Senior Strategy Manager

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.  

What you’ll do: 

As a Senior Strategy Manager in Sky Business you will be responsible for helping the organisation make the right long term decisions, providing an objective point of view to help prioritise where to focus resources. You’ll use data and insight to build thorough business cases and help inform decisions spanning new products, new partnerships, M&A and big organisational change initiatives. You’ll work across a variety of products and sectors, from TV to connectivity and from Small Business to Enterprise and Wholesale. 

• Support the production and communication of the Long Range Plan and business strategy  

• Input into annual business planning across Sky Business, working with Finance and Commercial teams to help ensure the LRP, budget and trading plans are well aligned  

• Lead key pieces of strategy work including:  

• Building compelling business cases for strategic growth initiatives including market and customer research, financial modelling (costs, benefits, ROI/NPV/IRR etc), commercial evaluation and appraisal, delivery appraisals etc 

• Working through the potentials of partnering with outside companies / entities to advance Sky’s best interests.  

• Appraising Fiber-first initiatives, including alternative networks   

• Teaming with Commercial, Product, Finance and Segments to ideate growth initiatives.   

• Carry out specific pieces of research and insights to support a proactive strategic growth agenda to facilitate the medium to longer term growth of Sky Business  

• Help to frame and execute the Sky Business M&A strategy to include - market scanning and assessments, due diligence, acquisition, integration, delivering synergies etc.   

What you’ll bring: 

You will have around 5 years’ experience in a strategy or commercial role. 

You will be able to grasp and interrogate new ideas quickly, and able to view them from differing perspectives. Your ability to build great stakeholder relationships will allow you to get close to all areas of this complex, matrixed business without impacting your ability to challenge the status quo where necessary. You will be able to build detailed business cases, and work through complex challenges, but communicate the end narrative in a simple, clear and concise manner. You will be able to balance being a great long term thinker with the ability to hustle and solve problems in the here and now 

• Strategic thinker with a track record of delivery / transformation  

• An innate curiosity with the determination to find answers to address business challenges.  

• Commercially astute – comfortable with delivery of strategic improvement plans and building of business and investment cases  

• Outstanding communicator to all levels – capable of creating a compelling vision and making complex subjects straightforward  

• Highly data literate, with proven business case and cost-modelling expertise  

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the gravitas to contribute meaningfully and constructively to the leadership team  

• Restless to change Sky for the better, combines big picture vision with a capacity for detail  

• Good to have, but not essential experience:  

• Working on large scale cross functional change programmes and/or strategy within a management consultancy, strategy consultancy, or large-sale matrixed organisation 

• Of M&A – market scanning and assessments, due diligence, acquisition, integration, delivering synergies etc  

• Of telecoms or Business to Business  

The Rewards: 

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster: 

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place 

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate 

• A generous pension package 

• Private healthcare 

• Discounted mobile and broadband 

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences 

How you'll work: 

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. 

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.  

Your office base: 

Osterley: 

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers. 

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.  

Inclusion: 

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.  

We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.  

Why wait?  

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.  

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about. 

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.