Director of Strategy & Operations

Who we are 

Help us shape the future of photography.  

Capture One gives professional photographers the tools to capture, edit and collaborate at the highest standard - powering the shoots behind fashion covers, global campaigns and the artists and brands you know. Our software is trusted by a community of more than 250,000 photographers worldwide 

Born out of a passion for photography, Capture One has been built on more than 25 years of imaging expertise. Our software is known for the fastest tethered shooting in the industry, support for more than 600 camera and lens profiles, and true-to-life color processing that professionals trust for their most demanding work. 

We are headquartered in Copenhagen with hubs in London, New York and Athens. Our team spans engineers, colorists, product thinkers and photographers who care deeply about the craft they build for, and we are growing across every part of the business. 

The role 

We are creating a new Director of Strategy & Operations role to sit on the Marketing Leadership Team. The role brings together two disciplines: Strategy - deciding what matters, and Operations - making the organization act on it.  

You will report to the VP Marketing and work closely with the Marketing Leadership Team and with counterparts in Product, Sales, Partnerships, Training, Finance and Data. You will be the person who converts fragmented signals - customer evidence, commercial results, competitive moves, market shifts into clear choices, and who builds the operating model that makes those choices stick. 

This is a decision-making seat. You will not inherit a defined playbook; you will create one. 

The role is Copenhagen-based with hybrid working. Occasional travel to our London, New York, Athens hubs as well as key industry events is expected. 

What you'll own 

• Marketing strategy.  Translate company objectives, customer evidence and market signals into a clear marketing direction with explicit priorities and non-priorities.  

• The operating model.  The planning rhythm, the priority set, the portfolio view, and the mechanism that turns decisions into action. You design it, you own it, you improve it. 

• The stack.  The strategic case for what marketing technology, measurement and workflow investment we make, consolidate or retire. 

• Partnership with the VP.  Focused strategic support on the decisions and moments that matter most — not administrative deputy work. 

What success looks like in your first year 

• Strategy visibly governs where money and people go. 

• Fewer, better bets. A stop-list is executed, not just proposed. 

• The planning cycle runs on rails, without the VP driving it. 

• Marketing leadership argues from one shared evidence base. 

• Operating friction is measurably lower; the stack is rationalized, not accumulated. 

Who you are 

• Senior operator with 6-8 years of experience and a track record in strategy, marketing operations, chief-of-staff or a comparable seat at a scaling software business.  

• Equally comfortable authoring a strategy paper and redesigning a planning cadence.  

• Strong opinions held loosely. Comfortable naming trade-offs the room is avoiding. 

• Sharp judgment on where AI, automation and lightweight tooling create leverage and where they don't. 

• Fluent across customer, commercial and competitive evidence.  

• You lead through clarity and mechanism, not headcount. You start as an individual contributor; team shape follows the work. 

• Knowledge of the professional creative software category, prosumer SaaS or a comparable enthusiast / professional market 

Your benefits & perks 

• Flexibility.  Hybrid working from our Copenhagen headquarters (3-4 days in-office). 

• Time off.  5 extra ‘Capture One Days’ off each year, on top of your usual 25 days.   

• Passport working.  3 weeks of “passport working” per year - work from anywhere you want. 

• Parental leave.  Generous, fully paid parental leave for all new parents. 

• Kit.  The latest Apple equipment and company phone. 

• Global exposure.  Work alongside global colleagues across our London and New York hubs 

• Compensation.  Competitive base salary with performance-linked bonus.   

Why you'll like it at Capture One

Our company values make Capture One special: 

• Win as one team.  Make things happen together. Working together is when the magic really happens. 

• Empower photographers.  Letting image makers work less and create more. 

• Embrace diversity.  Different cultures, languages and passions thriving under one roof. 

• Take ownership.  Take initiative. Be autonomous.