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.

Job Description

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.

Key Responsibilities

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 Early-Stage Innovation

Bring structure and rigor to ambiguous, front-end innovation work without slowing learning
Establish repeatable approaches to translate research and external signals into strategic options and business opportunities

Qualifications

5+ years in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, venture strategy, or technology innovation environments
Proven experience in innovation, new ventures, research commercialization, or early-stage business building
Ability to lead ambiguous problems from framing through recommendation with minimal oversight
Strong analytical skills (market sizing, business cases, financial modeling, scenario analysis)
Customer-focused and commercially grounded; able to distinguish compelling technology from real value creation
Technically fluent and comfortable working across scientific and business audiences
Excellent executive communication skills
Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills without formal authority
Hands-on mindset; willing to lead, challenge, and build
Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred

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At Bose, you're inspired to be and do your best and are rewarded for your unique talents! Our compensation is thoughtfully tailored to your skills, experience, education, and location, and goes beyond base salary. The hiring range for this position in the primary work location of Framingham, Massachusetts is: $151,000-$207,550.The hiring range for other Bose work locations may vary.

In addition to competitive base pay we offer rewards including bonus programs, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, plus exclusive perks designed to support your wellbeing, and a generous employee discount where you can immerse yourself in our products and experiences. We are a proudly independent company—driven by purpose, guided by our values, and united by a belief in the power of sound. As the world leader in audio experiences, we’re creating what’s next—pushing boundaries and delivering transformative sound experiences for people everywhere. Join us and make your next career move a mic-drop. Let’s Make Waves.

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Bose is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. The EEOC’s “Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal” Poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf. Bose is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to applicant_disability_accommodationrequest@bose.com. Please include "Application Accommodation Request" in the subject of the email.

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Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.