Strategy Director (Temp)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 235,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Annual reviews

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Paid holidays

Unlimited PTO

Wellbeing stipend

Leadership training

Job summary

Ladders seeks a Strategy Director (Temp) to lead strategic thinking across a portfolio of digital, brand, and marketing engagements for enterprise clients. The role teams with senior stakeholders and cross-functional groups to guide decisions and ensure coherent client deliverables.

The ideal candidate blends UX, product strategy, and brand thinking to drive business outcomes, contribute to proposals, and identify growth opportunities in a high-visibility environment. Remote work available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading strategy for complex, high-visibility client relationships.
• Robust UX and product strategy foundation, with experience in both product and brand/marketing work.
• Strong SaaS and/or B2B experience, particularly with enterprise platforms or technical products.
• Exceptional client presence and facilitation skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly with senior stakeholders.
• Systems thinker capable of overseeing multiple workstreams while maintaining focus on customer and quality.
• Clear communicator, skilled in shaping narratives and presenting recommendations.
• Experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration to turn ambiguity into aligned action.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategy lead across a diverse portfolio of digital, brand, and marketing work.
• Act as a trusted partner to senior client stakeholders, leading discussions and framing decisions.
• Translate complex business and customer challenges into actionable insights for design and delivery teams.
• Guide strategic work from discovery through to recommendations and iteration.
• Collaborate with design, creative, technology, and account teams to ensure strategic coherence.
• Develop compelling narratives and decision frameworks to clarify complex ideas.
• Support proposal development and identify growth opportunities within the technology and commerce portfolio.

Skills

Strategy leadership

UX foundation

Product strategy

Brand/marketing alignment

SaaS/B2B experience

Senior client relationships

Systems thinking

Narrative framing

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Strategy Director (Temp) to join the team of a leader in the Technical Services space.

This role will lead strategic thinking across a portfolio of digital, brand, and marketing engagements, helping shape how complex ideas are translated into clear action. The position partners closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to guide decisions, align workstreams, and strengthen the quality and coherence of client deliverables. It is well suited for a systems-oriented strategist who can balance discovery, narrative development, and recommendation building in a high-visibility environment.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience navigating enterprise or B2B work, with the ability to connect UX, product strategy, and brand thinking to business outcomes. This role also contributes to proposals and growth opportunities while helping ensure the overall strategy remains focused on customer needs and execution quality.

Location: Remote

Compensation: $235,040 – $291,200 annually

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategy lead across a diverse portfolio of digital, brand, and marketing work.
• Act as a trusted partner to senior client stakeholders, leading discussions and framing decisions.
• Translate complex business and customer challenges into actionable insights for design and delivery teams.
• Guide strategic work from discovery through to recommendations and iteration.
• Collaborate with design, creative, technology, and account teams to ensure strategic coherence.
• Develop compelling narratives and decision frameworks to clarify complex ideas.
• Support proposal development and identify growth opportunities within the technology and commerce portfolio.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading strategy for complex, high-visibility client relationships.
• Robust UX and product strategy foundation, with experience in both product and brand/marketing work.
• Strong SaaS and/or B2B experience, particularly with enterprise platforms or technical products.
• Exceptional client presence and facilitation skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly with senior stakeholders.
• Systems thinker capable of overseeing multiple workstreams while maintaining focus on customer and quality.
• Clear communicator, skilled in shaping narratives and presenting recommendations.
• Experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration to turn ambiguity into aligned action.

Benefits

• Flexible, hybrid work environment.
• Great compensation with annual reviews.
• 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
• Robust medical, vision, and accident insurance.
• Generous paid holidays and unlimited PTO.
• Monthly wellbeing stipend.
• Career management and leadership training.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.