Director Corporate Strategy, Ads

Pinterest; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest seeks a Senior Corporate Strategy professional in the United States to shape the company’s multi-year advertising strategy and drive growth. You will partner with product, engineering, sales, and marketing to identify opportunities and craft strategic narratives for senior leadership.

Responsibilities include evaluating build/buy/partner options, leading competitive intelligence, and communicating the advertising vision to the Head of Advertising, Chief Product Officer, and the Board.

Qualifications

• Data-driven and able to synthesize game-changing insights.
• Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication.
• Strong business judgment with ownership mindset.
• Experience building relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Comfort with cross-functional collaboration across orgs.

Responsibilities

• Define the 3- to 5-year advertising strategy and growth opportunities.
• Evaluate new revenue opportunities with Business Development and Corporate Development.
• Lead competitive intelligence and synthesize market trends for leadership.
• Develop strategic narratives and board-ready materials for executives.

Skills

Data-driven

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Ad tech knowledge

Global org navigation

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Business Administration or equivalent

Job description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here .

The Corporate Strategy team sits at the center of Pinterest within the Strategy & Growth organization, helping to shape and communicate the company's multi-year growth strategy. We serve as the connective tissue between key product, engineering, sales, marketing and other cross-functional teams to accelerate Pinterest innovation and business growth.

What you’ll do:

• Define the Multi-Year Advertising Strategy : Lead the 3- to 5-year strategic vision for Pinterest's global advertising business, identifying and prioritizing the most important growth opportunities across upper-funnel brand advertising and lower-funnel performance and shopping solutions.
• Identify and Evaluate New Revenue Opportunities : Assess and prioritize opportunities for market expansion across Pinterest's first-party and third-party advertising businesses. Partner closely with Business Development and Corporate Development to evaluate build, buy, and partner pathways.
• Lead Competitive Intelligence for the Ad Tech Landscape: Drive ongoing analysis of the competitive and industry landscape, synthesizing key market trends, competitor performance, and external benchmarks into actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Own Strategic Communications for Pinterest's Advertising Vision : Develop compelling strategic narratives, executive presentations, and board-level materials to communicate Pinterest's advertising strategy and key initiatives to the Head of Advertising, Chief Product Officer, and Board of Directors.

What we’re looking for:

• Data driven and highly skilled in identifying and synthesizing game-changing insights
• Excellent (verbal, written, visual) communication skills, with proven ability to develop and present compelling narratives to broad audiences
• Strong business judgment, with an owners’ mindset and the ability to navigate ambiguity
• Experience in building trusted relationships and influencing senior stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization; including getting into the details to “become the expert” on an area of focus, then upleveling and clearly articulating the “so what” for others.
• Curious and knowledgeable about the ads, ecommerce, and broader technology industry
• Self-starter and excited about the prospect of building a team/function from the ground up
• Multiple years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Finance, or a comparable role in high-growth tech companies
• Proven ability with navigating a global organization structure and building strong collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, 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 Statement:

We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.

This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee.

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