Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

The Chief Strategy Officer shapes long-term direction: market segmentation, M&A pipeline, partnership architecture, and the framing of US growth bets that the executive committee will defend in front of the board. For foreign companies entering the US, this role often acts as the translator between the global strategic plan and the operational reality of the US market.

Pact & Partners recruits Chief Strategy Officers who combine consulting-grade analytical rigour with the operational pragmatism foreign companies need on the ground in the US. Our shortlists prioritise leaders who have already led a market-entry, scale-up, or post-acquisition integration in the US — not just advised one from a slide deck.