SVP, Strategy

Position: Full-Time

Location: This position offers remote work from Los Angeles, New York or Colorado. Please be aware that applications from candidates residing outside of California, Colorado and New York will not be considered.

OVERVIEW

Movement Strategy is seeking a Senior Vice President, Strategy to lead and define the vision, standards, and operating model for integrated strategy across Brand, Communications, Content & Engagement (C&E), and Influencer Marketing, ensuring our approach operates with clarity, rigor, and cultural ambition both individually and in deep integration.

As an SVP, you are both a discipline architect and an agency leader. You oversee cross-Pod excellence, elevate senior client partnerships, shape new business narratives, and build scalable systems that strengthen Movement’s integrated social offering.

You will oversee the Impact Center of Excellence (COE), partner closely with Creative, Production, Data & Insights, Paid Media, Influencer, and Account leadership, and report into executive agency leadership. You will play a central role in defining how Movement connects brand strategy to content ecosystems, engagement systems, Influencer Marketing and measurable business impact.

This role requires deep expertise in brand and communications strategy, social and content ecosystems, cultural intelligence, engagement frameworks, performance storytelling, and senior-level team leadership.

A BIT ABOUT US

Movement Strategy creates content and campaigns for the world’s most exciting brands. We win awards, make headlines, shatter engagement numbers and celebrate the journey along the way. It’s why companies like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, and Intuit come to us again and again.

We’re fully remote with hubs in New York, Denver, and LA, and a presence all across the US. We believe collaboration is what takes our work from good to great, and at times, even to legendary status. We champion diverse opinions and creativity in every department, and provide professional development and learning opportunities with the goal of helping you discover your best work today, and learn how to make it even better in the future.

KEY FOCUS AREAS:

Executive Discipline Leadership & Vision

• Define and articulate the long-term vision for integrated Strategy across the agency.
• Ensure discipline operates as a distinct center of excellence while functioning as a unified, integrated system.
• Establish scalable frameworks, standards, and methodologies that elevate strategic rigor, content excellence, and engagement innovation.
• Partner with executive leadership to shape agency positioning, narrative, and growth priorities.
• Identify emerging cultural, platform, and technological shifts that should influence the evolution of both disciplines.

Integrated Brand, Content, Influencer, and Communications Strategy

• Oversee development of complex brand, social, and communications strategies across Pods.
• Drive the vision and execution of comprehensive by partnering with the Influencer CoE lead to drive Influencer Marketing Strategies that integrate seamlessly with brand, content, and communications plans.
• Ensure strategic foundations ladder seamlessly into content ecosystems, engagement frameworks, and publishing systems.
• Drive clarity across positioning, messaging architecture, audience strategy, and cultural relevance.
• Elevate how Movement translates insights into actionable creative and content direction.
• Champion ambitious, culturally resonant ideas grounded in data and measurable business outcomes.

Content & Engagement Ecosystem Leadership

• Oversee agency-wide content strategy, publishing models, engagement systems, and tone frameworks.
• Ensure content calendars, cultural tentpoles, campaign moments, and always-on ecosystems connect to brand strategy.
• Codify best practices across engagement planning, community management, escalation protocols, and brand safety systems.
• Strengthen the integration between C&E, Strategy, Creative, Influencer, Paid Media, and Data to create cohesive, high-performing programs.
• Introduce scalable governance models, QA systems, and workflow standards that drive operational excellence.

Advanced Insights, Measurement & Performance Rigor

• Partner with Data & Insights to define how performance measurement informs both strategic direction and content optimization.
• Oversee KPI frameworks, forecasting models, test-and-learn systems, and performance storytelling at the highest level.
• Elevate analytic rigor across Pods and ensure insights translate into strategic pivots and innovation.
• Lead cross-client and cross-Pod performance discussions to identify trends, whitespace, and scalable improvements.

Pod Partnership & Cross-Agency Integration

• Serve as executive strategic authority and senior escalation point across Pods.
• Partner with Pod Leads to ensure integrated excellence across Strategy, Creative, C&E, Influencer, Paid Media, and Account.
• Provide senior guidance in moments of complexity, category shifts, cultural sensitivity, or business transformation.
• Ensure discipline standards translate effectively into Pod-level execution.

Client Leadership & Executive Presence

• Build and maintain senior-level (VP+) client relationships across key accounts.
• Lead strategic conversations during annual planning, business reviews, brand repositioning initiatives, and complex engagements.
• Represent Strategy in high-stakes presentations and executive rooms.
• Serve as a visible thought leader externally when appropriate (industry POVs, panels, publications).

New Business & Agency Growth

• Lead or co-lead strategic development for major new business opportunities.
• Shape pitch narratives that connect brand strategy, cultural insight, content systems, and measurable outcomes.
• Strengthen Movement’s strategic differentiation in competitive opportunities.
• Identify organic growth opportunities across existing accounts through proactive strategic leadership.

Talent, Culture & Organizational Leadership

• Oversee senior leaders within Strategy and C&E across Pods.
• Shape discipline org design, hiring strategy, and succession planning in partnership with People & Culture.
• Build inclusive, high-performing teams grounded in clarity, empowerment, and accountability.
• Mentor Directors, Group Directors, and emerging senior leaders.
• Foster a culture of rigor, curiosity, innovation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 15+ years of experience in integrated strategy within a social-first agency environment.
• Deep expertise in brand positioning, narrative development, content ecosystems, engagement systems, influencer marketing, and communications architecture.
• Advanced experience with cultural research, analytics, social listening, and performance frameworks.
• Proven success leading large, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Extensive experience presenting to and influencing senior executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to scale systems, frameworks, and operations across multiple business units.
• Strong record of contributing to new business wins and account growth.
• Ability to balance visionary leadership with operational rigor.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a proactive approach to leveraging AI tools to enhance strategic thinking, streamline workflows, and improve team efficiency; actively experiments with emerging technologies and identifies opportunities for practical application.

IDEAL QUALITIES

• Executive-level strategic thinker with a commanding POV and strong creative instincts.
• Systems-oriented leader who can build structure without stifling creativity.
• Inspiring communicator and compelling storyteller.
• Calm, clear, and grounded in high-pressure environments.
• Equally fluent in brand ambition, cultural nuance, and performance metrics.
• Deeply collaborative and capable of influencing across disciplines.
• Passionate about shaping the future of social, culture, and content marketing.

Benefits & Perks

Movement’s approach to the future of work: We embrace a remote culture and empower our employees to work wherever they feel most productive. To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have a partnership with WeWork which allows our employees to have a membership to any location nationwide. We recruit in our three main states of California, Colorado, and New York. We are open to recruiting candidates in these states: New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Ohio, and Kansas.

As a leader in social advertising, we rely on the creativity of our people to deliver the best work for our clients. In return, we invest in our employees by offering them a diverse suite of benefits from best-in-class carriers, with enough choice and flexibility to keep our team and their families healthy and happy today and tomorrow.

• 100% employee contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fully-Remote Agency
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
• 10 days minimum required off per year
• Company Paid Holidays + More
• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure
• Support for continued education
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Health and Wellness Program
• WeWork Membership
• Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees
• Employee Resource Groups

SALARY & COMPENSATION

In compliance with local and state law, we are disclosing the compensation for roles that will be performed in New York City, Colorado, and California. The range listed is just one component of Movement Strategy’s total compensation package for employees. Individual compensation varies based on location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.

A successful applicant’s actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, skill sets, years of relevant experience, qualifications, and certifications or other professional licenses held. Movement Strategy prides itself on providing competitive salaries and actively works to ensure there is pay equity across the company.

Pay Range: $200k - 245k salary per year

Movement Strategy is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they check every single box. Movement Strategy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages those from historically and systemically marginalized communities to apply.

We believe that what we put out into the world matters. And since we were founded on the principles of paving our own path, we take bold steps toward what we believe is the right direction. This means addressing the big stuff: the systems of inequality that impact some of us far more than others. As culture creators, we firmly believe we have a responsibility to our colleagues, clients, communities, and the industry to live up to the Movement’s name. We confront inequities head-on as they come, knowing that this work is never done and that we must keep the momentum.