Director, Strategy

You're a strategic leader who shapes how we solve problems, build relationships, and grow our business. You see opportunity where others see complexity, and you have the commercial confidence and creative judgment to turn ambitious visions into reality. At Interbrand, you'll lead our most significant strategy engagements, build deep relationships with C-suite clients, and guide multidisciplinary teams to create work that defines the future of iconic brands. You'll also play a key role in shaping our office, developing our talent, winning new business, and building Interbrand's reputation in the market. This is a role where your strategic thinking, client relationships, and leadership directly impact our growth and success.

Responsibilities

Lead complex, high-stakes strategy engagements for global and regional clients across brand, business, and experience challenges; Build and maintain deep relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor who understands their business, anticipates their needs, and helps them navigate critical decisions; Use our Thinking & Making approach and Three Lenses (Human Truth, Brand Economics, Experience) to diagnose what matters, shape bold strategic direction, and ensure ideas are viable, desirable, and ready for the real world; Present and sell strategic thinking to C-suite audiences with authority, confidence, and conviction; Lead and develop strategy teams, providing direction, coaching, feedback, and creating an environment where people do their best work; Identify and pursue commercial opportunities for Interbrand and our clients, thinking like a business partner to maximize mutual value and extend relationships; Collaborate with designers, writers, client partners, brand economists, principals, and other disciplines globally to deliver integrated solutions; Collaborate with the Growth team by driving pitches, shaping proposals, building relationships, and helping define our competitive positioning; Build Interbrand's external profile through thought leadership, speaking, writing, and representing our point of view in the market; Play an active role in growth strategy, contributing to how we grow, what we prioritize, and how we operate; Champion Interbrand's culture and values, helping create an environment where people feel supported, challenged, and inspired to do their best work; Stay ahead of branding, business, and cultural shifts, bringing provocative points of view and helping shape where our craft is going next

Requirements

Proven reputation within brand strategy, business strategy, or management consulting; Led significant engagements, built lasting client relationships, developed teams, and delivered work that created measurable business impact; Strategic thinking: diagnose complex challenges, reframe business problems, and build strategies that combine Human Truth, Brand Economics, and Experience; Balance creativity with commercial reality and champion ideas from concept through to implementation; Bring robust points of view on categories, markets, and where brands need to go next; Communication: exceptional communicator who writes with clarity and conviction, presents with authority, and facilitates sessions that unlock breakthrough thinking; Adapt approach for different audiences and build buy-in at every level, from working teams to boardrooms; Collaboration: build trust across teams, disciplines, geographies, and cultures; bring people together around a shared vision, invite diverse perspectives, and elevate the thinking and quality of everyone around you; Independence and ownership: take full accountability for projects, relationships, team, and contributions to the business; manage complexity with commercial intelligence, balancing client satisfaction, team wellbeing, and profitability; do what you say you'll do and inspire confidence in others; Curiosity: genuine passion for brands, culture, business, and what's next; stay ahead of shifts in industry and adjacent fields and bring that thinking into work and share it generously with others

Benefits

Transparent career pathways; On-demand learning; Honest feedback; Real collaboration across borders; Culture that champions difference and wellbeing