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Lead Strategist jobs are open across marketing agencies, technology, healthcare, and financial services, from mid-level to director, with specializations in brand strategy, integrated marketing, and go-to-market planning. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in data analytics, trust and safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field.
- Education in, or experience with, machine learning.
- Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or experience in a scripting/programming language (e.g. Python).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.
About the job
As an Agentic Safety Strategist, you will design for the safety and integrity of autonomous AI agents across the Android platform. Your focus is to bridge the gap between technical agent capabilities and the real-world safety of billions of users. You will be responsible for identifying and mitigating the harms that arise when AI agents interact with the OS and third-party apps—ranging from system-level instability to the creation of harmful synthetic media. By developing robust detection nets and enforcement frameworks, you will ensure that agentic features do not become vectors for abuse.
In this role, you will understand marketplace dynamics. You know how to nudge a third-party developer ecosystem toward safety without breaking the business model. You can speak "LLM" with engineers and "Partnership" with external stakeholders. You understand how AI models can be manipulated at the app layer and how to block those vectors. You will think like a bad actor. You anticipate the next evolution of AI harm and have an execution plan ready before it hits the store.
At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for identifying and mitigating the harms that arise when AI agents interact with the OS and third-party apps—ranging from system-level instability to the creation of harmful synthetic media.
- Develop the "Rules of Engagement" for autonomous agents on Android, ensuring that multi-step plans are audited for safety before execution.
- Implement strict "Least-Privilege" models so agents cannot escalate system permissions or access sensitive user data without explicit, context-aware consent.
- Partner with the Product team to build runtime monitoring that identifies "agentic drift," recursive loops, or adversarial attempts to hijack agent reasoning.
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in data analytics, trust and safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field.
- Education in, or experience with, machine learning.
- Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or experience in a scripting/programming language (e.g. Python).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.
About the job
As an Agentic Safety Strategist, you will design for the safety and integrity of autonomous AI agents across the Android platform. Your focus is to bridge the gap between technical agent capabilities and the real-world safety of billions of users. You will be responsible for identifying and mitigating the harms that arise when AI agents interact with the OS and third-party apps—ranging from system-level instability to the creation of harmful synthetic media. By developing robust detection nets and enforcement frameworks, you will ensure that agentic features do not become vectors for abuse.
In this role, you will understand marketplace dynamics. You know how to nudge a third-party developer ecosystem toward safety without breaking the business model. You can speak "LLM" with engineers and "Partnership" with external stakeholders. You understand how AI models can be manipulated at the app layer and how to block those vectors. You will think like a bad actor. You anticipate the next evolution of AI harm and have an execution plan ready before it hits the store.
At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for identifying and mitigating the harms that arise when AI agents interact with the OS and third-party apps—ranging from system-level instability to the creation of harmful synthetic media.
- Develop the "Rules of Engagement" for autonomous agents on Android, ensuring that multi-step plans are audited for safety before execution.
- Implement strict "Least-Privilege" models so agents cannot escalate system permissions or access sensitive user data without explicit, context-aware consent.
- Partner with the Product team to build runtime monitoring that identifies "agentic drift," recursive loops, or adversarial attempts to hijack agent reasoning.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in lead strategist jobs.
- Five or more years of experience in brand, integrated, or go-to-market strategy
- Demonstrated ability to lead strategy development from brief through execution
- Proficiency building and presenting strategic frameworks to senior stakeholders
- Experience managing or mentoring junior strategists or cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical skills including audience research, competitive analysis, and insight synthesis
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field
Tips for Your Lead Strategist Job Search
Tailor your resume to strategy deliverables
Lead strategist resumes that land interviews show specific outcomes: a campaign repositioning that shifted market share, a go-to-market framework adopted company-wide, or a brand audit that drove measurable lift. Skip vague ownership claims and name the deliverable and what changed.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists lead strategist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Match your portfolio to the job type
Agency-side roles want to see multi-client campaign variety and cross-channel thinking. In-house roles want longitudinal brand work and evidence you influenced product or revenue decisions. Reorder your portfolio samples before each application to lead with what that employer values most.
Decode job titles before you filter
Lead strategist openings hide under titles like strategist III, senior brand strategist, and strategy lead depending on the company. Search the broader category and read the scope of responsibilities, not just the title, so you don't pass over roles that fit your level.
Prepare a strategy case for the interview
Most lead strategist interviews include a live brief or take-home case. Walk the panel through your diagnostic process first, your recommendation second. Interviewers are evaluating how you think through ambiguity, not just whether your final answer is correct.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Lead strategist offers often leave budget authority, team size, and cross-functional access undefined. Clarify those details during negotiation because they determine whether you can actually execute the role, not just hold the title.
Lead Strategist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most lead strategists?
The companies hiring the most lead strategists right now include MetLife, Distyl, and TISTA Science and Technology Corporation, with the largest share of openings in New York, California, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is concentrated in agencies, technology platforms, and large consumer brands with ongoing brand or growth mandates.
How many lead strategist jobs are remote?
About 94% of lead strategist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the collaborative but non-location-dependent nature of most strategy work. Brand strategy and go-to-market roles tend to offer the highest remote flexibility, while integrated roles that require frequent creative or production alignment are more likely to expect in-office presence.
How do you become a lead strategist?
Most lead strategists move up from associate or mid-level strategist roles after building a body of work that shows they can own a brief end to end. The path usually involves deepening expertise in one strategy discipline, then broadening into adjacent areas like audience research, creative briefing, or market positioning. Strong presentation skills and a habit of connecting strategy to measurable outcomes accelerate the transition to lead-level responsibility.
Can you get hired as a lead strategist without direct strategy experience?
A direct pivot into a lead strategist role without strategy experience is rare, but professionals from adjacent disciplines, including account management, brand marketing, product management, and research, do make the transition by emphasizing transferable skills. Building a speculative case study that shows your diagnostic and recommendation process, and targeting smaller companies or agencies where roles are defined more broadly, improves your chances considerably.
What does the lead strategist interview process look like?
Lead strategist interviews typically run across multiple rounds: an initial screen focused on background and career narrative, a deeper conversation about past strategy work and how decisions were made, and a final round that usually includes a strategic brief or case presentation. Expect interviewers to probe how you handle ambiguous briefs, manage stakeholder disagreement, and measure whether a strategy actually worked.
Where can I find and apply to lead strategist jobs?
You can find and apply to lead strategist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your specialization and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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