Senior Analyst, Business Dev & Strategy, EMEA bei Disney

Job Level and Title  

Senior Analyst, Consumer Strategy & Business Development  

LOB/Function 

Consumer Strategy & Business Development 

Reports To 

Vice President  

Location 

London  

No. of Direct Reports 

N/A (project based team structure) 

Approximate total team size 

16 

Role description and responsibilities 

Outline the key elements of the role  

The Senior Analyst will play a pivotal role in supporting the CS&BD team with the development and delivery of EMEA-wide business strategies and initiatives. The role requires superior strategic, analytical and collaboration skills – and the ability to apply these effectively as part of the CS&BD team.  

Senior analysts are the most experienced analysts in the CS&BD team, setting the bar for other analysts to meet. Senior analysts build a solid understanding of the various Disney Entertainment and ESPN businesses (including the various areas within Streaming), a more advanced proficiency in business/financial modelling (directly applied in multiple projects), an ability to effectively collaborate with different levels of the organization / teams across EMEA and in the US (developing a wide internal network) and experience in presenting & discussing results with senior leadership (including SVPs). 

As a result, the senior analyst supports on our most important and highest profile projects, taking the lead on the business/ financial modelling and interacting with multiple teams across the organization, often working directly with the VP and Directors in the team and presenting their output to EMEA SVPs. In addition, the senior analyst also plays a pivotal role in various outputs produced by the CS&BD team, which feed into various of our projects and the work conducted by other teams within DTC. 

Finally, due to its experience & capabilities, the senior analyst will informally act as a mentor and a first point of call for other analysts in the team, providing support when they run into challenges in their own projects or need a sounding board – e.g., the senior analyst can help younger analysts troubleshooting issues in their models or offer advice on how to craft a specific written material to be more effective with a senior audience. 

Key areas of responsibility include: 

Organic development 

• Support strategic & financial analysis of growth opportunities for Disney+ in EMEA (e.g.,  

evolution of our commercial offer, introduction of new product features, launching in new markets,…) 

• Work with regional business leads and local Country Managers to build business cases for new opportunities, identifying associated revenue streams, costs and risks and/or support review of business plans prepared by local Country Managers to test viability and alignment to overall company goals 

• Provide advanced business modelling/analysis (including interpretation) of financial data to support business operations 

Strategy & Planning  

• Support preparation of the annual strategic business review and 5 year plan, including coordination with relevant Regional and US/Global stakeholders.  

• Monitor key market trends – e.g., across consumer behaviour and competitors -, extracting meaningful insights that inform key decisions in our business 

Partnerships / Joint Ventures / M&A 

• Evaluate potential commercial partnerships, assessing strategic fit and financial & operational impacts – e.g.,   

• Collaborations with other streaming services  

• Distribution of Disney+ through wholesale partners (e.g., Pay TV/ Telecom operators, Consumer Brands) 

• Evaluate opportunities to establish strategic partnerships with external content producers (e.g. linear TV channels) 

• Evaluate opportunities to license external content and rights (e.g., films and series from external producers, sports rights,…) 

Operations 

• Support and deliver integrated EMEA initiatives as identified by the EMEA President  

• Ongoing support across strategic and operational priorities   

Operations 

• Support and deliver integrated EMEA initiatives as identified by the EMEA President  

• Ongoing support across strategic and operational priorities   

Areas of Accountability (Strategic Impact, Financial, Management, Relationships) 

Include factors such as team size, geographical scope, financial responsibilities (eg. revenue targets, size of budget to manage etc) and level of authorisation 

• Supporting the CS&BD function in the management and delivery of ongoing projects in EMEA, with a particular emphasis on DTC 

• The senior analyst assumes responsibility for our most complex/ challenging business & financial models, which are a key component to the success of the most important projects within CS&BD. 

• The senior analyst also leads directly the preparation of important outputs from the CS&BD team, which are used widely across our projects and in other areas of the DTC team, and require close collaboration with all local DTC teams 

Experience and Professional Qualifications Required 

Provide specific information regarding the experience and qualifications (if relevant) required in order to perform the role competently. Also highlight what is necessary and what is desirable  

Qualifications/Work Experience: 

• Robust experience working in a top tier Management/Strategy consultancy firm and/or experience of working within a media organisation’s central BD/strategy team;  

• Strong analytics – ability to think in structured way (both conceptually and analytically) and to conduct / review complex quantitative analysis to inform business decisions 

• Advanced MS Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint; ideally some experience with Big Data analytical tools (e.g. Alteryx) 

Personal Attributes: 

• Proactive, self-motivated and autonomous, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude 

• Clear and structured thinker, intellectually rigorous, with strong analytical skills  

• Strong collaboration and relationship building skills 

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders across different geographies and functions 

• Ability to multi-task and deliver against multiple deadlines 

• Used to working in fast moving environments providing accurate and timely outputs to a high standard 

• Strong interest in media industry  

• Full fluency in English