Director, Sales Strategy & Planning | Rocket Growth
Coupang
| Company | Coupang |
| Category | Marketing |
| Location | Seoul |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Director |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
Location: Seoul, South Korea Job Type: Full-time
About Coupang
At Coupang, we exist to wow our customers. Our mission is to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever before. We’re disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and building a reputation as South Korea’s most innovative and reliable e-commerce platform.
We combine the agility of a startup with the scale and resources of a global public company. This unique blend empowers us to launch new services at speed, drive innovation, and make a tangible impact every day. At Coupang, you’ll grow alongside bold, hands-on, and ambitious teammates who are passionate about shaping the future of commerce.
On Rocket Growth (RG):
Rocket Growth is a dynamic business unit focused on driving innovation, scale, and strategic growth across emerging markets and categories. We are building a brand that stands for bold thinking, transformative impact, and future-forward leadership.
A. Sales Planning & Performance Management
Strategic Planning: Act as the primary planning partner to designated Category Leaders, coordinating and driving the annual, quarterly, and ongoing sales planning processes.
Goal Setting & Tracking: Establish and maintain robust performance tracking mechanisms (KPIs, OKRs) to monitor category sales execution against strategic objectives.
Deep-Dive Analysis: Conduct detailed, hypothesis-driven analysis of sales performance, market trends, and category performance to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for optimization.
B. Strategic Storytelling & Executive Presentation
Narrative Development: Design and build compelling, clear, and concise strategic 'storylines' and presentations for consumption by Sales Leadership and Executive Management.
Executive Readouts: Present key findings, strategic recommendations, and performance summaries with conviction, translating complex planning and tracking data into actionable business insights.
Rapid-Turnaround: Leverage a 'management consulting' mindset to quickly synthesize complex information and transform it into highly polished, presentation-ready formats under tight deadlines.
C. Team Leadership & Asset Scalability
Team Management: Manage, coach, and develop a team of Analysts/Planners, ensuring high quality and consistency in their analytical outputs.
Scalable Solutions: Lead the team in the development and implementation of reusable, automated, and scalable planning and tracking assets (e.g., dashboards, templates, data models).
Sales Enablement: Drive the transition toward a 'self-serve' data model, enabling the broader sales team to access performance data and tracking insights directly and efficiently.
II. Required Qualifications & Experience
Experience: 10-15 years of professional experience in Sales Operations, Business Planning, Strategy, or a related analytical function, preferably supporting a high-intensity, fast-paced Sales organization.
Structure & Detail: Demonstrated history of being highly structured and meticulous in planning, execution, and documentation.
Analytical Skills: Advanced proficiency in data analysis and modeling (e.g., Excel, SQL, Tableau/Power BI) and the ability to derive strategic insights from large datasets.
Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to summarize complex issues into a crisp, consumable storyline for executive audiences.
III. Preferred Qualifications
Management Consulting: Prior experience at a top-tier management consulting firm is a strong advantage.
Team Leadership: Experience managing or mentoring analytical staff.
Tool Proficiency: Expertise in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce), planning tools, and Business Intelligence platforms (Tableau).
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