Director - Strategy and Operations

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.    Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Summary The Director of Strategy Planning and Business Operations is responsible for translating operational strategy into integrated planning, organizational alignment, executive visibility, and cross-functional execution. The function leads the Product and Engineering management system and serves as the strategic planning, business operations, communications, and organizational management partner across Product Operations and Engineering Operations. It connects long-range strategy, annual and quarterly plans, Opex and workforce assumptions, portfolio investments, performance evidence, decisions, risks, and actions so strategic priorities, product direction, operational progress, and business outcomes are consistently understood, adopted, and acted upon throughout the organization. The role connects executive strategy with organizational execution through clear operating mechanisms and actionable communications that improve alignment, accelerate adoption, and strengthen cross-functional execution across the enterprise. The Director partners closely with Product Lifecycle Program Managers, Technical Program Managers, Product Management, Engineering Leadership, Strategic Analytics and Insights, Finance, Business Process and Value Delivery, Sales, Channels, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership to connect planning, portfolio and investment choices, roadmap priorities, NPI readiness, organizational transformation, operational health, and business performance through one consistent management system and operating narrative. Partner Boundaries This role complements existing Investor Relations, Executive Communications, Product Marketing, Finance, Product Chief of Staff, and functional operations organizations rather than duplicating their responsibilities. Investor Relations retains shareholder, financial, and investor communications. Product Marketing owns external product positioning, messaging, launch campaigns, and go-to-market communications. Finance retains financial records, controls, and enterprise financial methodology. Product Chiefs of Staff continue supporting executive agendas, leader voice, office coordination, and leadership execution. Product, Engineering, and other functional leaders retain product strategy, roadmap, technical delivery, financial, commercial, people, and business outcome decisions. The Director owns the integrated planning and operating mechanisms, portfolio decision readiness, decision records and action closure, and the operational narrative connecting strategy, investment, execution, product delivery, business performance, and organizational transformation. Core Capabilities Strategy, integrated planning, and operational communications: develop and continuously evolve the integrated planning discipline and operational narrative that connect long-range strategy, annual and quarterly plans, Opex and workforce assumptions, portfolio priorities, business objectives, transformation initiatives, and organizational progress across Product Operations and Engineering Operations Executive communications and Business Operations leadership: lead the integrated operating calendar, QBR design, review readiness, executive decision support, decision records, escalation, and action closure. Develop strategic planning updates, executive scorecards, executive operating reviews, selected Board-level operational readouts, organizational announcements, and