Principal Analyst, Sales Operations Strategic Initiatives

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Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible.

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Analog Devices (ADI) is seeking a highly strategic and commercially minded Principal Analyst, Sales Operations Strategic Initiatives to drive the successful implementation, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement of critical commercial initiatives across the global sales organization.

This role serves as the operational bridge between Sales Leadership, Business Unit Leadership, and Sales Operations, ensuring strategic initiatives are clearly defined, consistently executed, and embedded into day-to-day sales processes. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating alignment across stakeholders, translating strategy into actionable processes, enabling adoption through training and change management, and providing executive-level insights into performance and business impact.

Initially, the role will focus on two critical strategic initiatives:

This individual will establish the operational framework, governance processes, KPI tracking, reporting mechanisms, and field enablement required to drive measurable business outcomes from these initiatives.

• Lead the operational execution of strategic commercial initiatives from concept through global deployment and adoption.

• Act as the primary liaison between Sales Leadership, Business Unit Leadership, and Sales Operations to ensure alignment of objectives, definitions, processes, and success metrics.

• Translate strategic concepts into standardized and scalable business processes.

• Develop implementation roadmaps, governance structures, success metrics, and continuous improvement plans.

• Drive organizational adoption through communication, training, and change management activities.

• Provide regular executive updates, performance reports, and strategic recommendations.

Serve as the Sales Operations owner of ADI's Customer SAM process.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the collection, management, and reporting of Customer SAM data across the global sales organization.

• Establish clear governance processes to ensure SAM definitions consistently applied across all regions.

• Develop training programs that educate the sales organization on:

• Customer SAM methodology

• Market opportunity identification

• Revenue gap assessment

• Expansion opportunity documentation

• Ensure alignment between Customer SAM processes and Business Unit Market Models.

• Identify and document Customer SAM expansion opportunities that can drive incremental revenue growth.

• Partner with Sales Leadership and Business Units to analyze trends, identify whitespace opportunities, and prioritize growth initiatives.

• Develop executive dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into:

• Customer SAM coverage

• Revenue penetration

• Expansion opportunities

• Growth performance against market potential

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field.

• MBA preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of experience within the semiconductor industry
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• Deep understanding of semiconductor markets, customer engagement models, and commercial growth strategies.

• Experience working with sales, marketing, product management, or business unit organizations.

• Proven ability to lead strategic cross-functional initiatives.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent presentation and executive communication abilities.

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct…