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About the Role
Formulate and support Guardian News and Media business strategy by leading priority strategy projects and linking them to the broader vision and strategic plan.
Responsibilities
- Own strategic projects end-to-end, working with senior leaders to scope and deliver projects grounded in analysis and strong stakeholder management.
- Act as key strategic advisor to business leaders across GNM, supporting the evolution and delivery of the GNM corporate strategy.
- Monitor competitive landscape, rapidly changing market environment and key trends, providing analysis and insight to senior leaders.
- Ensure that the corporate strategy drives key decision making around the business.
- Provide significant exposure to the senior leadership of the business.
Requirements
- Extensive strategy experience, either from consulting or an in-house strategy role in a media organisation.
- Experience partnering with a diverse range of business functions and across a wide range of strategic problems.
- A deep understanding of media or publishing.
- Strong strategic toolkit, including quantitative and qualitative problem solving.
- Experience managing projects end-to-end.
Skills
- Quantitative problem solving
- Qualitative problem solving
- Stakeholder management
- Strategic analysis
Location
- Kings Cross
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Minimum salary for any full-time role is £30,000 per annum. Salary ranges are dependent on skills and experience.
Benefits
- 30 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- Pension scheme: If you contribute 5%, the company contributes 8-12% (depending on age)
- 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
- Canteen with views overlooking the Regents Canal catering for breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Support for the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships
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 representing 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.
- Proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
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 are open for everybody to apply.
- Provide support throughout the recruitment process, including making changes to help applications (e.g., accessible formats, personalized processes).
- Do not use AI-assisted technology to review applications; every application is reviewed by a member of the recruitment team.