Manager Corporate Strategy

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Sky Italia is the leading Italian PayTV player with a strong DNA of innovation, distributing original and third-party content through its proprietary platforms (Sky Q, Sky Stream, Sky Glass and NOW), as well as Connectivity services through SkyWifi and SkyMobile

.It offers the most comprehensive content proposition in the market for Italian households thanks to a mix of Sky Originals (series and movies such as Hanno Ucciso l'Uomo Ragno: l'Incredible Storia degli 883, Gomorra, Romanzo Criminale, Diavoli, Call My Agent, …), Sky Exclusives (House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, True Detective, …), unscripted shows (X Factor, Masterchef, Pechino Express, …), Sport exclusives (Champions League, Formula1, MotoGP, Tennis ATP, …), App aggregation (Netflix, Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, …) and Free To Air channels (SkyTG24, TV8, Cielo)

.Sky Italia is part of Sky Group, the largest PayTV Company in Europe, with domestic operations in UK & Ireland, Germany, Austria & Switzerland, where it is a market leader. Sky Group is itself a part of Comcast, the #1 cable company in the US as well as owner of NBC-Universal, one of the largest content creators globally (Jurassic Park, Fast & Furious, Jason Bourne, Despicable Me/Minions, …) providing a unique competitive advantage to the Group.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Under the leadership of a new management team, Sky Italia launched an ambitious mid-term growth plan to transform the Company. In this context, the Company created a new CEO Office, Strategy, Partnerships & Distribution organisation, directly reporting to the CEO, with end-to-end responsibilities on:

• Governan
  ce: Chief of Staff activities for the CEO and Executive Committee, including the execution of key corporate processes such as Budgets and Long Range Plans
• Strategy & Business Developme
  nt: Launch of new products/service lines, from the strategic assessment to business development and market launch, as well as strategy and execution of tenders for the renewals of leading sport & entertainment content
• Transformati
  on: Drive corporate transformation projects across business functions, from trading & marketing to finance & operations, including new strategy & business plans of corporate areas and design & project management of transformative top-line and bottom-line projects
• Partnerships & Distributi
  on: Define & manage Sky Italia's partnerships strategy with Media companies (e.g. Netflix, Paramount, Mediaset, …) while managing a portfolio a c.20 third party channels (Eurosport, Comedy Central, DeA Kids, …), with the objective to optimise the Company's content & commercial proposition, while generating new revenues by distributing Sky's products and original content through syndication, commercial agreements and package deals
• Economic affairs & Competitive analys
  is: drive the strategic positioning on key market/economic/regulatory topics, lead wholesale negotiations with partners, as well as strategic support to new initiatives/special projects and competitive analysis to inform business decisions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in Engineering or Management/Economics. An MBA will be considered as a plus
• 3-6 years previous experience in similar roles in complex Multinational organisations, Strategy Consulting top firms or Corporate Finance, with experience in Media, Telco & Technology as a nice to have (but not required)
• Strategic thinking mindset, coupled with an ability to plan and deliver independently, based on solid analytical skills, as well as people management & coordination propensity (especially in cross-functional settings)
• High professional standing, ability to present to and influence internal and external stakeholders, to ensure action
• Entrepreneurial and driven for results attitude, with sense of urgency
• Self-motivated, high energy, collaborative work style
• Fluency in English and Italian; other European languages will be a plus.