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Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) jobs: 40 open roles, pay, industries and skills

40 open Chief Strategy Officer jobs (CSO), taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as CSO, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, Head of Strategy. Listings that state pay show a median of $215,500 a year.

The market for Chief Strategy Officer work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Chief Strategy Officer jobs
40

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$215,500

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State with the most openings
New York (8)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (21%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

What a Chief Strategy Officer does

C-suite role in Strategy.

Where the company competes and how: corporate strategy, planning, acquisitions and partnerships.

Usually reports to the CEO. “CSO” can also mean Chief Security Officer; security roles are on the CISO page.

Other ways this role is written

  • CSO
  • Chief Strategy Officer
  • Chief Strategy and Operations Officer
  • Head of Strategy

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Chief Strategy Officer jobs

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Chief Strategy Officer salary

From 10 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$176,000
Median
$215,500
Upper quarter
$218,500

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for Chief Strategy Officer jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where Chief Strategy Officer jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills Chief Strategy Officer jobs ask for

Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Across all Strategy openings

  1. 1. project management14%
  2. 2. excel11%
  3. 3. m&a10%
  4. 4. strategic planning10%
  5. 5. onboarding9%
  6. 6. powerpoint7%
  7. 7. financial modeling6%
  8. 8. go-to-market6%
  9. 9. forecasting6%
  10. 10. due diligence5%

AI skills for Chief Strategy Officer jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

13% of Strategy openings ask for a specific AI skill. There are too few Chief Strategy Officer listings read in full to give a figure for this role alone.

Do AI skills change chief strategy officer pay?

For Strategy roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief strategy officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Strategy listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $180,500, against $166,000 for those that never mention AI (+8.6%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$180,500
median, from 178 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$166,000
median, from 212 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Employers hiring for Chief Strategy Officer roles

  • Career Launch 5
  • National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum 2
  • Ascension 2
  • Blex Technologies 2
  • Voya Financial 2
  • Joyage 2
  • AppJaxx 2
  • University of Chicago (UC) 1
  • National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) 1
  • Teachers Retirement Association 1
  • Ascension Calumet Hospital 1
  • Trinity Health 1

Chief Strategy Officer questions

What does a Chief Strategy Officer do?
Where the company competes and how: corporate strategy, planning, acquisitions and partnerships. Usually reports to the CEO. “CSO” can also mean Chief Security Officer; security roles are on the CISO page.
What does CSO stand for?
CSO stands for Chief Strategy Officer. The same job is also written Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, Head of Strategy.
How many Chief Strategy Officer jobs are open?
40 verified open Chief Strategy Officer jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a Chief Strategy Officer make?
Among 10 open Chief Strategy Officer listings that state pay, the median is $215,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $176,000 and $218,500. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are Chief Strategy Officer jobs?
New York (8), Illinois (5), Texas (5), Minnesota (3) have the most open Chief Strategy Officer listings.
Which industries hire for Chief Strategy Officer roles?
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (21%), Financial Services & Banking (21%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.

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