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VP Strategy & Business Development

England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

VP Strategy & Business Development

2 Months ago • 6-8 Years • Business Development

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This is a brand-new opportunity for a Vice President, Strategy and Business Development to help define and deliver our long-term revenue goals for our channels business. You’ll have the chance to provide a telling and visible contribution to strategic decisions within our fast-paced and dynamic business.

This role focuses on being a key commercial leader to help drive growth across our Channels business including recently launched properties such as NFL Game Pass, Rally TV, Tennis TV, PGA Tour, and FIBA Courtside 1891.

This is your opportunity to join DAZN at a time of exciting global growth, if you are looking to take your strategic and corporate development experience to the next level, we would love to hear from you.

This role will be based in our Hammersmith office.

As our new VP Strategy & Business Development, you'll have the opportunity to:

Be a strategic and commercial leader with regards to the channels business
Take P&L ownership over a select number of channels
Evaluate and make pricing and packaging recommendations
Ongoing evaluation of channels business performance and identifying cross-functional areas of improvement
Work with DAZN’s core markets to ensure GTM plan and promotion within DAZN of the channels is being maximized
Work with product to define roadmap
Assist in preparing and presentation of materials for rightsholders
Oversee development of financial projections and reporting by finance team
Help identify new potential channels partners
Meet, pitch, and negotiate with external rightsholders to help grow the channels business
Assist in and, where applicable, lead channels negotiations including idea generation, strategic & financial assessment, deal terms, and ultimate onboarding
Over time develop relationship network with rightsholders and use as a basis to drive new potential rights opportunities
Prepare executive and board materials with regards to the channels business
Provide strategic and operational support with regards to our broader global business including our boxing business

You'll have:

Proven experience in either Tier 1 Strategy Consulting firm, Investment Banking, or In-House Strategy/Corporate Development team
Strong proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel
Demonstrable experience utilizing strategic analytical skills, including financial modelling and forecasting, market situation / trend analyses, scenario planning, go to market / roll out plans and operational feasibility assessments
Ability to crystalize key insights from data and communicate analyses in an efficient and effective manner to a variety of internal audiences across departments and functions
Strong analytical capabilities with a track record of strategic development and implementation planning
Experience working on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Ability to work both independently and as a member of the team
An understanding and interest in the sports and broader media industries

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.

As part of our team,you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:

AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward.

INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business. People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things.

PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it. People who love what they do and show commitment every day.

BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results.

SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals. People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers. People who consider others before making decisions.

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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