Head of strategy

Job Description

We’re looking for a Head of Strategy to work as a trusted partner to the Senior Leadership team, helping define Pink Squid’s long-term strategic ambition, positioning and growth.


This role is not about stepping away from delivery — it is about setting the standard, building a world-class strategy team, and ensuring Pink Squid continues to lead the market in employer brand and employee experience thinking.


What you’ll be doing

As Head of Strategy, you will lead the strategy discipline at an agency level, while remaining close enough to the work to ensure our thinking is always rigorous, distinctive and creatively enabling.


People management

You will have accountability and ownership of people management and team success of a team of 6+ strategists, including but not limited to team performance, capability, recognition and reward.


Agency Leadership

In this role you will sit within the agency leadership team, collaborating with peers and senior leadership team, setting the quality bar for strategy across the agency, ensuring clarity, rigour and creative ambition in everything we produce.


Strategic craft, collaboration & partnership