Corporate Strategy Lead - Product

This is a senior individual contributor role within the Corporate Strategy team responsible for shaping firmwide Shopping strategy; the role has no direct reports but operates with high executive visibility within the Product and Engineering org.

What you’ll do:

• Lead strategic problem solving for priority questions by structuring ambiguous problems developing clear hypotheses scoping required analyses and turning them into actionable recommendations that shape Pinterest’s multi-year Shopping strategy

• Partner closely across functions (PM Eng Sales BD PMM DS) to identify Retailer/Merchant pain points and ecosystem opportunities and translate these into concrete strategic priorities resourcing implications and cross-company decision frameworks

• Develop executive-ready narratives that synthesize complex data market dynamics and internal signals into clear compelling stories used in MBRs strategy reviews and cross-company alignment forums

• Own light-touch data work required for strategy development including gathering and pulling data across sources with basic SQ to ensure clarity accuracy and depth in your strategic analyses (this is not a data science role but self-serve comfort is required)

• Drive alignment and decision making by presenting insights and recommendations to senior leadership ensuring stakeholders understand tradeoffs opportunities and implications for the Shopping roadmap

• Proactively surface new opportunities in the Merchant/Retailer ecosystem by combining internal performance trends industry signals merchant feedback and competitive insights to inform long-range planning and capital allocation

• Operates as a strategic thought partner to leadership across the company helping shape what Pinterest should build accelerate or rethink to unlock growth in Shopping

What we’re looking for:

• We’re specifically looking for candidates with a corporate strategy background who can structure ambiguous problems drive stakeholder alignment and translate data driven insights into clear strategic recommendations.

• 5+ years of experience in business strategy roles (corporate strategy business strategy management consulting product strategy) where you influenced company wide  direction in a fast-paced data first environment. Big tech is a plus.

• Demonstrated structured problem solving - including framing ambiguous questions developing hypotheses design analyses and translating them into actionable recommendations.

• Comfort writing basic SQL queries to independently pull data as part of strategy work; this is not a data science role but ability to serve serve simple data is required.

• Exceptional narrative storytelling; able to synthesize complex data and ambiguous signals into crisp executive ready narratives that drive alignment.

• Experience influencing without authority across multiple functions (BD PM Sales PMM Eng etc)  where prioritization is competitive.

• Direct experience in advertising ecosystem is a plus but candidates with strong strategic fundamentals who can quickly ramp into these domains are equally encouraged to apply.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration up to 3x/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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