Director, Corporate Strategy
Role Description
How many times do you get an opportunity to be on the ground floor of a very big and important mission? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent - if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. Imagine how much more inspired we’d be. Imagine how much better equipped we’d be to tackle humanity’s biggest challenges. This is the world we want to live in. We hope you’ll join us in bringing this mission to life.
As Director, Corporate Strategy you will be responsible for creating meaningful insights that accelerate continued growth of our business working in close collaboration with our Business Unit Leaders and functional partners. Key deliverables include creating mechanisms to proactively analyze the most important issues impacting the company and providing actionable, prescriptive recommendations that help business partners optimize strategic and operational decisions.
Responsibilities
- You will partner closely with leadership across all functions - Product, Engineering, Design, Research, GTM, Customer success and Sales to define and address the most pressing strategic questions facing Dropbox
- You will leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities
- You will balance urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers and the broader Dropbox organization, through clear, data informed strategy development
- You will support Dropbox’s corporate planning process
- You will support business leaders in developing strategic proposals
- You will evaluate adjacencies and growth opportunities in partnership with Strategic Finance, Corporate Development, and business unit leaders
Requirements
- 10+ years experience in corporate strategy, product strategy, business management, or other related fields
- Bachelors’ degree with strong academic performance in a quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Management Science, or related field
- MBA or Masters Degree in quantitative discipline
- Strong relationship-building skills and experience working closely with senior executives, the ability to develop strong working relationships with business functions quickly to develop plans and drive execution
- You are highly analytical, good at breaking down problems and delivering actions
- You have a low ego attitude: willing to shift from high-level critical thinking, to rolling up your sleeves and supporting implementation
- You are comfortable with ambiguity and a dynamic business landscape
- Proven track record of being able to work independently and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction & drive measurable business impact
- Significant experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple partners; experience with a scaling business is a plus
- Ability to influence prioritization and execution of high impact projects effecting customer experience and monetization
- Ability to analyze data and use data to inform product or business decision making, with a track record of driving directly measurable product or business impact
- Strong executive presence with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Total Rewards
For candidates hired in San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role is currently $234,300 - $275,700 - $317,100.
For candidates hired in the following locations: Austin (TX) metro, Chicago metro, California (outside SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (outside NYC metro), Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (outside NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (outside NYC or DC metro), Washington (outside Seattle metro) and Washington DC metro, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role is currently $210,900 - $248,100 - $285,300.
For candidates hired in all other US locations, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is currently $187,500 - $220,600 - $253,700.
Range(s) is subject to change. Dropbox takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location/metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation. Dropbox uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use.
Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
