Senior Strategy Manager

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

LOCATION: London – 3 working days in the office with the remainder hybrid working

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £65,000 - £75,000 inclusive of London weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Strategy team helps the BBC define its future and develop a plan for getting there. It acts as an independent advisor to the leadership of the BBC, enabling senior leaders to develop creative and practical ideas for how the BBC and its services should evolve. The team is part of the Group Strategy & Transformation division, with the Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer sitting on the BBC’s Executive Committee.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The Group Strategy team sits at the heart of the BBC’s decision-making process and influences the BBC’s long-term future. We are a creative, innovative team drawing on data, insight and information to help advise senior BBC leaders on how the BBC’s content and services should evolve. We help the organisation to evaluate trade-offs and choices where the answer isn’t highly obvious.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Senior Strategy Managers at the BBC can be expected to:   

• Be accountable for the performance and delivery of specific project work, with autonomy to deliver the work with minimum supervision and when required with the support from Strategy Managers and others.


• Facilitate and lead ad-hoc cross-functional project teams of senior stakeholders


• Influence strategic and policy decision making at a senior level including as appropriate the development of new services. 


• 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 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.


• Present the analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders, verbally or in writing, as required. To ensure that such presentations are effective and persuasive through the use of a variety of techniques, for example, by busing computer graphics to represent the findings of research.


• Work collaboratively with colleagues within the Division and across pan-BBC teams, building effective working relationships to produce joint recommendations with colleagues on policies, strategic issues and new initiatives.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

With substantial and proven experience of strategy development within a large organisation or consultancy environment, including leading and delivering major strategy projects, you will be able to:

• advise senior leaders on strategic issues and liaise with a wide range of senior stakeholders, building confidence and influencing decision-making


• identify potential strategic opportunities or challenges; anticipate challenges and opportunities that arise from consumer, market and technology changes and translate these into coherent strategy


• exercise diplomacy and empathy in engaging with diverse stakeholders with different objectives


• demonstrate substantial experience of data analysis including performance, financial and statistical data, with a good knowledge of relevant tools and methodologies; sound computer aptitude, particularly with spreadsheet packages and presentation packages; and strong report writing and editing skills  


• write structured, insight driven and persuasive documents.

DESIRABLE:

• You will have a good understanding of the streaming and digital media industries, and sensitivity to the aims of the BBC and its unique obligations as a public service broadcaster.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer. 

Close date 17 February