Our Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) portfolio is a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands, supported by media industry leaders, Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky. When you join our team, you’ll work across our dynamic portfolio including Peacock, NOW, Fandango, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and TV Everywhere, powering streaming across more than 70 countries globally. And the evolution doesn’t stop there. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.
Sr Director of Distribution and Strategic Analytics is a key leadership position responsible for overseeing NBCU’s distribution analytics function. This position sits within Decision Sciences, an organization with a charter to provide actionable insights that enable decision-making across NBCU’s Media Group. The role will traverse the many distribution avenues that put NBCUniversal’s content on screen in front of audiences. Areas of focus include leading analytics for linear network carriage deals and informing go-to-market approach, opportunity assessment and valuation analyses that span linear and streaming, setting strategy for NBCU’s portfolio of FAST channels, and video market intelligence to contextualize performance and support its growth.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE IS:
A strategic thinker and media industry enthusiast who enjoys leading high performing teams to solve complex problems in novel ways. Delights in building for the future while optimizing current distribution channels, to drive business value and deliver on consumer needs. An adept collaborator able to develop strong relationships cross functionally and with key stakeholders.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:
- Lead a team of data and business analysts to gather, analyze, and interpret data, identifying trends, opportunities, and challenges across our distribution channels to providing strategic guidance to senior management.
- Develop frameworks and strategies for evaluating distribution value and shaping NBCU’s positioning in distribution renewals.
- Prepare thought provoking executive level presentations on the video landscape, informing competitive performance across streaming, linear and FAST.
- Evaluate impact of distribution, partnerships, or programming changes in collaboration with stakeholders
- Establish relationships with research teams across the company to share insights and maintain a well-rounded view of the media landscape
- Be the expert in a wide array of media data sources (3rd, 2nd and 1st party), knowing what is best to use for the task at hand.
- Shape the direction of NBCU’s FAST channel portfolio, evaluate new channel opportunities, track the FAST landscape, create materials for leadership updates, and coordinate across teams.
- Advance contractual reporting terms in NBCU’s distribution deals and manage vendor relationships, evaluating new vendors as needed to keep pace with evolving business demands.
- Leveraging data visualization tools and technologies to present findings in a compelling and easy-to-understand manner for stakeholders at all levels.
- Leading analyses that involve querying large datasets to evaluate opportunities and address distribution evolution.
- Contribute to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work culture at NBCU
Candidates for this role have a strong background in distribution analytics, strategy, media research and measurement tools, along with excellent leadership and communication skills. Sr Director of Distribution and Strategic Analytics plays a critical role in shaping the company's distribution strategy.