Director, Corporate Strategy

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

The Corporate Strategy Director will have the opportunity to work on a variety of strategic and high visibility projects that help shape Comcast’s enterprise wide strategy. This key contributor to the Corporate Strategy team will work with functional leaders across all of Comcast’s Business Units, including Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky. The scope of this role includes identifying new growth opportunities, evaluating investment opportunities, answering key strategic questions, and supporting or driving high impact special or operational projects. The Director will have the opportunity to interact with and present to executives at the highest level of the company. Day-to-day, they will provide project management over their workstreams or projects and use analytical, communication, and problem solving skills to conduct in-depth analyses and make recommendations.

Job Description

Main Responsibilities: 

• Oversee projects and develop strategic analyses to assess new growth and investment opportunities, and evaluate business risks for the Executive Management Committee and BU leadership 
• Identify businesses, financial and operational implications. Provide business insights based on rigorous, fact-based analyses of customer needs, competitive dynamics, and industry trends 
• Evaluate new or existing projects for financial returns – IRR / ROI / ROIC 
• Work with our Business Units to support new growth areas for further expansion 
• Participate in business development and partnership discussions 
• Drive / oversee creation of executive level presentations to communicate results / recommendations 
• Support the launch of new products and business operations by working with key constituents across products and functions to ensure alignment with business objectives 
• Represent the broad view of Comcast when supporting the business on specific projects or initiatives 
• Support select internal initiatives such as strategic retreats, recruiting programs, efficiency programs 

 

Core Skills / Responsibilities: 

• Proficiently conducts / guides complex financial and operational analysis to output 
• Structures problem solving approaches in a logical and coherent manner 
• Synthesizes insights from multiple workstreams, data sources, and team members 
• Drives to meaningful insights and actionable recommendations based on hypotheses and analyses 
• Creates effective slides & storylines to communicate outputs, tailored to audience & objectives 
• Leads discussions with stakeholders and team members; presents recommendations 
• Provides support and guidance to junior staff members; actively offers feedback 
• Builds strong relationships with stakeholders and subject matter experts across business units 
• Keeps current on important industry trends based on analyst research, industry news 
• Contributes to team building (i.e., coordinating trainings, organizing events, helping with recruiting) 
• Independently manages workload across projects 
• Consistently exercises independent judgement and discretion in matters of significance 
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned 

 

Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of overall strategy & development or related experience  
• 2-3 years of Management Consulting or Investment Banking