Senior Strategy Manager

Company Description

Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users, Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular, redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Manchester, and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy. Find out more at www.depop.com 

Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. We’re continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.

If, due to a disability, you need adjustments to complete the application, please let us know by sending an email with your name, the role to which you would like to apply, and the type of support you need to complete the application to adjustments@depop.com. For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

Team Overview

The Strategy Team drives Depop's growth by answering critical questions and helping to identify and deliver its biggest opportunities. We're looking for someone to collaborate closely with senior leaders across the business and become a trusted partner to our Exec team. You’ll be part of a team that works together to solve complex problems and to guide Depop’s strategic goals during this exciting chapter of growth.

The team’s scope can be split into four key pillars:

• Strategic Planning - Shaping Depop’s strategic vision, growth strategy and constraints (alongside cross-functional partners), and refining based on new internal/external learnings. This takes place across time horizons including quarterly reflections, annual planning as well as Depop’s longer-term strategy. 

• Strategic Articulation - Building tailored communication of the business strategy to the leadership, the wider company and our parent company Etsy. 

• Strategic Initiatives - Owning the delivery of select high-impact projects. These projects are typically early stage, highly cross-functional and of strategic importance to the business. This may include evaluating and progressing corporate development opportunities with external parties.  

• Strategic Operations - Helping Depop execute its strategy more effectively through working with leaders on improving their rituals, processes, resource allocation/org design (where relevant) and proactively joining the dots to improve cross-functional working.

Role Overview

You will be building recommendations to shape the future of Depop, driving the company planning process, presenting updates to the company/leadership, owning a variety of strategic initiatives and helping the organisation to operate more effectively. 

Alongside working on company-wide initiatives, each Strategy Team member is also the dedicated strategic partner to a specific member of the Exec Team. This role will partner closely with our Chief Financial Officer (who oversees Finance, Insights, User Support, Shipping and Trust & Safety) on strategic decision-making and drive key initiatives in these areas.

Responsibilities

• Build recommendations to inform Depop’s strategy, applying in-depth understanding of competitor and geographic dynamics, user insights and internal business performance data

• Work closely with the CFO to define and deliver strategic priorities across her teams, navigating complex cross-functional topics with Product, Marketing and external partners

• Act as a sounding board and advisor to broader senior leadership on strategic topics, providing hands-on contributions as required

• Work closely with the Senior Strategy Director to run the company wide planning processes, including supporting leaders to focus in on what’s most important, navigate prioritisation trade-offs and determine what success looks like

• Build clear narratives around business performance, competitive context and rationale for our strategic decisions - formally/informally communicating this information with audiences of all levels

• Facilitate complex conversations, guiding senior stakeholders to a solution amidst uncertainty and differing perspectives

• Lead select strategic initiatives, bringing in a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a clear goal

Requirements

• Extensive experience in strategy consulting or inhouse strategy

• Strong understanding of business commercials and a company’s P&L, with ability to interpret key insights to drive growth & profitability

• Proficient at Excel/Google Sheets with ability to conduct analysis, build models and draw out the most critical insights

• Skilled at building clear presentations and presenting to different audiences e.g. Executives, Board level, Company-wide communications etc

• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders, with demonstrated skills in complex stakeholder management

About you

• An interest in resale and a desire to be part of transforming fashion consumption

• Comfort with ambiguity - you’re able to build a clear path forward in uncertain situations, driving things to completion with light-touch direction

• Analytical, data-driven approach to tackling problems, balanced with a deeply customer-centric way of thinking

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly, confidently and concisely

• A team player with a low ego and a collaborative mindset; having the backs of teammates and being deeply trusted across the organisation

• Comfortable with constructively challenging senior stakeholders

Additional Information

Health + Mental Wellbeing

• PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa

• Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space

• Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support

• Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting

Work/Life Balance:

• 25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days

• 1 company-wide day off per quarter

• Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering

• Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.

• Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant

• All offices are dog-friendly

• Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries

Family Life:

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees

• IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave

Learn + Grow:

• Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more

• Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees

Your Future:

• Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)

• Pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings

Depop Extras:

• Employees enjoy free shipping on their Depop sales within the UK.

• Special milestones are celebrated with gifts and rewards!