About the Role
Partner closely with senior leaders across GNM to support and develop new licensing opportunities that complement and propel GNM’s commercial growth.
Responsibilities
- Conduct deep-market evaluations of the media, technology, and AI landscapes to identify emerging trends and untapped licensing opportunities.
- Bring technical proficiency and deliver data-driven insights based on market shifts, client behaviour, client feedback and sales metrics.
- Lead industry evaluations to prioritise sectors with the highest potential for measurable, sustainable impact and long-term growth.
- Develop commercial strategies, including outreach strategies, that generate a high-value pipeline of licensing deals across various global industries, with key focus on high-impact deals across AI ecosystem.
- Provide regular strategic briefings to the Head of Licensing regarding pipeline health, market risks, and competitive positioning.
- Quantify the success of initiatives using KPIs related to revenue growth, market penetration, and the "transformative" impact of new business models.
- Work with Technical Product Manager to ensure delivery of technical priorities, including the seamless delivery of content feeds and API integrations for licensees.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in strategy, business development, management consulting, or corporate strategy role.
- Understanding of the mechanics of content licensing (legal complexities, rights, commercial models, content distribution).
- Understanding of the AI and software technology landscape, including current trends and competitive dynamics.
- Advanced strategic modeling skills.
- Project Management or Business Analysis certification.
- Technical literacy: Ability to speak the language of engineers regarding API documentation, JSON feeds, and data ingestion.
- Data visualisation: Ability to present market trends to senior leaders.
Skills
- Market evaluations
- Data-driven insights
- Commercial strategy development
- Strategic briefings
- KPI quantification
- API integrations
- Strategic modeling
- Technical literacy
- Data visualisation
Location
- Kings Cross
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Extensive experience
Education Level
- Project Management or Business Analysis certification
Benefits
- 30 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- Generous pension scheme (5% employee contribution matched with 8-12% employer contribution)
- 2 volunteering days annually
- Option of payroll giving
- Season ticket loans
- Private healthcare
- Life cover
- Income protection
- Eye tests
- Optional dental insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies
- IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy support
- Access to employee benefits platform for tailored health and wellbeing support
- Free yoga and pilates classes
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
About the Company
- A diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account.
- Comprised of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts.
- Committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
- Offers a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.
- Became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
Equal Opportunity
- Actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
- Value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people.
- Aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve.
- Ensure people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future.
- Actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
- All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply.
- Provide support throughout the recruitment process, including making changes to help applications (e.g., accessible formats, personalized processes).
- Champion diversity of thought.
