strategy manager, Global Marketing and Channel Development

Seattle, WA (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $217K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-functional strategy work that translates data into executive-ready narratives and decisions for senior leaders, with a focus on marketing alignment and enterprise priorities.

  • Lead cross-functional initiatives from scoping to delivery with risk and stakeholder management.
  • Translate complex inputs into audience-tailored storytelling for VP/SVP leaders.
  • Influence without direct authority to align partners around strategic priorities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead structured problem solving on high-priority strategic initiatives — defining key issues, developing hypotheses, designing analyses, and synthesizing findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
  • Develop executive-ready strategy narratives, business cases, and decision materials that clearly outline options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations.
  • Partner with Marketing leadership to develop and refine short- and long-term strategic plans aligned with company priorities.
  • Support preparation of executive materials — including strategy updates, operating performance summaries, and key decision documents — ensuring content is concise, decision-oriented, and aligned to enterprise narratives.
  • Translate complex data and cross-functional inputs into compelling, audience-tailored storytelling for VP and SVP-level leaders.
  • Coordinate inputs across functions to ensure a cohesive, data-driven storyline for leadership and executive audiences.
  • Lead strategic, cross-functional initiatives from scoping through delivery — managing timelines, dependencies, stakeholder alignment, and communications across matrixed teams.
  • Serve as an integrator across teams and functions, aligning stakeholders around common objectives and ways of working.
  • Track progress, dependencies, risks, and outcomes; escalate issues and recommend course corrections to keep initiatives on track.
  • Build trusted relationships and influence without direct authority, ensuring cross-functional partners are engaged, informed, and aligned on strategic priorities.
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Founded in 1971
Seattle, WA, US
166K employees (1,935 in marketing)
61% recommend to a friend
58% CEO approval

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$499.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37%
Direct
44%
Referral
11.6%
Social
1.5%
Paid
5.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~179.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,152 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
15.5 years
Median Tenure
7.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
14

Funding

Total Funding
$2.7B
Last Raise
$1.8B
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.8B
  • Jul 2024
    Post IPO Equity
  • Oct 2018
    Post IPO Equity • $900M

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