Strategy Director

Digital Ocean
San Francisco
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 179,000 annuallyFunction: Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Financial modeling","Communication","Presentation","Leadership"]

Strategy leader responsible for translating high-level corporate vision into rigorous, executable growth initiatives. Embedded advisor to CEO/CFO/ELT, owning cross-functional strategic projects, competitive intelligence, and data-driven recommendations to inform Build/Partner/Buy decisions in cloud infrastructure and AI spaces.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
3 months ago

Strategy Director

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Job Summary

Strategy leader responsible for translating high-level corporate vision into rigorous, executable growth initiatives. Embedded advisor to CEO/CFO/ELT, owning cross-functional strategic projects, competitive intelligence, and data-driven recommendations to inform Build/Partner/Buy decisions in cloud infrastructure and AI spaces.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end execution of CEO/CFO-sponsored growth initiatives and special projects with defined deliverables, driving cross-functional task forces to hard decisions.
  • •Own Competitive Intelligence and Corporate Strategy, tracking competitor moves across cloud infrastructure, AI/Agentic, NeoClouds, and developer platforms to publish quarterly briefings for the C-Suite.
  • •Synthesize industry developments in AI/ML and developer tooling into actionable briefs and develop the analytical backbone for Board presentations and Investor Day sessions.
  • •Inform Build, Partner, or Buy decisions by contributing market intelligence for growth vectors like database, security, and AI inference, while supporting strategic due diligence and business case development.
  • •Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment of quarterly results with long-term strategic priorities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 179,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Learning BudgetEquity

Key Requirements

  • •4 years at a top-tier strategy firm (e.g., Bain, BCG, McKinsey) followed by 3+ years in an operating role at a technology company where you owned outcomes, with exposure to M&A processes and strategic finance a plus.
  • •Proven ability to structure and execute cross-functional strategic projects with strong analytical skills, including financial modeling and data-driven decision-making, plus exceptional communication to influence senior executives.
  • •Experience partnering with Product, Finance, Cloud Capacity, and GTM leaders to translate strategy into operating plans.
  • •Deep understanding of the cloud, infrastructure, or developer-focused technology space, with the ability to synthesize AI/ML industry trends into executive insights.
  • •A builder mindset: comfortable owning the recommendation and execution plan, not just the process; proven experience in high-output strategy, corporate development, or business operations in tech.
Experience:Cloud computingAIDeveloper tooling
Skills:Strategic thinkingFinancial modelingCommunicationPresentationLeadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CloudInfrastructureAI

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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