Senior Strategy Manager (12 Month FTC)

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.

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This is a 12 Month fixed term contract role.

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 shape Depop’s strategic direction during this exciting chapter of growth.

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

• Strategic Planning - Shaping Depop’s vision, growth strategy and priorities in collaboration with cross-functional partners, refining them based on internal and external learnings. This takes place across time horizons including quarterly reflections, annual planning as well as Depop’s longer-term strategy. 

• Strategic Initiatives - Leading high-impact, cross-functional projects that are of strategic importance to the business. This may include corporate development and partnership opportunities.  

• Strategic Articulation - Crafting tailored communications about the business strategy for leadership, the company, and our parent company, Etsy.

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

The Role

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 work alongside the Chief Product Officer (CPO), serving as a strategic thought partner and driving key initiatives within the Product organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic recommendations informed by competitor dynamics, geographic trends, user insights, and internal business performance

• Partner closely with the CPO and Product org to define strategic priorities, evaluate growth opportunities, and navigate trade-offs in prioritisation

• Support in managing company-wide planning, helping senior leaders focus on what matters most, balance priorities, and define success metrics

• Craft clear, compelling narratives around business performance, competitive positioning, and strategic decisions, communicating them effectively to various audiences

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

• Lead key strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact outcomes

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in strategy consulting or inhouse strategy

• Highly analytical with an understanding of marketplace dynamics and product-led growth strategies

• Skilled at building structured presentations and communicating effectively with different audiences, including executives, board members and company-wide groups

• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships, particularly at senior levels

• Proficient at Excel/Google Sheets with ability to interpret and connect a wide variety of insights (eg, product performance data, behavioral insights, financial metrics) to support decision-making on prioritisation and strategic investments 

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!