Trading Lead – Affiliates & Partnerships

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.

The Trading Lead is responsible for managing the performance of our affiliate programme across TV, Broadband and Mobile. This role sits in the Affiliates team within Digital Marketing, reporting to the Head of Affiliates.  
 

What you’ll do:  
 

• Trading Performance: Be the expert in trading for affiliates across all products. Have a deep understanding of the drivers of all KPIs down to a product and partner level, and consider wider Digital Marketing implications     

• Own the message: Be the voice of in quarter affiliate performance, clearly communicate findings in a simple and timely manner answering, “what is happening, why & what should we do.” 

• Idea generation: Find opportunities to optimise across volume, revenue and EBIT influencing future commercial plans. Share insight and opportunities based on affiliate performance and market trends 

• Collaborate and influence wider Digital, TV Commercial, Trading Performance and Finance, Digital teams to ensure the Sky leadership team makes informed and timely decisions.  

• Team management: develop and manage two direct reports, ensuring clear goals, objectives and career development plans are in place 

What you'll bring:
 

• Commercial mindset - Solid understanding of key performance indicators and how these are to be used when making decisions and recommendations.  

• Comfortable with data – able to work complex data sets; perform analysis and be confident in drawing recommendations, even with incomplete information  

• Strong communicator - Able to communicate confidently up to Director level with excellent presentation skills (written and verbal) 

• Brilliant collaborator – excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders  

• Proactive - able to continually critique and optimise performance and solve issues with a positive mind-set 

• Team management - Experience in coaching and manging individuals
   

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:

At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds – time working at home, as well as time in the office.

The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.


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:

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We’re a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We’ll 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.
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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.