Corporate Strategy Director

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Key Responsibilities

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  Corporate Strategy & Execution: Establish operational objectives, policies, procedures, and work plans for the corporate strategy team; drive strategy execution by delegating assignments to subordinates and ensuring operational effectiveness; lead initiatives that deliver tactical results and contribute to the development of organizational policies.
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  AI & Technology Strategy: Serve as the subject matter expert on enterprise AI strategy, with deep knowledge of AI adoption trends, competitive landscape, and emerging agent platforms; identify and develop AI-driven opportunities and initiatives that translate PagerDuty's AI investments into measurable business outcomes, providing recommendations on positioning, priorities, and go-to-market approaches
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  Market Analysis & Financial Modeling: Conduct deep market analysis including TAM assessment, competitive positioning, emerging trends, and adjacency opportunities in DevOps, IT Ops, observability, and infrastructure software; build sophisticated financial models including P&L projections, investment scenarios, and return analysis for new markets, products, and strategic initiatives; evaluate strategic investments, pricing strategies, go-to-market models, and facilitate organizational prioritization with clear ROI analysis; support corporate development activities including market analysis for potential acquisitions and partnership synergies
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  Cross-Functional Leadership & Team Development: Serve as a trusted partner to management, effectively cascading functional strategy and contributing to the development of organizational policies; accountable for the department budget which has a far-reaching impact on the business segment; drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure operational objectives align with corporate requirements; manage the activities of the strategy discipline through subordinate supervisors or professionals.

Requirements

• Domain Expertise: Deep expertise in DevOps, IT Operations, observability, monitoring, incident management, infrastructure software, or adjacent enterprise application/infrastructure markets—with demonstrated understanding of enterprise software business models, go-to-market strategies, competitive dynamics and how AI is transforming enterprise software
• Education & Experience: MBA from a top-tier program (or equivalent work experience) and a prior Bachelor's degree with strong academic performance; 10+ years total work experience with several years of post-MBA experience in corporate strategy roles at enterprise technology companies, top-tier management consulting firm or comparable experience in a strategic role
• Strategic Execution & Analytics: Experience successfully managing strategic initiatives end-to-end—framing ambiguous problems, conducting research and analysis, synthesizing recommendations, and building actionable business and operational plans with demonstrated ability to move rapidly from problem to recommendation; exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to build complex financial models, investment scenarios, and ROI analyses
• Leadership & Communication: Proven success leading and developing high-performing strategy or consulting teams; exceptional at building relationships, collaborating, and influencing senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders; outstanding communicator who can convey complex ideas clearly and concisely in both business and technical discussions; bias for action as an entrepreneurial self-starter who takes initiative, moves quickly, and delivers results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Industry Experience: Deep experience shaping enterprise AI strategy at leading enterprise software companies in DevOps, observability, monitoring, incident management, infrastructure software, or IT operations platforms
• Growth & M&A Experience: Strong track record in identifying and evaluating new market opportunities and supporting M&A initiatives including market analysis, synergy assessment, and integration planning
• Executive Presence & Board Experience: Proven ability to engage C-level leaders and board-level audiences with the experience in leading strategic discussions, facilitating ambiguous, open-ended strategic conversations and driving them to actionable outcomes

Perks & Benefits