Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
Meet the team:
Dexcom's Corporate Strategy team is focused on defining and accelerating the company's top strategic priorities. The team works on direction-setting strategy and integration initiatives at the corporate level and across all Dexcom's businesses. The team advises and collaborates with senior leaders and the executive team to define corporate and business strategies, with a clear focus on driving growth and scale. Responsibilities include developing strategic plans, anticipating opportunities and risks, and prioritizing initiatives and investments.
As a Strategic Planning Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving Dexcom's growth and profitability strategies. You will act as an internal strategic advisor, partnering across regions, businesses, and functional teams to evaluate business opportunities, simplify complex problems, and deliver on multiple corporate imperatives.
We are looking for a candidate who combines intelligence, a growth mindset, and strong business acumen to join a high-performing Corporate Strategy & Planning team. This role calls for a mix of analytical prowess and creative thinking, tasked with the responsibility to steer our strategy development through market landscape analyses, opportunity assessments, change management, and strategic planning.
This position is based in San Diego, CA, with global responsibilities. Dexcom supports remote work for employees. At the same time, this pivotal leadership role must have the ability to be present in San Diego offices at least 30-40% of the time and travel as needed.
Where you come in:
You manage a portfolio of corporate strategy initiatives with a focus on driving strategic alignment, optimizing processes and integrating businesses to meet/exceed company objectives.
You collaborate with cross-functional teams to aggregate data analyses, evaluate strategic positions, develop reports to guide senior decision-makers, and track key measures.
You facilitate strategic planning sessions and develop frameworks to enable strategy execution, ensuring alignment across all corporate functions and development of focused, strategic plans.
You are a change agent and can effectively lead project teams through transformation, persuading and resolving conflict amongst teams, and fostering a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement.
You utilize scenario planning and wargaming techniques to anticipate market shifts and prepare the organization for various future scenarios.
You evaluate the performance and impact of corporate strategy initiatives, and provide recommendations to optimize for continuous growth.
What makes you successful:
You have experience in strategic planning, corporate strategy, and roles that focus on scoping and executing on new opportunities such as inorganic growth (M&A, strategic partnerships or business integration) in the medical device, diabetes, life sciences or digital health industries. Prior experience in management consulting and/or organizational development with an MBA is highly preferred.
You are a dynamic, strategic facilitator who can effectively engage in senior leadership discussions, demonstrating humility and exceptional EQ to foster collaboration and drive results.
You bring excellent relationship building, influencing and communication skills to build culture and trust with all levels of the organization and working across boundaries.
You feel empowered in both lead and support roles, including responsibilities to develop strategic plans, synthesize complex business problems into measurable dashboards, and organize strategic planning workshops.
You are gifted in storytelling visually, verbally and through words to clearly communicate your findings and recommendations to senior leadership.
You possess a strong understanding of strategic and operational performance metrics and have extensive experience leading business transformational programs. Experience with SmartSheet, PowerBI, and Tableau highly preferred.
You thrive in a culture of change, find comfort in ambiguity, and have a keen willingness to try new/challenging things.
What you'll get:
A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
A full and comprehensive benefits program.
Growth opportunities on a global scale.
Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.
Travel Required:
0-5%
Experience and Education Requirements:
Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience.
At this level a graduate degree may be desirable with 4 years of related experience
Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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