Group Strategy Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +26 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead and guide a team of 2–3 Senior Strategists or Strategy Directors, offering continuous coaching, performance evaluations, and career development support to enhance the quality of strategic deliverables across the pod.

• Take ownership of strategic direction and client relationship management for 2–4 major accounts, acting as the senior strategic liaison for client stakeholders and ensuring alignment between client goals and 829's capabilities.

• Oversee resource distribution and workload management within your team, ensuring strategists are effectively allocated to client priorities without risking overextension or underutilization.

• Define and enhance strategic processes, frameworks, and templates that foster consistent excellence within the strategy function, minimizing ramp-up time on new accounts and enhancing deliverable quality.

• Provide strategic oversight to cross-functional account teams, coordinating integrated solutions across design, digital marketing, and analytics to ensure high-quality outputs are delivered to clients with support from Account Managers and your direct reports.

• Create comprehensive creative briefs that encapsulate vital insights and messaging themes, serving as a source of inspiration for the team, while mentoring direct reports to achieve a consistently high standard.

• Direct and supervise research and analytics initiatives (such as stakeholder interviews, process documentation, and competitive audits) to gain a deep understanding of client strategies, market dynamics, and organizational strengths within your portfolio.

• Establish and monitor essential performance indicators at both the account and pod levels, providing actionable insights to drive success and identifying cross-client trends for senior leadership.

• Convert complex data and findings into compelling narratives tailored for C-level executives and key decision-makers, ensuring your team can independently execute similar tasks.

• Design and facilitate engaging digital client workshops that inspire innovative solutions to intricate business challenges, serving as a quality control checkpoint for workshops conducted by your direct reports.

• Act as a strategic practice leader, enhancing the agency's strategic capabilities, defining execution requirements, and contributing to the evolution of 829's strategic service offerings.

• Innovate and formalize 829's strategic services, continuously seeking ways to add value to client relationships and identifying scalable strategies that can be applied across multiple accounts.

• Actively participate in business development efforts, assessing and auditing new business opportunities, validating project scopes, and engaging in pitches as the senior strategic voice.

• Work closely with sales and marketing teams to support sales engineering initiatives, providing strategic credibility and thought leadership throughout the prospect lifecycle.

• Conduct strategic onboardings for key clients, ensuring a smooth transition from sales to marketing and laying the strategic groundwork for your team to implement.

• Manage escalation processes for strategic conflicts or client issues within your pod, resolving matters before they necessitate senior leadership involvement.

• Stay informed of emerging digital trends to continuously refine strategies and inject fresh, innovative ideas into client projects, internal team dynamics, and the professional development of your direct reports.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12+ years of extensive experience in digital marketing, with a proven record in a senior strategic leadership position, including direct management of strategists or strategy teams.

• Demonstrated proficiency in leading, mentoring, and developing teams of mid-to-senior strategists to deliver impactful marketing solutions at scale.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable strategies across multiple accounts simultaneously.

• Exceptional communication capabilities, adept at engaging effectively with C-level executives and navigating nuanced client dynamics across a multi-account portfolio.

• Proficient in navigating various marketing channels and tools, with the capacity to identify cross-client patterns and opportunities.

• Advanced knowledge of customer segmentation, market analysis, and brand positioning, with the ability to mentor others in applying these disciplines.

• Creative and innovative thinker, skilled at identifying emerging trends and integrating them into strategies at both the account and agency levels.

• Experience in conducting and leading high-level workshops and presentations, as well as coaching others to do the same.

• Strong business acumen, capable of identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities, informing pricing and scoping decisions, and contributing to revenue growth.

• Proven experience in resource planning, workload management, and process optimization within a services or agency context.

• Skilled at establishing and maintaining strong client relationships across a portfolio while enabling team members to develop their own client management skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote Workplace. You have the option to work from our office in Boston or remotely in one of the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, SC, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA.

• Paid Time Off. Enjoy generous paid vacation benefits that increase each year you remain with us, along with 12 Company Holidays and Summer Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

• 401K + Match. Participate in a 401K plan with a 4% Safe Harbor employer match after one year of employment, along with financial literacy services provided through our retirement provider.

• Life Insurance Benefit. No-cost coverage to provide peace of mind for your family.

• Short Term Disability Benefit. We have you covered if you need to be out of the office due to illness or injury.

• Healthcare. Choose from several competitive healthcare plans for you and your family, with 80% employer coverage for all medical and dental premiums, 100% coverage for vision, and the option to participate in the FSA program.

• Commuter Benefits. Allocate pre-tax funds towards your commute to save up to 40% annually on transportation expenses.

• Continuing Education. Access monthly team-led webinars, exclusive 829-cohort based learning, digital course platforms, and funding opportunities to attend national conferences and events.