Sr Manager, Dmsc Strategy & Operations

Job Description

Sr Manager, DMSC Strategy & Operations

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has established a Digital Media Supply Chain (DMSC) team to drive a holistic vision for SPE's end-to-end digital media supply chain by acting as the point of integration between different teams across SPE that touch the DMSC, spear-heading DMSC transformational initiatives, promoting studio-wide adoption of DMSC best practices, and facilitating cross-divisional collaboration. The DMSC team will work under the direction of a squad sponsor and steering committee comprised of senior leadership for each business and technology function at the studio.

This position will play a leading role in the value realization of Digital Media Supply Chain, using business partnering, business acumen, and problem-solving skills to identify business opportunities enabled by new DMSC technologies. This individual will establish a consultatory relationship with studio executives, and technical-minded colleagues to drive and deliver DMSC-enabled benefits. To be successful, the candidate must demonstrate a track record of understanding new technologies, identifying revenue/cost-reduction opportunities, operational efficiencies, and structure the delivery of solutions.

Responsibilities:
• Strategy: Lead the identification and analysis of new business opportunities that include revenue generation and cost efficiencies, by partnering with studio leaders and technologists and by cultivating a deep understanding of technical possibilities
• Transformation and Delivery: Transform operations by gathering cross functional support, designing solutions, and delivering changes to realize value generation
• Management Consulting: Engage directly with SVPs and EVP leaders to identify impactful studio opportunities, drive executive buy-in, and manage change adoption
• Manager: Lead the development of a rotational program and manage a team of analysts, training and mentoring their development and value contribution to the studio

Requirements:
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in strategy, management consulting, or an analytics-based position. 4-6 years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree and/or MBA in Business Management, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or similar degree from an accredited university
• Background in entertainment highly preferred

Specialized Knowledge/Skills:
• Skilled in strategic analyses, modeling, and creating business frameworks
• Must have experience successfully developing cost savings/value generation initiatives, including workflow, technology enhancements, or implementation of operational best practices
• Ability to learn new business models and how the technologies can impact business levers
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively partner and collaborate with cross-divisional functions and external partners
• Proactive problem-solver with the ability to understand second order implications of work and probe more deeply when presented with inconsistent or interesting findings
• Ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and deliverables with experience in agile methodologies, change management, and business partnering
• Demonstrated ability to support individual squads in planning/identifying incremental steps toward a larger DMSC roadmap
• Ability to draw well-integrated conclusions and tell a cohesive story through models and presentations
• Experience partnering with business embedded teams to translate business requirements into technical product strategies and designs
• Working cross-functionally with studio and production tech to enable cross-stream tools and the ingestion and curation of studio-side asset, as required.
• Excellent written communication, oral communication, and presentation abilities
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud skills
• Working knowledge of post-production, distribution, and/or archival workflows
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with Information Technology and Information Security teams, bringing key stakeholders together collaboratively toward DMSC vision
• Experience building highly reliable, available, and scalable data products, and continuously measure and monitor KPIs to drive improvement to the development process and run state of all products

The anticipated base salary for this position is $105,000 to $115,000. This role may also qualify for annual incentive and/or comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

* Sony Pictures - CA - Culver City Area & Studios

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1w3pm-52-14-0-24-42 in your application.