Commercial Lead

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe's leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

As Commercial Lead for Sports & Cinema (Premiums), you will be responsible for the commercial strategy & quarterly planning of Sky Sports and Cinema. You will work with a wide variety of stakeholders across Finance, Marketing, Trading and Propositions teams to improve business performance and incorporate learnings into future plans.

What you'll do:

- P & L ownership for the Premiums business, focusing on developing plans optimised to drive subscriber volumes & business value
- Forecasting & budgeting as part of the quarterly planning process, develop plans and forecasts for the next quarter and years ahead. Lead in forums to get our plans signed off up to MD level.
- Diagnosis work with the in-quarter Trading teams to diagnose performance issues as they arise, and embed learnings into future quarterly plans
- Team management develop and manage a team of 3, ensuring clear goals, objectives and career development plans are in place
- Support on bringing new propositions to market working with the Propositions Team to produce commercial strategies, input into business cases, and incorporate into targets

What you'll bring:

- Strategic thinker - with an inquisitive mind, capacity for detail but driving simplicity
- Commercially astute - experience of tracking and optimising a set of KPIs
- Superb Collaborator and leader - work seamlessly across a matrix organisation to drive change
- Analytical ability - able to draw simple conclusions from complex datasets
- Confident communicator - able to turn analysis into stories tailored to the audience
- Workstack management - comfortable working independently to multiple deadlines
- Team manager - able to effectively manage and nurture a team

Team Overview:
We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embedded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future

The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place- A generous pension package- Private healthcare- Discounted mobile and broadband

Where you'll work:
How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:
Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working

Why wait?

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.