Partner Marketing Sciences Lead

About Strava

Strava is the app for active people. With over 180 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today. Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

The Strava for Business team partners with the world's leading brands and agencies to inspire active communities and connect with athletes in meaningful ways. Our sponsorship solutions offer an innovative alternative to traditional advertising — rooted in motivation, community, and real-world impact. Strava for Business is growing fast and measurement is the unlock for the next phase of that growth. We're looking for a founding Partner Marketing Sciences Lead to build this function from the ground up: designing the attribution frameworks, ROI narratives, and campaign measurement infrastructure that will define how we prove and grow the value of Strava for our brand partners.

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role. You'll work at the intersection of data, commercial strategy, and partner relationships — translating campaign performance into evidence that drives renewals, unlocks expansion budgets, and builds long-term partner confidence in Strava as a platform. We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our London, NYC, or San Francisco office — three days per week.

What You’ll Do:

• Build the Partner Marketing Sciences function from scratch — define the methodology, tooling, and operating model that will serve as the measurement foundation for the entire Strava for Business commercial organisation.
• Design and run campaign attribution frameworks that give brand partners credible, internally-presentable ROI narratives — moving beyond discount codes as the primary measurement mechanic to scalable, enterprise-grade attribution.
• Translate campaign performance data into partner-facing insight — developing clear, compelling ROI stories that AM and sales teams can use in renewal and expansion conversations.
• Partner closely with Account Management and Sales to identify measurement gaps that are driving churn, and build the solutions that close them — acting as the strategic and analytical backbone of renewal conversations.
• Collaborate with Product and Data to shape the measurement capabilities Strava builds into the platform, ensuring that commercial measurement needs are represented in the product roadmap.
• Develop audience and effectiveness proof points that support the sales and marketing narrative — connecting Strava's community data to the outcomes brands care about.
• Establish benchmarks and standards for campaign performance across verticals, partner tiers, and activation formats, enabling the team to set credible expectations and demonstrate above-average results.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• 7+ years of experience in marketing sciences, measurement, media analytics, or a related field — ideally within a digital media platform, agency, or brand-side marketing organisation.
• Deep expertise in campaign attribution and ROI measurement across digital media, with experience building frameworks that work for enterprise brand clients and can withstand internal budget scrutiny.
• Strong commercial instinct — you understand how measurement connects to renewal and expansion conversations, and you know how to translate data into narratives that move budget holders.
• Comfort operating in a builder environment — you're not inheriting a team or a playbook; you're creating them. You thrive with autonomy, move quickly through ambiguity, and are energised by building from zero.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working across sales, product, and data teams to deliver shared outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills — you can present complex analytical findings clearly to both technical and commercial audiences, including senior brand and agency stakeholders.
• Familiarity with the sports, fitness, or active lifestyle category is a plus, but genuine curiosity about the space and its communities matters more.

Why Join Us?

Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals. Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact. When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement.

If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together. Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too.

We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together. Strava is an equal opportunity employer.

In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, marital status, height and/or weight. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.