Strategic Initiatives & Platform Growth Lead

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collabor💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-23

Core

Lead the incubation of new platform capabilities, defining build/buy/partner strategies, and mapping customer experiences to drive growth for a direct-to-consumer pet food company.

Role type

Senior strategic initiatives and platform growth lead

Builds

New platform capabilities, customer experiences, and growth initiatives

Domain

Pet care / Direct-to-consumer subscription / Platform strategy

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic planning, market research, build/buy/partner analysis, customer experience design, cross-functional leadership, financial modeling, regulatory analysis, rapid prototyping

Preferred skills

Entrepreneurial drive, ambiguity navigation, CEO-level thought partnership

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Translate CEO vision into strategic roadmaps, conduct deep research on adjacent markets and trends, lead early-stage build of new platform capabilities, partner across Engineering/Product/Marketing/Finance, navigate technical and regulatory ambiguity, own portfolio of CEO-level initiatives

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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About The Farmer's Dog

Series C1000 Employees

The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We're starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers' doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynami