Commercial Strategy Manager

Job Description

Exciting news! VM and O2 have joined forces to enhance the UK landscape. This collaboration aims to unlock synergies while embarking on an ambitious digitisation journey. The focus is on cultivating cutting-edge digital capabilities internally to drive innovation.

Currently, our digital interfaces cater to traditional products, originally tailored for in-store purchases. With the surge in digital platforms, embracing agile methodologies, and exploring cross-selling opportunities, the need for enhanced commercial offerings is paramount. This demands a shift towards developing new products, lifecycle strategies, and traffic management approaches through incremental steps.

The pivotal role at the core of decision-making processes will play a crucial part in shaping our business trajectory. By providing actionable insights to senior marketing and business leaders, we strive to drive clarity through problem framing, data-driven analysis, and econometric evaluation. Join us in shaping the future of digital telco!

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Working in a high growth, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environment, passionate about the highest standards of strategic work
• Build business cases that frame strategic questions and quantity the financial impact of different initiatives
• Investigate and understand the competitive landscape to find gaps and opportunities for growth
• Evaluate trade-offs and commercial decisions spanning product, price, channel, media, and brand
• Build and deliver unique recommendations to key executives via strong storylines supported by quantitative data analysis
• Working collaboratively and partnering across technical and operational business teams and external stakeholders

Who we are

The UK’s fastest broadband network. The nation’s best-loved mobile brand. And, one of the UK's biggest companies too.

Diverse, high performing teams - jam packed with serious talent. Together, we offer the UK more choice and better value, through our boundary-pushing, customer-championing values and ambitions.

Together, we are Virgin Media O2, and we can't wait to see what you can do.

Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all

Virgin Media O2 is an equal opportunities employer and we're working hard to remove bias and barriers for our people and candidates. So, we build equity and inclusion into everything we do, from the policies we craft to the relationships we shape. We support and encourage you to be your authentic self throughout your application journey with us.

The must haves

In order to be considered, you must have the following experience;

• Structured thinker. You can frame and bring structure to large, complex, or ambiguous problems
• Problem solver. You can identify the key issues that impact business decisions and have excellent quant analytical skills to uncover insights
• Storyteller. You have a curiosity about influencing others and can distil the complex into compelling stories tailored to your audience
• A go-getter who is self-driven, practical and hands-on, and is not afraid to challenge the status quo
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Economics, Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or similar subject area

The other stuff we are looking for

We'd also love you to bring;

• Desire to join a great team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience within consulting desired, ideally in a quantitative capacity
• 5+ years’ experience in a commercial strategy role or similar
• Exposure to and knowledge of the digital world today and tomorrow
• Telco experience / ability to quickly understand the competitive landscape

What's in it for you

Our goal is to celebrate our people, their lives and everything in-between. We aim to create a culture that empowers everyone to bring the best versions of themselves to work each and every day. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a brighter world.

Working at Virgin Media O2, you get a bumper reward package bursting with benefits, and loads of extras you can add if you’d like to. These are designed to support both you and your loved ones, making sure that you’re covered no matter what life throws your way.

Next steps

If we feel like a place where you can belong, we'd love to learn more about you as a person and your experience to date. Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a competency based interview.

When you apply, you'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert, therefore we may bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. If you’re offered a job with us, it will be conditional, based on the passing of background checks. All roles require a criminal record check and some roles need a financial probity check. Your recruiter can provide you with more information if needed.

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