Director, Strategic Intelligence and Business Strategy

Overview

Description

Director, Strategic Intelligence and Business Strategy

Company : Hitachi Research Institute

Location : Santa Clara, CA

Status : Regular, Full-Time

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Through its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at www.hitachi.com.

About Hitachi Research Institute :

Hitachi Research Institute (HRI) is internal strategic think-tank of Hitachi Ltd. Its head office is located in Tokyo, Japan and provides research consulting, advisory and proposal to corporate management including CEO, corporate divisions, business units and group companies of Hitachi, Ltd.

The management vision of HRI includes the followings :

• As a strategic think tank of “True One Hitachi,” HRI will present medium- to long-term management strategies necessary for Hitachi to gain a top global position.
• HRI will continually provide monitoring, analysis, and countermeasures for opportunities and threats in key regions to contribute to Hitachi\'s sustainable growth.
• HRI will propose action plans necessary to realize a sustainable “harmonized society” where the environment, happiness, and economic growth are in harmony to society.

The business fields include the following :

For further details refer to : http : / / www.hitachi-hri.com / english /

Summary

Hitachi Research Institute (HRI) is seeking a Director to lead its strategic research and globalization efforts in the United States. In this role, you will drive the HRI’s expansion in the world by monitoring and analyzing critical uncertainties across markets, policy, technology, industry, and environmental trends. You will assess their impact on Hitachi’s current business portfolio, identify emerging opportunities and risks, and develop forward-looking scenarios and strategic recommendations to enhance Hitachi’s position in the world.

Working in the US, you will find yourself in a team-based environment in the US and will engage with the Tokyo head office of HRI remotely via online meetings on a daily basis, as well as in-person meetings by trips to Tokyo on a time-to-time basis.

Responsibilities

Lead and conduct the research activities of HRI, mainly under the HRI’s self-funded research projects as well as the business-unit-funded research projects (some of which are expected be secured by the initiative of the Director). The activities include, but not limited to, the followings :

Requirements

Hitachi Group Identity

Hitachi Group Identity encompasses MISSION, VALUES and VISION. The MISSION communicates the purpose of our business, The VALUES reflect our core principles to fulfill the MISSION, and the VISION conveys what the Hitachi Group aims to become in the future.

With the VALUES in mind, we are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females / Minorities / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

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