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Position Summary
The F5 Product Business Planning & Operations team drives essential operational support for the entire product organization. On the business planning side, we integrate strategic vision, financial management, and data analysis to optimize resource allocation, prioritize investments, and enable informed decision-making. On the operations side, we ensure seamless alignment with key corporate rhythms and deliver impactful performance reporting.
We are seeking a results-driven Senior Business Planning & Operations Analyst to enhance the strategic and operational performance of our product organization. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in business operations and data-backed decision-making to create actionable insights, improve processes, and drive efficiency. You will partner with leadership to align organizational goals, optimize resource planning, and ensure smooth planning of strategic initiatives.
The ideal candidate excels at interpreting complex data, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and navigating high-impact, dynamic environments. Your advanced analytical skills, combined with strategic and operational acumen, will play a critical role in enabling the product leadership team to achieve key objectives and deliver measurable outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities:
Drive annual strategic planning by providing data-driven insights, scenario modeling, and performance tracking to ensure alignment between long-term vision and near-term goals.
Collaborate with product management leadership to manage operating rhythms, including quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and other key operational activities.
Partner closely with product operations partners to improve workflows, enhance coordination across teams, and support cross-functional alignment.
Design, build, and maintain reporting tools and dashboards to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), track operational metrics, and ensure visibility into strategic priorities.
Provide thoughtful analysis and build compelling, executive-ready materials for leadership presentations, strategic reviews, and planning discussions.
Track and analyze progress against organizational goals and initiatives, providing clear updates that promote accountability and sustained focus.
Act as a trusted partner, facilitating communication and collaboration between Product Management and teams across Engineering, Design, Go-to-Market (GTM), Technology Services, and other departments.
Other Responsibilities:
Support continuous improvement of internally developed resource allocation tool.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Proven experience supporting strategic planning, product operations, and cross-functional collaboration in dynamic, fast-paced organizations.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and turn insights into actionable recommendations.
Proficiency in financial modeling and revenue planning; expertise in Excel with familiarity in analytics and visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, with proven success in creating and presenting executive-ready materials (e.g., presentations, strategy updates).
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and to build strong relationships across functional and organizational levels.
Experience ensuring data accuracy and building organized reporting systems; familiarity with SharePoint or similar tools for collaboration and document management.
Adaptable and detail-oriented, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in product management, strategic planning, finance, or business operations with increasing levels of responsibility.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $112,600.00 - $169,000.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in product management, strategic planning, finance, or business operations
- Proven experience supporting strategic planning, product operations, and cross-functional collaboration
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to interpret data and turn insights into recommendations
- Proficiency in financial modeling and revenue planning
- Expertise in Excel
- Familiarity with analytics and visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills; ability to create executive-ready materials
- Experience ensuring data accuracy and building organized reporting systems; familiarity with SharePoint or similar tools
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
F5 Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about F5 and has not been reviewed or approved by F5.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful parts of total compensation, with RSUs and a discount ESPP commonly included. Pay packages for many technical roles are considered competitive when equity is taken into account.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation that increases with tenure, sick time, paid holidays, and paid family leave are prominently featured. Additional programs like volunteer time and periodic wellness long weekends are highlighted as part of the time-off ecosystem.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Health plans include travel support for specific care (such as reproductive and gender‑affirming services) and mental health resources, alongside comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. These elements are presented as part of a broad, inclusive approach to healthcare.
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