VP, Strategy & Business Development

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

Role Summary:
The Universal Studio Group (USG) Strategy and Business Development department is a highly visible function that works closely with USG senior management. The group works on a wide range of strategic initiatives including identifying and assessing key growth opportunities, operating efficiencies and investments on behalf of the television studio group.

Reporting to the EVP of Strategy & Business Development, the VP role is a unique, critical, and highly visible one at USG. This position plays a key, active role on a high caliber team driving Universal Studio Group’s strategy and transactional activity. The successful candidate supports the team’s effort in formulating corporate and business strategy while analyzing business opportunities to drive both organic and inorganic growth. Specific projects will include research, analysis, financial modeling, and forming recommendations related to emerging industry trends, expansion opportunities, M&A or strategic investments (including talent deals), competitive threats and internal business performance improvement.

We are seeking highly qualified candidates for the VP position. The ideal candidate is an independent, analytical, and intellectually curious individual who can structure analyses and strategies and articulate findings to a wide range of business leaders, including senior leadership at USG as well as throughout the broader NBCUniversal organization.  This position will have a Senior Manager and Senior Financial Analyst reporting to it. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Contribute expertise and perspective toward the development of USG’s growth strategy
• Provide inspiring leadership on multiple levels— thought leadership, operational excellence, performance orientation and collaborative leadership throughout the organization
• Facilitate long-range planning and budgeting activities, including presenting to senior leadership
• Analyze and develop points of view on trends and market forecasts, potential partners, and competitors, critically thinking about the implications for USG
• Work closely with senior management to identify growth initiatives and opportunities that can drive incremental profitability across USG business units
• Drive process of determining USG needs and assessing market opportunities
• Evaluate target companies for capital investments as well as commercial partnerships
• Create compelling presentation materials that effectively communicate key findings and recommendations to senior management
• Manage projects and communication flow across the team and wider Studio Group operators

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in economics, business, or related field from top university
• Minimum 10 years relevant industry experience within strategic planning, management consulting, business development or investment banking, ideally in the entertainment industry
• Ability to integrate market, competition, trends, organizational state and other issues into a c