Head of Strategy

Head Of Strategy

The Head Of Strategy is responsible for defining and leading the agency's strategic discipline, sitting at the intersection of brand, creativity, technology, operations, and AI.

As the agency's senior-most strategic leader, you shape the vision for the discipline while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, clients, and cross-functional teams. You'll lead a multidisciplinary team spanning brand, campaign, social, performance strategy, building the capabilities, frameworks, and talent that move both our agency and our clients forward.

This is a role for a builder. Someone who thrives in ambiguity, sees business challenges as opportunities, and instinctively connects strategy, creative, technology, and operations into integrated solutions. You'll lead our most important client relationships, shape winning pitches, mentor the next generation of strategists, and continually evolve how strategy creates value in an AI-enabled world.

The role is equal parts strategist, business leader, coach, storyteller, and agency builder, setting the standard for strategic excellence while helping define what's next for Thesis.

• Deep expertise in brand strategy, campaign architecture, content, and media planning.
• Strong grasp of digital ecosystems, consumer behavior, and performance metrics.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills — written, verbal, and visual.
• Fluency in insight development, audience segmentation, messaging strategy, and creative brief writing.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, synthesize complexity, and bring alignment across teams.
• Executive presence and ability to lead high-level client relationships and conversations.
• Experience leading a department or organization.

• 12–15+ years of experience in brand, communications, marketing, or business strategy within an agency or integrated marketing environment.
• 5–7+ years leading and growing high-performing strategy teams, with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing talent.
• Proven experience leading integrated strategy across brand, campaign, social, content, CRM, digital, and performance marketing.
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior client stakeholders to solve complex business challenges and influence strategic direction.
• Experience leading the strategic development of new business pitches and contributing to agency growth.
• Strong ability to translate research, consumer insights, cultural trends, and business objectives into actionable strategies and compelling creative briefs.
• Experience collaborating closely with Creative, Account, Technology, and Operations teams to develop integrated solutions that deliver measurable results.
• A systems thinker who thrives in ambiguity, quickly synthesizes complexity, and brings clarity to evolving client and business challenges.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, AI, and evolving marketing capabilities, with an understanding of how they can strengthen strategy and agency ways of working.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and storytelling skills with the ability to inspire teams and confidently present strategic thinking to clients.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

The following capabilities are required in order to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden on the agency are available to address the following requirements.

• Using standard office equipment, computers, and related technology.
• Certain activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting, subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.
• Bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.

Thesis operates on a hybrid work model, with in-office collaboration Tuesday through Thursday and remote work on Mondays and Fridays. As a proud B-Corp, Thesis prioritizes candidates based in the Portland Metro area to allow for a hybrid working set-up in our beautiful office in NW…