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The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. bolthires is a platform that inspires creativity and innovation. They are seeking a Corporate Strategy Lead to shape their multi-year Shopping strategy by leading strategic problem solving, developing executive narratives, and driving alignment across functions to unlock growth opportunities. Responsibilities • 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 bolthires’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 bolthires should build, accelerate, or rethink to unlock growth in Shopping Skills • 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 • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience • 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 Company Overview • bolthires is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • bolthires has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 304 in 2025, 317 in 2024, 215 in 2023, 314 in 2022, 202 in 2021, 166 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job