SVP, Strategy and Business Operations

WELCOME TO HARTBEAT. WE ARE COMEDY. WE ARE CULTURE.

HARTBEAT is the global, multi-platform media company founded by Kevin Hart with a mission to keep the world laughing together. Operating at the intersection of comedy and culture, we are dedicated to creating, producing distributing, and marketing compelling content and experiences that make your heart beat a little faster.

Led by an award-winning team, Hartbeat is a trusted creative partner for the world’s top entertainment companies, platforms, and brands. We drive cultural impact and generate sales, subscriptions, buzz, and conversation with some of the most coveted audiences.

We are committed to nurturing the next generation of diverse comedians while collaborating with established comedy legends. Our ecosystem supports talent, content and brands across various formats, platforms, and opportunities in TV, film, digital, audio, and experiential.

Our flagship consumer brand, LOL! Network, engages audiences through its owned-and-operated social media channels, audio content, and partnerships with OTT platforms.

THE ROLE:

The SVP, Strategy and Business Operations will be critical to helping Hartbeat achieve our ambitions: dream up big ideas, evaluate their feasibility and potential return, and then collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to make them a reality. This job is not simply making “decks” and “models” for interesting strategic opportunities. You will be a key member of the executive team, responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the company and ensuring the appropriate resources, capabilities, systems, and processes are put in place to execute against that vision. Hartbeat has the potential to combine our complimentary businesses to offer unique partnerships for artists, brands, and platforms. To do this effectively, we need dynamic and entrepreneurial leaders – like you – to maintain focus, manage cross-functional teams, and communicate clearly (and consistently). We need someone who seamlessly moves between the clouds and the ground floor; someone who can both think unconstrained by current norms and ensure we are detail-oriented and intentional in our decision-making. The ideal candidate will be able to lead initiatives from concept to execution with the confidence to operate with incomplete information and the curiosity to ask questions whenever necessary to improve the odds of success.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strategic Vision and Planning: Develop and execute comprehensive business strategies for our core businesses (Film, TV, Talk/Stand-Up, and Experiences), ensuring alignment with the company's overall vision and objectives. Collaborate with C-Suite and other members of company leadership to evaluate our existing plans (and performance) in comparison to opportunities in the marketplace. Help drive refinements, shifts, and transformations to ensure we are always committing resources against the most attractive risk-adjusted strategic bets.

• Business Formation: Identify and develop new profit streams, by advancing/evolving our existing businesses or leading us into new ones. Ensure we remain focused and don’t overextend, leading to poor execution and a dilution of resources. Evaluate and implement sourcing, deal-making, financing, development, production/execution, and monetization strategies that optimally leverage internal and outsourced resources. Build robust financial and business cases/plans for new initiatives, including revenue projections, cost analysis, and risk assessments. Collaborate with FP&A team and internal stakeholders to ensure that overall risk/reward and capital requirements are in-line with company principles. Determine key performance indicators (KPIs) that should be used by the team, C-Suite, and Board to evaluate the success of any implemented strategies. Identify and recruit top talent to support the execution of strategic initiatives and enhance business operations.

• Market Analysis and Opportunity Identification: Conduct in-depth market assessments to identify growth opportunities, competitive dynamics, and emerging trends in the media and entertainment industry. Promote a culture of critical thinking and curiosity through your pursuit (and collection) of key market intelligence and performance data. Leverage this information to analyze audience behavior, content consumption patterns, and technological advancements to inform strategic decisions.

• Partnership and Alliance Building: Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships with key industry players, including studios, networks, streaming platforms, consumer brands, and technology providers. Prioritize positive-sum, long-term arrangements that can lead to differentiated strategic position, outsized profits, or inexpen