Manager – Business Strategy & Innovation

Business Strategy

• Define and drive the strategic roadmap for the English Business, with a clear focus on driving scalable growth.
• Apply blue-sky and first-principles thinking to identify new growth levers, business models, and opportunity areas.
• Translate the business strategy into actionable plans, working closely with category and functional teams to drive execution.

Strategic Innovation & Industry Learning

• Track trends, benchmarks, and innovations in media & entertainment and other industries, and translate them into actionable ideas for growth.
• Build a broad, outside-in perspective that challenges status quo thinking within the business.

Stakeholder Management & Execution

• Partner closely with leadership, category teams, and cross-functional stakeholders (finance, marketing, programming) to align on priorities and drive strategic initiatives.
• Manage multiple stakeholders effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, driving consensus and follow-through.
• Own end-to-end delivery of key strategic projects, from ideation to implementation.

Communication & Executive Presentations

• Build compelling narratives that combine data and storytelling to influence leadership decision-making.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality executive presentations for leadership and business reviews.
• Communicate complex strategic ideas simply and persuasively across levels of the organization.