Senior Director, Business Strategy

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.