What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategy Lead position at koddi?
About Koddi
We are a global technology company with software and services that help top digital marketplaces effectively monetize their first-party audiences through industry-leading commerce media technology and strategy. Our enterprise platforms leverage first-party data to drive marketplace revenue and profit by improving user experience and target shoppers throughout the purchase path. Koddi’s platforms enable any advertiser, any marketplace, in any industry to increase awareness, generate demand, and drive revenue. We are committed to driving innovation and growth in the commerce media space.
As part of that commitment, we’ve launched Koddi Academy, a learning platform designed to provide expert knowledge, competitive insights, and practical strategies for thriving in this fast-growing industry. Explore our latest certification course, to deepen your expertise and stay ahead in the evolving world of commerce media.
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Job Summary
Koddi is hiring a Strategy Lead to work alongside the President, Chief of Staff, and executive leadership team to advance the company’s most important strategic priorities. The role helps shape Koddi’s 2–3 year positioning, surfaces and evaluates new growth opportunities, and supports execution by turning strategy into clear, actionable initiatives.
This is a highly visible, execution oriented role that will operate at the center of leadership decision making, long-term planning and cross functional alignment. Success is measured by clarity of direction, quality of decisions, and strategic initiatives moving from idea to impact.
What You'll Do
- Serve as a strategic partner to the President and executive leadership team
- Help refine, pressure test, and extend Koddi’s corporate strategy
- Define and sharpen Koddi’s 2 to 3 year positioning, including clear choices on where we will and will not play
- Develop an independent point of view on market shifts, competitive dynamics, and emerging opportunities in commerce media
- Identify, frame, size, and prioritize new growth opportunities across products, markets, partnerships, and business models
- Translate strategic insights into clear, executable plans with defined sequencing and success metrics
- Act as a bridge from strategy to execution, ensuring initiatives move from idea to action
- Lead and own select strategic initiatives that expand Koddi’s future growth runway beyond the current roadmap
- Track progress of strategic bets, surface risks and misalignment early, and recommend course corrections
- Build high quality strategy artifacts including memos, frameworks, financial models, and board ready materials
- Partner closely with Corporate Development to evaluate investments, acquisitions, and partnerships, including assessing strategic fit and long term value creation
- Monitor external market and competitive signals and translate weak signals into actionable implications
- Influence and align leaders across Product, GTM, Engineering, and Data Science without formal authority
- Support board and leadership discussions with clear analysis, structured thinking, and concise recommendations
What You'll Bring
- Top tier MBA or equivalent experience
- Pre MBA operating experience in product, operations, corporate development, GTM, or a related function
- Comfort owning outcomes, not just producing analysis
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to make decisions using imperfect data
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complexity into clear recommendations
- Strong judgment, business acumen, and structured thinking
- Proven ability to earn trust and operate close to senior leaders
- Ability to influence across teams without formal authority
- High ownership mindset with a bias toward action
- Comfortable operating in a fast paced, high growth environment