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Strategy & Business Development Manager
Starz Entertainment
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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The Manager plays a key, active role driving the Company’s corporate strategy and transactional activity. The successful candidate will support the team’s effort in formulating corporate and business strategy and analyzing business opportunities to drive both organic and inorganic growth. The successful candidate is an independent, analytical, and intellectually curious individual who can structure analyses and strategies and articulate findings to wide range of business stakeholders, including senior leadership throughout the organization. The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Corporate Strategy
• Actively participate in key corporate strategic planning processes, working across businesses and functions to frame corporate strategy, outline key initiatives, and analyze financial plans
• Support strategy, organization and operations-related project: able to articulate the problem, develop hypotheses, structure analysis, collect the necessary data, and communicate findings succinctly and thoughtfully
• Support our domestic and international growth including analytical initiatives such as market sizing, entry strategy and business formation
• Prepare presentations for senior management and the Board of Directors and provide analyses and recommendations to assist with strategic decision- making
Corporate/Business Development
• Prepare comprehensive business plans and financial models for new growth initiatives, including expansion internationally
• Construction of detailed valuation analyses, including returns analysis and sensitivities
• Assist with commercial and financial due diligence
• Prepare presentations highlighting strategic rationale, key considerations, upside opportunities, potential risks, etc.
Business Unit Support
• Work closely with key stakeholders across Starz and Lionsgate business units on priority initiatives to improve performance
Required Skills:
• 3-5+ years’ experience working in a strategy consulting, investment banking, equity research or similar professional services organizations. Strong preference for experience in the media and entertainment or related technology industries
• Exceptional quantitative skills and financial acumen
• Advanced proficiency with analytical tools such as Microsoft Excel and in synthesizing data for an executive audience
• Persuasive communication skills, written and verbal, particularly the ability to develop coherent arguments and present them concisely to a range of stakeholders
• Knowledge of emerging trends in video, social media, mobile, markets and the business models and technologies that support them
• Exceptional leadership, management and organizational skills with the ability to work both autonomously and as a team member under deadlines
• A facility for communicating effectively to senior management, staff, and external parties
• A Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university; MBA from a leading business school a strong plus
STARZ (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), is a leading global media and entertainment company that provides premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television networks and produces and distributes content for worldwide audiences, including its investment in the STARZ PLAY Arabia OTT service.
STARZ is the ultimate destination for obsessable TV, movies and more. Characters who pull you in and stories that stay with you. From bold Original Series to the best movies, whatever you love, STARZ ignites your passions.
STARZ offers a competitive compensation package and an attractive benefits program to all eligible employees including a variety of healthcare plans, dental and vision insurance, 401k, life/disability insurance. Eligible employees will enjoy paid time off in the form of vacation and company holidays.
STARZ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that all applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of gender, age, race, national origin, disability, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, STARZ will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.