
Director of Strategy
DigitalOcean
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $179,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- 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 rather than just alignment.
- 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.
- Inform 'Build, Partner, or Buy' decisions by contributing market intelligence for growth vectors like database, security, and AI inference.
- Optimize Business Operations by supporting the ELT quarterly business review process, ensuring operating performance connects to strategic priorities with clear metrics and accountability.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a high-output strategy, corporate development, or business operations role within the technology or cloud infrastructure sector.
- The ability to translate ambiguous, open-ended business problems into structured, data-driven analyses.
- Experience partnering directly with Product, Finance, Cloud Capacity, and GTM leaders to translate strategy into operating plans.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex industry trends (AI/ML, developer tools) into executive-level insights.
- A 'builder' mentality: you are comfortable owning the recommendation and the execution plan, not just the process.
- Experience supporting strategic due diligence and financial rationale for corporate development workstreams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible time off policy (specific benefits may vary based on local regulations)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
competitive intelligencecorporate strategydata-driven analysisbusiness operationsstrategic due diligencefinancial rationaleAI inferencecloud infrastructuredatabase managementanalytical skills
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationsynthesis of complex informationownershipexecution planningstrategic thinkingadaptabilityleadershipaccountability