Senior Strategy Manager
Senior Strategy Manager
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
Job Purpose
BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business powered by British creativity with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows like Strictly Come Dancing Bluey Eastenders Prehistoric Planet and the latest BBC documentary from our awarded Natural History Unit Asia. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.
From BAFTAs to RTS Awards BBC Studios is Britains most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; were the home of the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UKs largest distributor of British content.
BBC Studios is the principal commercial subsidiary of the BBC with multiple lines of business delivering a turnover of over 2billion. It aims to bring customers and audiences across the world distinctive and high quality content covering a range of specialisms through a unique combination of BBC editorial values cutting-edge craft and access to diverse talent from all markets.
BBC Studios Productions is the main originator and producer of content for BBC Studios and the biggest supplier of programming to BBC channels and services. Creating content through its production units wholly-owned production labels and invested indies BBC Studios is able to take an idea from thought to screen and beyond
Spanning the full breadth of specialisms we have an enviable portfolio of content and expertise which has delivered genre-defining content to commissioners and co-production partners all over the globe. Our five genre pillars - in Factual Scripted Global Entertainment Kids & Family and Audio boast an impressive range of market-leading production units labels and indie partners whose commitment and capabilities in bringing world-class stories to global audiences is unparalleled.
To support Studios Productions leadership team in the development and execution of BBC Studios growth ambitions ensuring BBCS Productions is set up to deliver against the growth strategy and planning requirements for global BBCS productions.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Specific Role responsibilities:
- Is accountable for the performance and delivery of specific project work with autonomy to deliver the work with minimum supervision and when required.
- Provide in-depth research and analysis from internal and external sources where appropriate of financial output audience scheduling competitor regulatory and operational considerations. Use qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques.
- Keep up to date with developments in broadcast media and related sectors. Develop strategies capable of managing the threats and opportunities that such developments represent.
- Analyse model and evaluate key growth initiatives across the production division and how they deliver on out of plan period growth.
- Support on Benchmarking annual market share and competitive landscapes.
- Collaborate across all content genres to understand and articulate each productions vision translating it into compelling strategies for social media and digital platforms that align with Pan Studios broader digital growth objectives.
- Support genre teams in identifying and developing new growth opportunities with a focus on expanding into adjacent genres and emerging media formats.
- As needed prepare presentations reports and strategic analysis for Senior Management.
Knowledge Skills Training & Experience
Essential
- Present reviews and recommendations to senior stakeholders verbally or in writing as required.
- Ensure that such presentations are effective and persuasive through the use of a variety of techniques for example by using computer graphics to represent the findings of research.
- In agreement with Heads of Strategy or Director of Strategy guide projects or modules shaping the production and genre group-level plans.
- Facilitate or manage ad-hoc project teams of senior stakeholders ensuring that strategic issues are considered by such teams.
- Provide strategic and strategic finance assistance to senior management to enable the BBC Studios production division to maximize commercial growth.
- Build effective working relationships to produce joint recommendations with colleagues on strategic issues and new initiatives.
Essential Skills & Behaviors
- Appreciation of the international and new media markets.
- Demonstratable experience of building dynamic strategic financial modelling.
- Present complex information in a simple view for wide ranging stakeholders.
- High quality and detailed analytics with ease.
- Substantial experience of data review including financial budgeting and statistical data with a good knowledge of relevant tools and methodologies.
- Able to anticipate the challenges and opportunities that arise from professional legal technological and marketplace changes and translate these into coherent strategy.
- Global mind-set: think Global act Local.
- Transparency and creating a shared understanding of global team objectives and requirements.
Job Impact
Financial
No budget responsibilities.
Reports
No line management responsibilities.
Job Package
Band: E
Pay Range: 56000 - 75000
Location: London UK
Contract: Fixed Term - 9 Months
Application Close: Sunday 1st June
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
