Sr. Corporate Strategy Manager

Get to know The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children's entertainment properties in the world.

Learn more online at corporate.pokemon.com and pokemon.com.

Job Title: Sr. Corporate Strategy Manager (IC4)

Location: Bellevue

Department: President & Corporate Development Office

Reports to: Chief of Staff & Head of Corporate Development

About the Role

We’re seeking a highly strategic, forward-thinking individual to join our President and Corporate Development team. This role is ideal for someone who can think ahead while staying grounded in execution—someone who thrives in planning yet knows how to move things forward amidst day-to-day complexity.

You’ll play a key role in supporting executives and cross-functional teams by providing thought partnership, research, analysis, and structured project management. From mid- to long-term strategic planning to near-term execution support, you’ll help keep priorities aligned, progress visible, and actions moving. This role is essential for ensuring our strategic agenda stays not only visionary, but operationally executable in a fast-moving, ever-shifting environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Long-Term Strategic Planning & Governance (Core Accountability)

• Partner closely with the Chief of Staff to the President to lead the development, refinement, and institutionalization of the company’s 5+ year plan, ensuring alignment across the executive and leadership teams across the enterprise functions.
• Support the Chief of Staff and the President in aligning the Executive and Leadership Teams around long-term vision, objectives by driving clarity, commitment, and accountability
• Establish and maintain strategic governance forums and planning rhythms to assess progress, surface enterprise risks, and recommend timely pivots based on evolving market and business conditions.

1. Long-Term Plan Metrics & Measurement Architecture

• Translate the company-wide vision and objectives into clearly defined, measurable outcomes, establishing the leading and lagging indicators that signal progress toward long-term objectives.
• Design and operationalize a structured enterprise-wide measurement framework, partnering closely with executive KPI owners to ensure accountability, and alignment with the long-term vision and objectives.
• Partner with Data & Analytics and cross-functional stakeholders to test, validate, and refine metrics and measurement methodologies, ensuring integrity, relevance, and actionability.

1. Strategy Monitoring & Performance Management

• Design and own the corporate strategy scorecard, using the defined long-term plan metrics to measure the progress against the vision, objectives and mid-term milestones.
• Lead continuous monitoring of initiatives and top priority core businesses, proactively identifying performance gaps, interdependencies, and execution risks that may impact long-term outcomes.
• Synthesize complex cross-enterprise data into clear, forward-looking narratives, ensuring sustained alignment with the long-term plan, and enabling informed decision-making at the President and leadership levels.

1. Special Projects & Enterprise Priorities

• Support high-impact special projects on behalf of the Chief of Staff to the President, providing structured project management as well as analytical and execution support to drive timely, high-quality outcomes
• Provide analytical and execution support for corporate development activities as needed, including strategic due diligence, integration planning, and executive decision preparation.

Qualifications & Mindset

• 12+ years of professional experience, including 8+ years in corporate strategy, strategic planning, management consulting, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience working within an operating company, with a proven ability to translate strategic plans into real-world execution
• Demonstrated success in dynamic, cross-cultural, and fast-paced environments
• Exceptional communicator—both written and verbal—with a strong ability to craft strategic narratives and develop engaging, human-centered presentations that drive alignment, influence stakeholders, and serve as effective tools for storytelling and change management
• Exceptional at juggling multiple projects without losing focus, with a sharp eye for detail and follow-through
• Adept at balancing logical thinking with practical considerations—grounding big ideas in real-world feasibility
• Strong critical thinking and multi-perspective analysis—able to understand implications across business, people, and operational dimensions

• Team-first mindset, grounded in humility and a strong sense of shared purpose; receptive to feedback, adaptable to shifting priorities, and able to stay focused and effective in the face of ambiguity and change

• Fast learner, intellectually curious, and energized by new challenges
• Fluency in Japanese is a strong plus, but not required

What We Offer

• A seat at the table in shaping the company's future direction
• A high-performing, humble team that thrives on solving hard problems together
• Opportunities to learn, grow, and stretch across new areas of strategy
• A culture that values maturity, purpose-driven work, and sustainable success

Base Salary Range: The full range is $154,000.00 - $232,000.00 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidate’s qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

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How you’ll be successful

• Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
• Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.  
• Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
• Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve. 
• Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a “team first” mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.  
• Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.

What to expect

• An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
• Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
• Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
• Generous paid family leave.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
• US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
• UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
• Fitness reimbursement.
• Commuter benefit.
• LinkedIn learning.
• Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
• Hybrid work environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this role. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. For roles in the United Kingdom, candidates will need the right to work. In some cases, and for some roles, the Company may be able to arrange a visa. For roles in Ireland, this role requires candidates to have the right to live and work in the Republic of Ireland. However, we welcome applications from all nationalities and may consider supporting an employment permit application, in appropriate and suitable cases.

The Pokémon Company International is committed to the inclusion of all qualified applicants for consideration in our job application process. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview, or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at accommodationrequest_ta@pokemon.com.