BBC Career Opportunities: Senior Strategy Manager

JOB DETAILS

JOB TITLE: Senior Strategy Manager
JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: FTC (8 months)
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios - Global Channels & Streaming, EMEA
LOCATION: London - Hybrid
REPORTING TO: SVP Strategy, Data and Research, GC&S, EMEA & APAC
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £70,000–£85,000, plus 15% bonus and London Weighting of £5,441 on top of the base salary, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.
Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.
BBC Studios Digital don’t just reach audiences - we move them. As an award-winning department, we cultivate and amplify fandoms behind some of the world’s most iconic franchises, including Bluey, BBC Earth, Doctor Who, and Gen-Z comedy channel Funny Parts. We run over 90 channels generating 15 billion views each year, encouraging audiences to watch wherever and whenever they choose.
 

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Senior Strategy Manager, you will work closely with the Global Channels & Streaming, EMEA leadership team, to shape strategic plans, evaluate growth opportunities and improve business performance. You will lead strategic projects from problem definition through recommendation, combining rigorous commercial and market analysis with senior stakeholder engagement, clear executive communication and cross-functional leadership to help translate strategy into executable business initiatives.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Global Channels & Streaming EMEA is a growing and commercially diverse part of BBC Studios, spanning pay TV channels, VOD products, FAST channels and the global Out of Home business. This role offers broad exposure to senior leaders, markets and business models, with the opportunity to tackle high-impact strategic questions, influence investment and growth choices, and help shape how the portfolio evolves across EMEA.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Lead strategic projects end to end: Own priority cross-functional projects with a high degree of autonomy, from scoping and problem definition through analysis, recommendation and delivery. Establish clear objectives and workplans, coordinate contributors, manage risks and dependencies, and drive delivery to agreed outcomes and timelines.


• Shape strategy and business planning: Support long-term strategy, annual business planning and long-range planning for Global Channels & Streaming, EMEA, bringing together market, competitor, audience, financial and internal performance data to identify opportunities, risks and priorities.


• Evaluate growth opportunities and business cases: Assess new initiatives, products, markets, partnerships and business models. Build robust strategic and commercial cases, analytical frameworks and scenarios that support clear investment and portfolio choices.


• Provide market and commercial insight: Maintain a forward-looking view of TV, streaming, advertising, distribution, audience behaviour and the competitive landscape, translating external change into implications and actionable choices for the business.


• Advise and influence senior stakeholders: Partner with the EMEA Channels & Streaming leadership team, Commercial Leads, Finance and other functions. Provide insight-led recommendations, constructively challenge assumptions and influence strategic and tactical decisions at senior level.


• Communicate clearly at executive level: Develop concise, compelling presentations, papers and updates that translate complex analysis into clear insights, recommendations and decision points for BBC Studios management, the BBC Commercial Board, the BBC Studios Senior Executive Committee and other governance forums.


• Connect strategy to execution and performance: Track key initiatives and business performance, including regular management updates and the advertising revenue outlook; surface material trends, risks and choices; and help ensure alignment across functions and markets. Share frameworks and knowledge and provide project guidance or coaching to junior colleagues where appropriate.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development or a comparable commercially focused strategy role, with demonstrated ability to independently lead complex strategic projects.


• Highly numerate and analytical, able to turn ambiguous business questions into structured analysis and draw insight from financial statements, market intelligence, audience data and internal performance information.


• Strong commercial judgement and experience developing commercial reviews, business cases, scenarios or growth assessments that lead to clear choices and actionable recommendations.


• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to create compelling executive-level materials and influence senior stakeholders through evidence, judgement and constructive challenge.


• Thorough knowledge of the TV and streaming industry, including relevant business models, distribution dynamics, advertising and audience trends, combined with sound judgement, strong prioritisation and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-moving environment.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Financial modelling or P&L analysis experience.


• Direct experience of pay TV, VOD, FAST or advertising-funded media business models.


• Experience using audience measurement, market intelligence or other industry data sources to inform strategic decisions.


• Experience working across multiple markets or in an international commercial environment.


• Experience preparing materials for senior governance or executive decision-making forums.
  If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.
 
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