• Lead the annual strategic planning process, developing near-term focuses and a 3–5 year enterprise strategic plan in partnership with the CEO and ELT • Define the company's "where to play / how to win" choices, identifying key markets, customers, and competitive advantages • Develop and maintain a portfolio strategy and long-range growth thesis, partnering with Finance to align strategic ambition with financial guardrails and capital allocation priorities • Conduct scenario planning, structural risk assessments, and competitor analysis to inform strategic decisions • Prepare Board-level strategy materials and strategic narrative, ensuring clear communication of the company's vision and goals • Accountable for both shaping strategy and tracking execution, value realization, and sustained enterprise impact. • Establish and govern a consistent strategic planning framework across business units, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and financial expectations • Support strategic planning and business orientation to drive near-term performance results and long-term growth • Guide and pressure-test 2–3-year Business Unit (BU) strategies, identifying cross-BU growth opportunities and synergies • Ensure BU plans align to enterprise priorities and financial expectations, surfacing structural and capability gaps as needed • Define and execute the enterprise innovation thesis, aligned to the company's strategic vision and goals • Oversee the innovation portfolio, including core, adjacent, and disruptive initiatives, and establish governance and stage-gate discipline • Align innovation investments with the capital allocation framework, ensuring strategic alignment and commercial viability • Build and maintain an external partnership ecosystem to support innovation efforts, as needed • A successful innovation approach will include measurable business, operating model, and growth outcomes • Continuously assess the competitiveness and scalability of the company's operating model, identifying areas for improvement and optimization • Partner with the transformation team to identify structural risks and future-state requirements, anticipating organizational friction and proposing design solutions • Drive organizational transformation and operating model evolution, ensuring alignment with the strategic plan and innovation agenda