Director of Corporate Strategy - Corporate

Front Row

New York, NY

Full-time•

Business Development, Sales / Marketing

At Front Row, we partner with leading brands to accelerate their ecommerce growth. We leverage our capabilities and proprietary technology to design, market, distribute and accelerate brands on a global scale. We’re continually cultivating functional areas of expertise and retaining the highest caliber of talent — while sharing knowledge and data, creating efficiencies, and looking at every aspect of our client’s business from a 360 perspective. We work effectively to give every client the hands-on support, niche knowledge, and first-access they need to win in the world’s most competitive commerce markets and make each of our six capabilities the first to act on the next big things.

We live for the exchange of energy between brands and audiences, you should too, and we’ve made it our mission to expand every brand’s market share and heart share. Because we believe every transaction has the potential to be transformational.

We leverage data-driven insights from Catapult, our proprietary technology, and our deep understanding of marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart.com, TikTok Shop, to craft strategies unique to each brand we work with while protecting their pricing and channel strategies at every lifecycle stage and in any global market.

Intro

We are hiring a Director of Corporate Strategy to partner closely with Front Row’s executive team on key strategic initiatives and help guide the company’s next phase of growth. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings structured thinking to complex problems, and drives clarity at the leadership level.

Description

Partner with the C-Suite and senior leadership to define and execute corporate, divisional, and functional strategies
Translate complex qualitative and quantitative data into clear insights and actionable priorities
Own and drive Front Row’s operating cadence, including annual planning, strategic priorities, and OKRs
Own end-to-end delivery of high-impact, cross-functional strategic initiatives from ideation through execution (e.g., AI, competitive intelligence, new expansion opportunities)
Lead executive-level communications, including board materials and strategy updates

Requirements

7–10 years of relevant experience in strategy, business operations, or consulting
Background includes:
- 2+ years in management consulting
- 2+ years in a startup, scale-up, or high-growth environment
Strong ability to synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights
Proven ability to influence and collaborate across all levels, from junior team members to executives
Excellent project management skills with a track record of leading cross-functional initiatives
Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of financial and operational drivers
Action-oriented, with the ability to move quickly from insight to execution in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable operating in a dynamic, high-growth business
Experience in consumer brands, ecommerce, marketplaces, or agency environments preferred
Highly structured thinker with strong communication and storytelling skills
Based in New York (or willing to relocate)

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision
PTO
Summer Fridays
Wellness and commuter benefits
Work with a fun, consultative team of experts
Location - headquartered in SoHo, New York City with offices in San Diego, Hamburg and Bratislava

SALARY: $160,000 - $180,000 + bonus

About the company

Front Row

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Front Row is your Connected Commerce partner, where brand, demand, and Amazon unite. We bridge brand building and business performance across every platform with Amazon as the core engine of conversion, and deliver end-to-end D2C strategy, design, and development to grow beyond marketplaces.

Today’s commerce isn’t linear; it’s looped, layered, and always-on. Forty percent of Amazon branded searches start off-Amazon, 36% of sales are influenced by off-Amazon ads, and TikTok drives Amazon search more than Google. That’s why we design connected systems where every interaction fuels the next, every signal triggers a response, and growth compounds across the commerce ecosystem.

At the center is Catapult, our proprietary intelligence platform integrating best-in-class data partners to connect signals from marketplace performance, demand shifts, consumer cohorts, and competitive activity. Signals become insights, insights reveal opportunities, and opportunities turn into strategies, executed in real time to keep brands ahead.

Our first growth engine, Brand Equity & Demand Generation, combines the depth of a strategy and creative agency with the agility of a content studio and the reach of a full growth offering across performance marketing, creators, influencers, and more. We create ideas, assets, and activations that boost organic visibility, traffic, and sales on Amazon.

Our second growth engine, Conversion & Scale on Amazon, covers every major model: 1P Management, 3P Management, and 3P Distribution in the US, UK, and EU, supported by tailored distribution strategies. From operational excellence to retail media mastery, we make Amazon a growth engine, not just a sales channel.
Nothing is possible without our teams. We create pathways for growth, learning, and opportunity so our people can thrive, amplify impact, and help shape the future.

Welcome to Front Row. Welcome to Connected Commerce.