Head of Strategy & Development

Accepting applications until:

30 October 2026

Job Description

Your Role: Head of Strategy & Development

As Head of Strategy & Development at Global, you’ll be at the heart of shaping Global’s future , providing strategic direction on growth opportunities across Audio , Video , Consumer and Outdoor. In this role, you’ll work closely with internal stakeholders , including the CEO, COO, CFO , and CCO, as well as external advisors.

The work is largely project based, requiring the Head of Strategy & Development to manage their own time to ensure deadlines are met and that work is delivered to a consistently high standard.

Key Responsibilities

Strateg y development & execution : Support across Audio , Video , Consumer and Outdoor with strategy development, analysis, and execution of strategic and operational initiatives.

Financial modelling : Construct business cases, build models and conduct analysis to assess organic growth opportunities.

Transaction support : Support the negotiation and structuring of joint ventures and M&A transactions should they arise.

Negotiation : Support negotiations on major supplier contracts such as transmission, music rights and O utdoor advertising landlords.

Market insight : Monitor and analyse economic and competitor activity to identify and prioritise growth opportunities and risks.

Executive-level presentation : Produce presentations and papers to communicate project findings to the Board and Senior Exec.

What You’ll Love About This Role

Think Big : S hape the future strategy of a leading and fast-growing UK media & entertainment business .

Own It : M anage projects across all G lobal departments, including: Audio , Video , Consumer, digital, ad tech, Outdoor advertising (UK and Europe) and our sales organisation .

Keep it Simple : Structure complex problems and synthesise insights to enable critical board-level decisions .

Better Together : C ollaborate with stakeholders across our Audio , Video , Consumer and Outdoor businesses , including senior management .

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you’ll have:

Managed strategic projects across several departments .

Become a trusted advisor to key teams across Global .

Developed strategic insights that inform crucial decisions .

Built a deep knowledge of Global’s audiences, customers , services and market s.

What You’ll Need

Strategy toolkit: A broad strategy toolkit, including strategic thinking, project management, modelling and presentation skills , developed through working on strategic projects in a strategy consultancy and/or commercial organisation for 2-5 years .

Ownership: Proven ability to take end-to-end ownership of workstreams with a high level of independence, including leading analysis, managing stakeholders, and producing deliverables. Skilled at engaging senior leaders to secure input, guidance and alignment.

Media passion: The ability to demonstrate real passion for advertising, media, digital products, and the importance of data and personalisation.

Media knowledge: An understanding of the UK media and entertainment landscape, and evolving consumer propositions.

High performance: A track record of exceeding expectations and delivering outstanding results . Exceptional attention to detail .

Problem-solving: Ability to structure and solve complex strategic problems and to create presentations that clearly explain the results.

Excel and quantitative skills : Strong excel and numerical skills with experience build ing financial models to evaluate organic growth opportunities and acquisitions.

Relationship building : Skilled at build ing relationships and influenc ing key stakeholders both internally and externally.

Leadership: Experience leading and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver projects

Executive-level communication : Experience in synthesising insights, preparing and delivering succinct reporting and responses at Board level .

Organisational skills: Highly organised, with a structured and disciplined approach to manage and prioritise heavy workloads in a deadline-oriented role. The role will typically be working on multiple projects simultaneously, and the candidate will need to prioritise appropriately whilst making sure each project continues to progress.

Adaptability: The unpredictability of the role’s project-based requirements may result in unusual or longer hours being incurred on occasion, as well as travel from time to time.

Bias to action : The candidate needs to be p roactive, rigorous and analytical with a hands-on and “sleeves rolled up” approach.

M&A (Preferred) : Experience evaluating and executing M&A transactions preferred, but not a requirement.