Strategic Business Development Manager - Data Centers - Location Remote eastern/central zone
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TE Connectivity is seeking a Strategic Business Development Manager for Data Centers in a remote role covering eastern and central time zones. You will lead the data center application strategy and roadmap across hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and infrastructure markets, translating customer needs into prioritized recommendations and guiding cross functional execution. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in strategy, business development, product, marketing, or engineering, with data center or infrastructure experience and global collaboration skills; a bachelor’s degree is required, advanced degree preferred. Core strengths include strategic thinking, market savvy, planning, VOC synthesis, and play development, governance framing, and partner strategy. To apply, tailor your CV to show measurable roadmaps, concrete plays, cross functional wins, and M&A experience.
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Overview
Leads the Data Centers application strategy and opportunity roadmap to drive growth across hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and infrastructure markets. Translates customer needs into prioritized application recommendations and supports cross-functional execution.
Job Requirements
Key Accountabilities:
- Define and maintain data center application strategy and roadmap.
- Build application plays for Sales and Sales Development.
- Develop recommendations on solution differentiation and adjacencies.
- Run application cadence with KPIs and governance inputs.
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure feasibility and speed to market.
- Support partnership and M&A opportunity development.
Competencies:
- Strategic Thinking (Level 3)
- Market Savvy (Level 3)
- Strategic & Tactical Planning (Level 3)
- Business Savvy (Level 3)
- Communicating for Impact (Level 3)
- Agile Decision Making (Level 2)
Job-Specific Skills:
- Data center application play development (Level 3)
- VOC and insight synthesis (Level 3)
- Value proposition development (Level 3)
- Governance-ready decision framing (Level 2)
- Ecosystem/partner strategy support (Level 2)
What your background should look like
Experience:
- 8+ years in strategy, business development, product, marketing, or engineering roles
- Data center/infrastructure experience preferred
- Cross-functional experience in global environments
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Advanced degree preferred
Competencies
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
COMPENSATION
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: 140,700 – 175,800 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
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