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Chief Strategy Officer jobs with H-1B visa sponsorship sit at the intersection of executive leadership and specialty occupation requirements. These roles typically require an advanced degree in business, strategy, economics, or a related field, and sponsoring employers file a certified LCA and I-129 petition before you can begin work.
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PRA is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm with more than 90 years of experience. From our offices in Austin, TX, Madison, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Sarasota, FL, St. Louis, MO, and Waterloo, IA - we work as one team, combining firmwide expertise with local knowledge to help organizations navigate complex challenges and create places that work for the people and communities they serve.
We listen closely, ask thoughtful questions, and bring together creativity, technical expertise, and practical experience throughout the design and construction process. Together with our clients, we create purposeful environments that perform, inspire, and endure for life.
About the Role
PRA is seeking a Chief Strategy Officer to provide executive leadership for the firm’s strategic direction, growth strategy, organizational alignment, market positioning, and client and employee experience. This newly created leadership role will work in close partnership with the CEO, President, Partners, and firm leaders, championing PRA’s strategic plan as a living roadmap, translating priorities into measurable initiatives, and fostering firmwide understanding and accountability for long-term success while supporting PRA’s growing national presence and expanding market influence.
The Chief Strategy Officer will lead PRA’s marketing, business development, brand strategy, and market intelligence functions, ensuring each area is coordinated and aligned with PRA’s mission, business priorities, and values. This position will directly lead the Marketing and Business Development Strategy team. This leadership role is located at PRA’s Milwaukee, WI office.
What You’ll Do
- Guide PRA’s strategic planning process by driving firmwide alignment, communication, progress reviews, and planning discussions.
- Translate firm strategy into measurable marketing, business development, growth, and market intelligence initiatives.
- Lead industry research, market analysis, benchmarking, and performance reporting to inform strategy and competitive positioning.
- Develop and execute a firmwide business development plan that strengthens pursuit strategy, client engagement, market visibility, and long-term growth opportunities.
- Oversee marketing strategy, external communications, brand standards, proposals, collateral, digital platforms, events, and marketing analytics.
- Advance a hospitality-focused client experience model across business development, marketing, events, communications, and other client-facing functions.
- Lead strategic Go/No-Go decisions for pursuits, proposals, and business development opportunities balancing thoughtful evaluation with the ability to make timely decisions and move opportunities forward.
- Collaborate with leadership to identify new business opportunities, service offerings, innovation priorities, and operational improvements.
- Lead, coach, and hold the Marketing and Business Development Strategy team accountable for priorities, deadlines, outcomes, and continuous improvement, helping the team sustain systems, adjust schedules, and bring closure to projects.
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of professional experience in marketing, business development, communications, strategy, or related leadership roles; while experience in architecture, engineering, construction or design is valued, it is not required for consideration.
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field required; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and execute marketing and business development strategies.
- Strong leadership, management, communication, relationship-building, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to establish priorities and create systems that support progress and closure.
- Experience with strategic planning, implementation, organizational growth, and performance metrics.
- Advanced understanding of brand management, external communications, proposals, client development, market research, and competitive positioning.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Partners, senior leadership, technical staff, and external partners.
- Sound judgment, discretion with confidential information, and the ability to manage multiple priorities, viewpoints, deadlines, and personalities in a creative work environment, while navigating uncertainty, exploring alternatives and making timely decisions.
- A strong commitment to PRA’s core values: Creativity, Collaboration, and Commitment.
Employee Experience at PRA
Across our six offices with 115 employees, PRA offers a OnePRA culture built on mutual respect, growth, meaningful involvement, and fun. We are committed to helping employees shape their future through mentorship, training, opportunities to use and expand their skills, and a workplace where every voice matters.
PRA offers a total rewards package designed to support wellbeing, work-life balance, retirement security, professional growth, and connection. Benefits available to PRA employees include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, critical illness and accident protection, pet insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k) match and profit-sharing contributions, flexible schedules, hybrid work options, wellness and medical allowances, licensure support, paid training and study time, parking, social events, branded apparel allowance, and other employee recognition programs.
This leadership role may also offer a path to future ownership at PRA.
Work Environment
This role is generally performed in an office setting. Travel will be required for client meetings, visits to PRA offices, industry events, business development activities, offsite work, and firm meetings, typically averaging once per month. Work outside standard business hours may be required based on business needs.
Join PRA
If you are a strategic, collaborative leader who is energized by growth, brand stewardship, client experience, and organizational alignment, we invite you to explore this opportunity to help shape PRA’s future.
PRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating under a Non-Discrimination in Employment Plan.
About PRA
PRA is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm with more than 90 years of experience. From our offices in Austin, TX, Madison, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Sarasota, FL, St. Louis, MO, and Waterloo, IA - we work as one team, combining firmwide expertise with local knowledge to help organizations navigate complex challenges and create places that work for the people and communities they serve.
We listen closely, ask thoughtful questions, and bring together creativity, technical expertise, and practical experience throughout the design and construction process. Together with our clients, we create purposeful environments that perform, inspire, and endure for life.
About the Role
PRA is seeking a Chief Strategy Officer to provide executive leadership for the firm’s strategic direction, growth strategy, organizational alignment, market positioning, and client and employee experience. This newly created leadership role will work in close partnership with the CEO, President, Partners, and firm leaders, championing PRA’s strategic plan as a living roadmap, translating priorities into measurable initiatives, and fostering firmwide understanding and accountability for long-term success while supporting PRA’s growing national presence and expanding market influence.
The Chief Strategy Officer will lead PRA’s marketing, business development, brand strategy, and market intelligence functions, ensuring each area is coordinated and aligned with PRA’s mission, business priorities, and values. This position will directly lead the Marketing and Business Development Strategy team. This leadership role is located at PRA’s Milwaukee, WI office.
What You’ll Do
- Guide PRA’s strategic planning process by driving firmwide alignment, communication, progress reviews, and planning discussions.
- Translate firm strategy into measurable marketing, business development, growth, and market intelligence initiatives.
- Lead industry research, market analysis, benchmarking, and performance reporting to inform strategy and competitive positioning.
- Develop and execute a firmwide business development plan that strengthens pursuit strategy, client engagement, market visibility, and long-term growth opportunities.
- Oversee marketing strategy, external communications, brand standards, proposals, collateral, digital platforms, events, and marketing analytics.
- Advance a hospitality-focused client experience model across business development, marketing, events, communications, and other client-facing functions.
- Lead strategic Go/No-Go decisions for pursuits, proposals, and business development opportunities balancing thoughtful evaluation with the ability to make timely decisions and move opportunities forward.
- Collaborate with leadership to identify new business opportunities, service offerings, innovation priorities, and operational improvements.
- Lead, coach, and hold the Marketing and Business Development Strategy team accountable for priorities, deadlines, outcomes, and continuous improvement, helping the team sustain systems, adjust schedules, and bring closure to projects.
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of professional experience in marketing, business development, communications, strategy, or related leadership roles; while experience in architecture, engineering, construction or design is valued, it is not required for consideration.
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field required; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and execute marketing and business development strategies.
- Strong leadership, management, communication, relationship-building, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to establish priorities and create systems that support progress and closure.
- Experience with strategic planning, implementation, organizational growth, and performance metrics.
- Advanced understanding of brand management, external communications, proposals, client development, market research, and competitive positioning.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Partners, senior leadership, technical staff, and external partners.
- Sound judgment, discretion with confidential information, and the ability to manage multiple priorities, viewpoints, deadlines, and personalities in a creative work environment, while navigating uncertainty, exploring alternatives and making timely decisions.
- A strong commitment to PRA’s core values: Creativity, Collaboration, and Commitment.
Employee Experience at PRA
Across our six offices with 115 employees, PRA offers a OnePRA culture built on mutual respect, growth, meaningful involvement, and fun. We are committed to helping employees shape their future through mentorship, training, opportunities to use and expand their skills, and a workplace where every voice matters.
PRA offers a total rewards package designed to support wellbeing, work-life balance, retirement security, professional growth, and connection. Benefits available to PRA employees include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, critical illness and accident protection, pet insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k) match and profit-sharing contributions, flexible schedules, hybrid work options, wellness and medical allowances, licensure support, paid training and study time, parking, social events, branded apparel allowance, and other employee recognition programs.
This leadership role may also offer a path to future ownership at PRA.
Work Environment
This role is generally performed in an office setting. Travel will be required for client meetings, visits to PRA offices, industry events, business development activities, offsite work, and firm meetings, typically averaging once per month. Work outside standard business hours may be required based on business needs.
Join PRA
If you are a strategic, collaborative leader who is energized by growth, brand stewardship, client experience, and organizational alignment, we invite you to explore this opportunity to help shape PRA’s future.
PRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating under a Non-Discrimination in Employment Plan.
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Frame your credentials around specialty occupation
USCIS evaluates CSO roles by whether the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field like business strategy, economics, or organizational management. Document every degree-level duty in your resume before applications go out.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Target companies with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history for executive and strategy roles. Migrate Mate surfaces employers by role and location so you're not cold-applying to firms that have never navigated C-suite sponsorship before.
Expect a prevailing wage determination for your level
Your employer must certify your offered compensation meets the DOL prevailing wage for the CSO role and worksite. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level before negotiations so you can benchmark against what the LCA must certify.
Secure a written relocation agreement before LCA filing
CSO roles often involve multi-site responsibilities, but each primary worksite needs its own certified LCA. If your employer plans to base you at a secondary headquarters, get that location locked in writing before the DOL filing begins.
Build an H-1B extension runway into your contract
Initial H-1B status runs up to three years and can be extended to a six-year maximum. If your employer is planning a permanent residence sponsorship path under PERM, negotiate a start date and timeline so extensions align with your priority date progression.
Review the O*NET profile before your petition interview
If USCIS issues a Request for Evidence challenging specialty occupation, your employer's response will lean on the O*NET occupation profile for Chief Executives and related titles. Familiarize yourself with the listed duties so your own job description language aligns directly.
H-1B Visa Chief Strategy Officer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Chief Strategy Officer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, CSO positions typically qualify because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as business administration, economics, finance, or strategic management. The key is that the employer structures the role around degree-level analytical and planning duties. USCIS evaluates the actual job requirements, so your employer's petition should document why the position demands that specific academic background.
How do I find employers who have actually sponsored H-1B visas for strategy executives?
Start with Migrate Mate, which lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history searchable by role and location. This matters for C-suite roles because many firms sponsor at the manager level but have never navigated executive-tier sponsorship, which involves higher prevailing wages, more scrutiny on specialty occupation, and sometimes longer internal approval chains.
What happens to my H-1B status if the company restructures my role or changes my reporting location?
A material change in job duties, title, or primary worksite requires your employer to file an amended I-129 petition and, if the worksite changes, a new certified LCA for that location. CSO roles are particularly exposed to this because reorganizations at the executive level are common. Your status is tied to the approved petition, not just your employment, so any significant structural change needs to trigger an amended filing.
Can my employer start the green card process while I'm on H-1B as a Chief Strategy Officer?
Yes, and for CSO roles the EB-1C multinational manager or executive category is often the most direct path if you've held a qualifying position abroad with the same corporate group. If that doesn't apply, PERM labor certification under EB-2 is the standard route. H-1B status can be extended beyond the six-year cap while an immigrant petition is pending, so starting early preserves your options.
What documentation should I prepare before my employer files the H-1B petition for a CSO role?
Compile transcripts and degree certificates for every qualifying credential, an English translation if any are in another language, and a detailed employment history that maps prior roles to the strategic planning duties in your job description. Because USCIS scrutinizes executive roles for specialty occupation evidence, a strong support letter from your employer tying each duty to your specific academic background significantly reduces the chance of a Request for Evidence.