Global Consumer Brand Operations Lead

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

About the Position: 

Sandisk is looking for a Global Consumer Brand Operations Lead. We are seeking an experienced, effective, results-driven leader to identify, define, and deliver specific initiatives including process development, workflow redesign and creation, as well as specific marketing deliverables.

You will coordinate marketing initiatives with other cross Sandisk marketing teams, establish best practices, and support worldwide teams in problem solving.

This role requires experience in a Strategic Program Management or similar environment with a sound understanding of project management methodologies and industry-standard processes. This position requires strong business judgment, problem solving and excellent communication skills. A track record of delivering results in a fast paced, dynamic environment is a must, as is a passion for scaling process across cross functional groups while improving efficiency and raising the bar on the quality of output. 

The role reports to the VP, Global Consumer Brand and Digital Marketing and partners deeply across the Marketing function, the Consumer Business organization, and other teams across the company. 

Key Responsibilities:

In this role you will own:

Program Planning:

• Develop program plans that are unique to each initiative and understands dependencies across functions to optimize the overall system and deliver the highest quality output.

Strategic Alignment:

• Ensure projects and initiatives are aligned with the company's strategic objectives and business outcomes.
• Collaborate with leadership to manage workload and prioritize programs, budgets and resources.

Systems Development:

• Standardize core operational frameworks across workstreams: briefs, project management, resourcing, and tracking.
• Put repeatable processes in place that help us plan and manage multiple parallel projects and run the business.
• Develop clear documentation, playbooks, and guidelines for internal teams and external partners.

Operational Rigor:

• Drive a culture of excellence and accountability, ensuring all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards.
• Seek opportunities to make improvements to team efficiency and process.
• Develop a high level of reliability in outcomes, timelines, and goals and a focus on delivering high-quality, sustainable systems.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Communicate effectively across teams and stakeholders, translating ambiguity into actionable plans and proactively surfacing risks and updates to VP.
• Drive adoption of existing and new initiatives amongst cross-functional stakeholders working cross-functionally with teams across Consumer Insights, Product, Marketing and Sales to bring initiatives to full commercialization.  
• Ability to present complex processes to stakeholders, roll them out to cross-functional partners, and encourage alignment across functions and teams.

Risk Mitigation:

• Goes beyond status reporting to drive issues to resolution by anticipating risks and developing risk mitigation strategies.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus constraints.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with fellow program managers to ensure consistency across Consumer Business.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to ensure seamless communication and coordination across all projects.
• Build strong relationships with peers and key business stakeholders through continuous engagement.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.

Budget & Resource Management:

• Identify and allocate necessary resources for program activities. 
• Prepare and manage program budgets, tracking expenses and cost variances. 
• Coordinate with vendors, suppliers, and contractors as needed.

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience or equivalent practical experience ideally in a consumer electronics or consumer goods company.
• Demonstrable experience driving success in large, matrixed organizations. 
• Experience improving digital processes in a structured approach while also fostering innovation, including experience driving adoption of new technologies.
• Experience marketing to Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. 
• Expert in project and workflow management practices and tools.
• Demonstrated delivery of large-scale programs and projects.
• Excellent analytical and commercial acumen with a track record of making data-driven decisions

Personal Competencies:

• Big picture thinker, adept at resolving conflicts, and communicating at all levels. Highly resourceful, and able to work independently under time constraints.
• Leadership competencies such as teamwork, creative problem solving, flexibility and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Able to multi-task and perform under pressure and willingness to roll-up sleeves and do the work alongside the team as required for flawless execution.
• Creative in solving problems and overcoming roadblocks. Able to distill problems to their essence, crystallizing team wisdom and making next steps clear.
• Strong reporting and analytics skills with ability to synthesize complex data points into simple, business-focused recommendations. 
• Solid business acumen; sound business-sense and judgment. Pays attention to detail, ensuring well-designed and coherent efforts.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, leadership and project management skills and high level of skill in navigating ambiguity and ability to help teams navigate to move forward. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate, influence, and motivate teams at all levels across the company.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with multiple departments in a large, matrixed organization.
• Comfortable with change management and process reinvention with a bias for action. Ability to drive process improvements and champion a culture of operational excellence.

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 1/23/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.  Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.