Director - Business Strategy and Planning

**. Growth Strategy & Portfolio Opportunities** * Identify strategic growth opportunities across content, distribution, partnerships, consumer engagement, and emerging business areas * Drive portfolio-level interventions to improve scale, efficiency, and long-term business outcomes * Evaluate market shifts, competitive trends, and evolving consumer behaviour to shape strategic priorities * Support leadership teams to improve growth, monetization and operating efficiency across businesses **Expectation:** Shape strategic growth priorities across the portfolio, beyond current operating plans **2\. White Spaces & Strategic Interventions** * Identify structural gaps and whitespace opportunities across the entertainment ecosystem * Develop business cases for new opportunities, partnerships and expansion opportunities * Partner with cross-functional teams to unlock opportunities across linear, streaming, studios, and emerging platforms * Drive high-impact strategic initiatives requiring enterprise-wide alignment **Expectation:** Identify and unlock future growth opportunities across the portfolio **3\. New Growth Engines & Scaled Initiatives** * Work with leadership teams to conceptualize and scale new growth initiatives (e.g., IP extensions, consumer experiences, new formats, partnerships) * Support execution and scale-up of high-potential initiatives across platforms and markets * Define success metrics and track performance of new initiatives against business objectives * Drive problem-solving and course correction to ensure scalability and sustainability **Expectation:** Enable new growth engines from concept to scalable business opportunity **4\.  Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment** * Work across multiple teams to drive alignment on strategic priorities and enterprise-wide initiatives * Enable collaboration between business, content, product, distribution, finance, and partnership teams * Facilitate execution of high-priority initiatives through stakeholder alignment and governance mechanisms * Bring together diverse inputs into cohesive strategic recommendations for leadership **Expectation:** Deliver complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives with strong execution discipline **5\.  Leadership Narratives & Executive Communication** * Develop high-quality strategy decks, executive briefs, and business narratives for senior leadership * Synthesize market, consumer, competitive, and business insights into clear strategic recommendations * Support leadership communication around business priorities, growth opportunities, and long-term direction * Build structured narratives to support key decision-making forums **Expectation:** Deliver clarity, insight, and rigor in all strategic communications **Success Metrics** * Measurable impact on revenue growth, audience expansion, or new business initiatives * Number and quality of new growth opportunities identified and validated * Successful execution and scaling of strategic initiatives * Strength of cross-functional alignment and delivery timelines * Quality and influence of strategic recommendations in leadership decision-making