Vice President, Growth Strategy

About the company

Adeia Inc. is a technology company focused on foundational innovations for the semiconductor and media sectors. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the business has about 150 employees, mainly across North America. Its inventions and licensing work help shape how people discover and enjoy entertainment across connected devices, from televisions to smartphones, and the company has been named one of the Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-2026.

Role overview

The Vice President of Growth Strategy will own Adeia’s internal long-range growth strategy function. This leader will identify, assess, rank, and move forward new market opportunities and cross-domain initiatives that sit beyond the company’s current core and adjacent markets. Reporting to the Corporate Strategy Officer, the role works alongside the strategy leads for Media and Semiconductor while building the analytical structure, market intelligence, pipeline, business cases, and executive-ready materials needed for major growth decisions.

The position is responsible for shaping strategy for new markets and growth platforms outside the existing core and adjacent areas, while also partnering with domain strategy leaders on opportunities related to their businesses. The role combines market, technology, IP, partnership, ecosystem, financial, and inorganic perspectives to guide enterprise strategy, long-range planning, and executive decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain Adeia’s long-term growth strategy capability, including the evaluation framework, market classification approach, decision routines, and governance model used to identify and review new opportunities.
• Define and continuously sharpen growth hypotheses that clarify where the company should compete, why it can succeed, and how new initiatives can generate lasting value.
• Create repeatable processes to screen, prioritize, and advance opportunities across strategy, market, technology, IP, financial, and execution dimensions.
• Work with the Corporate Strategy Officer to fold growth priorities into enterprise strategy, long-range planning, and executive-level decisions.
• Identify, assess, and rank new markets, adjacent areas, and cross-domain growth opportunities beyond the current Media and Semiconductor businesses.
• Lead the identification and qualification of new licensing verticals and growth paths that extend across or sit outside the existing core and adjacent markets.
• Review market attractiveness, technology fit, IP monetization potential, ecosystem structure, competitive landscape, and overall strategic alignment for prospective growth areas.
• Develop business models, monetization paths, licensing structures, market-entry approaches, and partnership or ecosystem models that improve Adeia’s ability to win.
• Maintain a prioritized pipeline of long-term growth opportunities and recommend whether initiatives should move forward, stay under review, be paused, or be removed.
• Create strategic business cases, investment rationale, and opportunity assessments for high-priority growth initiatives.
• Evaluate partnership, ecosystem, and inorganic growth options with input from cross-functional stakeholders.
• Prepare management-level long-term growth strategy materials for executive and Board review.
• Develop growth narratives, opportunity roadmaps, strategic alternatives, trade-off analyses, and recommendations for the Corporate Strategy Officer and executive leadership team.
• Translate complex findings across markets, technology, IP, finance, and competition into concise, decision-ready presentations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in corporate strategy, growth strategy, technology strategy, strategic finance, management consulting, corporate development, or a similar area.
• Proven background in developing long-term growth strategies, new market-entry plans, growth platforms, or new business opportunities.
• Hands-on experience building business cases, opportunity pipelines, growth theses, and executive-level strategic recommendations.
• Strong preference for experience with IP licensing, technology commercialization, recurring revenue models, or IP-driven business models.
• Experience assessing partnership, ecosystem, or inorganic growth opportunities from a strategic perspective.
• MBA or another advanced degree in strategy, technology, finance, engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• Strategy, innovation, financial modeling, or executive leadership certifications are an added advantage.
• A strategy or innovation consulting background is strongly preferred, especially when paired with operating experience in technology- or IP-focused businesses.

Compensation and benefits

The role is remote within the United States. Base pay varies by geography, with a national range of $235,000 to $285,000 and a Bay Area range of $272,000 to $305,000. The bonus target is 30% of annualized base pay, and the target restricted stock units are 120% of annualized base pay.

Adeia offers competitive compensation that includes salary, equity, and bonuses, along with benefits designed to support work-life balance, health, financial well-being, and long-term saving and investing. Additional rewards include flexible time off, holidays, sick time, wellness initiatives, and a charitable match program. Location-based benefits may include employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, and fitness facilities. The company also offers a flexible hybrid work environment that blends in-office collaboration and connection with the convenience of working from home.

Additional information

Adeia says it is committed to a workplace where employees feel heard, safe, valued, and included, and where individual differences contribute to culture and business results.

Employees and their families are a priority, and the company emphasizes comprehensive pay, stock, and benefits programs intended to support personal well-being, financial security, and shared success.