Full-Time

Senior Corporate Strategist

Enterprise Strategy

The Pokémon Company

The Pokémon Company

51-200 employees

Licenses IP for games, cards, media

Compensation Overview

$154k - $286k/yr

H1B Sponsorship Available

Bellevue, WA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid work environment; some on-site days in Bellevue, WA.

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • 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
Responsibilities
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Desired Qualifications
  • Fluency in Japanese is a strong plus, but not required

The Pokémon Company manages and licenses the Pokémon IP across video games, trading cards, anime, and merchandise, coordinating the franchise for partner products and services. Its offerings include core video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, animated series and films, and licensed merchandise, with Pokémon GO as a prominent freemium mobile game using augmented reality. It differs from competitors by being a consortium of Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, which enables centralized control and consistent cross-media branding and licensing. Its goal is to grow and sustain the Pokémon brand by delivering games and media, expanding partnerships, and engaging fans worldwide through ongoing releases, events, and new ways to experience Pokémon.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Japan

Founded

1998

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What believers are saying

  • Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration launches September 16, 2026, with all-foil premium pricing.
  • Pokémon TCG Pocket serves 150 countries, and its July 29, 2026 expansion extends engagement.
  • Pokémon World Championships return August 28–30, 2026, strengthening community and merchandise demand.

What critics are saying

  • August 5, 2026 class action over Bellevue bathroom recordings threatens settlement costs and discovery.
  • Pokémon TCG scalping forced government-ID talk in Japan, risking retail backlash and channel conflict.
  • Switch 2 launch stumbles and 2027 Winds, Waves delays expose franchise dependence.

What makes The Pokémon Company unique

  • Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures control one of gaming’s few evergreen global IP franchises.
  • February 27, 2026 Pokémon Presents announced Switch 2 exclusives, TCG, mobile, and theme-park tie-ins.
  • Universal Japan’s January 22, 2026 collaboration proves Pokémon monetizes beyond software sales.

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Benefits

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 Employees: Pension Employer Contributions

Fitness reimbursement

Commuter benefit

LinkedIn learning

Comprehensive relocation package

Hybrid work environment

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