Director, Strategy and Projects

Job Description

Director, Strategy & Projects, Sport Content & Production Eurosport

Maternity Cover/Fixed-term position

This role reports to the SVP of Content & Production for Eurosport and leads on a diverse range of strategic projects and initiatives. Projects include driving cross-functional planning for the Olympic Games, delivery of new content / production enhancements across Europe, key department workshop planning, analysis of production targets and delivery.

Responsibilities
• Understand the Eurosport content & production strategy and assist in setting priorities

• Translate the Eurosport Strategy into specific projects

• Manage multiple cross-functional projects from start to finish

• Lead programmes / project teams to ensure clear communication pathways are built, and all project stakeholders are aligned on delivering the work

• Plan and facilitate workshops on key projects / events, such as the Olympic Games

• Develop management team presentations to communicate progress of key projects, insights, analysis and recommendations to different stakeholders

• Serve as a key point of contact in the department and cross-functionally

• Ensure transfer of best practices across the company, as appropriate

Requirements
• Experienced strategic projects professional who is comfortable leading project-teams

• Experience working at a media company, ideally within a Production environment (preferrable)

• Excellent project management and networking/interpersonal skills, ability to draw resources from and feedback to a wide group in different parts of the organization

• Strong analytical and influencing skills

• Strong written and oral communications skills

• Team player and confident to be a key advisor for senior management

• Ability to work within a matrix organisation and adapt to change

• Experience working internationally

• Fluency in a second European language is a plus (not essential)

• Business travel may be required

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rv181w-18-204-2-146-42 in your application.