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Pinterest · 15 hours ago

Corporate Strategy Lead- Product

Pinterest 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.

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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 Pinterest’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 Pinterest should build, accelerate, or rethink to unlock growth in Shopping

Qualification

Corporate strategyStructured problem solvingData-driven insightsBasic SQLNarrative storytellingInfluencing without authorityAdvertising ecosystemBachelor's degree

Required

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

Preferred

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

Pinterest

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Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.49B
Key Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Brandtech VenturesSV Angel
2022-07-14Post Ipo Equity
2020-01-01Post Ipo Equity
2019-04-18IPO

Leadership Team

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Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
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Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
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