Director of Strategy

DigitalOcean • San Francisco, CA

19h • Remote

About The Position

DigitalOcean is seeking a Strategy Leader passionate about translating high-level corporate vision into rigorous, executable growth initiatives. This is a high-output strategy role, not a planning function, for a driver who will operate as an embedded strategic advisor to the CEO, CFO, SVP of Corp Dev & IR, and the CPTO. The ideal candidate will become a primary engine for the company's evolution, responsible for translating ambiguous business questions into structured analyses with clear recommendations and execution plans that they will personally own and drive with a cross-functional team.

Requirements

• 4 years at a top-tier strategy firm (Bain, BCG, McKinsey, or comparable) followed by 3+ years in an operating role at a technology company, e.g., strategy, operations, or a general management seat where they owned outcomes, not decks and meeting cadences.
• Proven expertise in structuring and executing complex, cross-functional strategic projects.
• Exceptional analytical skills, including financial modeling and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior executives.
• Proven experience in a high-output strategy, corporate development, or business operations role within the technology or cloud infrastructure sector.
• The ability to translate ambiguous, open-ended business problems into structured, data-driven analyses.
• Experience partnering directly with Product, Finance, Cloud Capacity, and GTM leaders to translate strategy into operating plans.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex industry trends (AI/ML, developer tools) into executive-level insights.
• A "builder" mentality: you are comfortable owning the recommendation and the execution plan, not just the process.
• Experience supporting strategic due diligence and financial rationale for corporate development workstreams.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to M&A processes (buy-side diligence, integration planning) and strategic finance is a plus.
• Deep understanding of the cloud, infrastructure, or developer-focused technology space is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of CEO/CFO-sponsored growth initiatives and special projects with defined deliverables, driving cross-functional task forces to hard decisions rather than just alignment.
• Own Competitive Intelligence and Corporate Strategy, tracking competitor moves across cloud infrastructure, AI/Agentic, NeoClouds, and developer platforms to publish quarterly briefings for the C-Suite.
• Synthesize industry developments in AI/ML and developer tooling into actionable briefs and develop the analytical backbone for Board presentations and Investor Day sessions.
• Inform "Build, Partner, or Buy" decisions by contributing market intelligence for growth vectors like database, security, and AI inference, while supporting strategic due diligence and business case development.

Benefits

• Competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
• Bonus in addition to base salary
• Equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed