Corporate Strategy Manager, Bose Labs

At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.

Today, Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation.

The Bose Corporate Strategy team helps shape the future of the company. You’ll work with executives and leaders across the business to identify strategic priorities, analyze problems and opportunities, and make insightful, data-driven recommendations. We help define portfolio direction, create enterprise and business unit strategies, catalyse innovation, and shape the long-term vision. We deliver impactful work based on a deep knowledge of customers, the business, and external market factors.

As a member of this team, you’ll get rapid exposure to all facets of our business. You’ll have ample opportunity to take on challenging assignments and build a network across the company. Your success can pave the way for growth within the group or an eventual operating role elsewhere within the company.

The Corporate Strategy Manager, Bose Labs, is the strategy lead embedded within Bose-X. Bose-X defines and advances an enterprise-wide research agenda by identifying and prioritizing technology investments that can translate into high-potential future opportunities.

This role sits at the intersection of advanced research and enterprise strategy, with direct exposure to senior leadership. You will partner with research leaders, business units, Corporate Development, and executives to evaluate investment opportunities, answer critical strategy questions, and recommend where to build, buy, partner, scale, pivot, or stop.

Bose is evolving its research agenda toward the Intelligent Edge, with focus areas including perceptual intelligence, adaptive sensing, orchestration, and security. These domains will power future platforms, technologies, and businesses.

The ideal candidate is technically fluent, experienced in strategy and innovation, and thrives in ambiguous, early-stage environments.

1. Lead Bose-X Strategy Development

• Define and prioritize strategic initiatives across research domains, emerging technologies, markets, and ecosystems
• Lead strategy projects end-to-end with speed, rigor, and clear structure
• Translate technical concepts into testable commercial value hypotheses
• Evaluate strategic options and guide decision-making based on customer value, market reality, and Bose advantage
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment through workshops and working sessions
• Develop executive‑ready materials that distill complex inputs into clear recommendations
• Partner with Corporate Development on inorganic opportunities
• Build business cases, including market sizing, financial models, scenarios, and risk assessment

2. Drive Portfolio Discipline and Investment Decisions

• Serve as the link between Bose-X and enterprise portfolio strategy
• Represent enterprise strategy in portfolio prioritization and investment discussions
• Define success metrics, learning milestones, KPIs, and investment gates for early‑stage initiatives
• Support portfolio reviews with clear, data‑driven recommendations (advance, pivot, partner, pause, or stop)

3. Build Market, Technology, and Competitive Insight

• Conduct primary and secondary research across markets, customers, competitors, and ecosystems
• Act as a go‑to SME on emerging trends in edge AI, physical AI, and adjacent spaces
• Partner with insights teams to shape research priorities aligned to Bose-X needs

4. Build Cross‑Functional Influence

• Develop strong relationships across research, product, commercial, and corporate teams
• Incorporate diverse perspectives to strengthen recommendations and drive alignment
• Partner with Corporate Development, Partnerships, and FP&A on investment decisions

5. Advance Strategy for…