Strategy Director (Temp)

Instrument; Castletown; A distancia; GBP 117.000 - 145.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Instrument is seeking a Strategy Director to provide senior strategic leadership across a complex portfolio of digital, brand, and marketing work for a leading technology client. You will be a highly client-facing partner, quickly building trust, bringing clarity to ambiguity, and connecting product, customer, brand, and business thinking.

This contract role (40 hours/week) requires West Coast-based presence with travel to Seattle approximately 1–2 times per month, beginning ASAP through

Formación

• Significant experience leading strategy for complex, high-visibility client relationships.
• Robust UX and product strategy foundation; move between product experiences and brand or marketing work.
• Strong SaaS and/or B2B experience; enterprise platforms, connected ecosystems, or technical products.
• Exceptional client presence and facilitation skills, with credibility with senior stakeholders.
• A systems thinker who can oversee multiple workstreams while keeping customer and business outcomes in sight.
• A clear, compelling communicator—shaping narratives, leading sessions, or presenting recommendations.
• Experience partnering across disciplines and turning ambiguity into aligned action.
• Experience supporting proposals, pitches, or account-growth conversations.
• Curiosity about emerging technology and AI, with sound judgment on applying them.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as the senior strategy lead across a varied portfolio spanning digital product, brand, marketing, and experience work.
• Be a trusted day-to-day partner to senior client stakeholders—leading conversations, framing decisions, and offering thoughtful viewpoints.
• Bring strong UX and product strategy rigor to translate insight into direction for design, creative, and delivery teams.
• Guide strategic work from discovery through to recommendations, delivery, and iteration.
• Partner with design, creative, technology, production, and account teams to ensure strategic coherence across workstreams.
• Develop clear narratives, presentations, and decision frameworks to make complex ideas actionable.
• Support proposal development and growth opportunities across the broader technology and commerce portfolio.
• Help teams navigate fast-moving priorities while maintaining a high bar for strategic quality and client partnership.

Descripción del empleo

The Role

Instrument is looking for a Strategy Director to provide senior strategic leadership across a complex portfolio of digital, brand, and marketing work for a leading technology client.

This is a highly client-facing role for someone who can quickly build trust, bring clarity to ambiguity, and connect product, customer, brand, and business thinking. You’ll oversee multiple workstreams, guide cross-disciplinary teams, and help shape both the work in progress and future opportunities.

Contract role, 40 hours per week.Needed ASAP through December 23, with a high likelihood of extension

West Coast-based required.Travel to Seattle required approximately 1–2 times per month

What You'll Do

Serve as the senior strategy lead across a varied portfolio spanning digital product, brand, marketing, and experience work.

Be a trusted, confident day-to-day partner to senior client stakeholders—leading conversations, framing decisions, and bringing thoughtful points of view.

Bring strong UX and product strategy rigor to complex business and customer challenges, translating insight into clear direction for design, creative, and delivery teams.

Guide strategic work from discovery and definition through recommendations, delivery, and iteration.

Partner closely with design, creative, technology, production, and account teams to ensure strategic coherence across workstreams.

Develop clear narratives, presentations, and decision frameworks that make complex ideas actionable and compelling.

Support proposal development and growth opportunities across the broader technology and commerce portfolio.

Help teams navigate fast-moving priorities while maintaining a high bar for strategic quality and client partnership.

What You'll Bring

Significant experience leading strategy for complex, high-visibility client relationships.

A robust UX and product strategy foundation, with the ability to move comfortably between product experiences and brand or marketing work.

Strong SaaS and/or B2B experience; experience with enterprise platforms, connected ecosystems, or technical products is especially valuable.

Exceptional client presence and facilitation skills, with a demonstrated ability to build credibility quickly with senior stakeholders.

A systems thinker who can oversee multiple workstreams without losing sight of the customer, the business, or the quality of the work.

A clear, compelling communicator—equally comfortable shaping a strategic narrative, leading a working session, or presenting recommendations.

Experience partnering across disciplines and helping teams turn ambiguity into aligned action.

Experience supporting proposals, pitches, or account-growth conversations.

Curiosity about emerging technology and AI, paired with sound judgment about how they should inform the work.

What We Offer

The expected pay range for this position is $113-$140/hr. Contract compensation is determined by location, experience, and skillset. We have three regional pay ranges that are adjusted for cost of living (US1 +15%, US2 +7.5%, US3 Base), *learn more about our pay philosophyand cost of living adjustments.Benefits may be available in accordance with applicable law and company policy, including eligibility based on hours worked and duration of assignment.