executives directly to lead cross-functional projects and steer the teams towards deliverables that will shape the future of Cohesity. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated and resourceful individual who excels at problem solving, and solving the company’s largest business challenges.

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