Role Overview

The Senior Director of Strategy plays a critical leadership role across the International Networks and DTC organization. Acting as a trusted partner to the Senior Leadership Team, this role will drive the development, prioritization and delivery of the strategy for the business, ensuring sustainable growth across both linear and direct-to-consumer businesses.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Partner with the Senior Leadership Team to define, own, and deliver the International Networks and DTC strategic roadmap.
• Together with the SVP Strategy and Insights, lead the end-to-end strategy pipeline, ensuring strong prioritisation, governance, and execution of strategic initiatives.
• Oversee the end-to-end business planning process, including financial modeling, strategic analysis, and development of compelling presentations to analyze and support new business initiatives.
• Lead complex, cross-functional programmes including pricing strategy, territory expansion, and business model transformation.
• Collaborate with the senior leaders to oversee the operational rollout of strategic initiatives, ensuring delivery against financial, operational, and timing objectives.
• Work on business modelling, scenario planning, and evaluation of commercial opportunities across International Networks and DTC.
• Own and evolve the Strategy prioritisation framework, presenting clear insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Design and implement a KPI framework to monitor business performance, providing regular reporting and insights to the SLT.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, unlocking efficiency, integration, and simplification across the business.
• Lead the innovation pipeline, including oversight of innovation programmes.
• Champion adoption of AI, analytics, and emerging technologies in partnership with Prism, NBCUniversal’s AI team.
• Partner with Finance on long-range planning, annual budgets, and reforecasting cycles.
• Deliver high-impact executive communications, presentations, and decision papers for SLT forums and Town Halls.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development oversight for the Strategy team, including performance management and succession planning.
• Provide the management team with timely and relevant insights on industry trends, competitive landscape shifts, innovations, and revenue opportunities, enabling informed strategic decisions.