Head of Strategy & Development

MOBOLISE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Global is seeking a Head of Strategy & Development to shape growth across Audio, Video, Consumer and Outdoor from London. You will collaborate with the CEO, COO, CFO and CCO, guiding strategic initiatives and leading cross-functional workstreams across multiple departments.

You will build robust financial models, supervise project delivery, and present concise, board-ready updates. Travel may be required to drive initiatives and align senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strategy toolkit: broad toolkit incl. thinking, project management, modelling and presentation skills.
• Ownership: end-to-end ownership of workstreams with senior stakeholder engagement.
• Media knowledge: passion for advertising, media, digital products, and data/personalisation.
• Executive-level communication: synthesize insights and deliver concise board-level reporting.
• Leadership: experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects.
• Organisational skills: highly organised with multi-project prioritisation and deadlines.
• Adaptability: travel and unusual hours may be needed due to project-based work.
• M&A experience: evaluating and executing transactions preferred but not required.
• Excel and quantitative skills: build financial models to evaluate growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Strategy development and execution across Audio, Video, Consumer and Outdoor with initiatives.
• Financial modelling: construct business cases and analyze organic growth opportunities.
• Transaction support: assist in negotiation and structuring of ventures and M&A.
• Negotiation: support major supplier contracts negotiations.
• Market insight: monitor economic and competitor activity to identify opportunities and risks.
• Executive-level presentation: create papers for the Board and Senior Exec.

Skills

Strategy toolkit

Ownership

Media knowledge

Executive communication

Leadership

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Excel and modeling

Bias to action

M&A experience (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Job description

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.