Senior Director - Business Strategy, Sports

7018 Jiostar India Private Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JioStar India Private Limited in Mumbai seeks a Senior Strategy professional to shape the sports vertical’s direction and translate insights into actionable plans. You will partner with leadership to identify growth opportunities and drive revenue strategy.

You will own cross-functional strategic initiatives, craft executive updates, and oversee the CEO’s charter across priorities, ensuring alignment and timely delivery across teams.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience in Strategy roles.
• Ability to translate data into clear insights and executive-ready narratives.
• Proven capability to influence senior stakeholders across functions.
• Comfort with crafting strategy decks and leadership presentations.

Responsibilities

• Drive business & revenue strategy across the Sports vertical.
• Own and drive cross-functional strategic projects.
• Anchor executive updates and upward reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Run the CEO’s charter across critical organizational priorities.
• Collaborate with org leads to surface decisions and manage risks.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Executive storytelling

Data analysis

Problem structuring

Strategic planning

Job description

What you will do:

• Business & Revenue Strategy: Drive broader sports and revenue strategy across the Sports vertical, working closely with leadership to shape direction, identify growth opportunities, and translate strategy into actionable plans.
• Strategic Projects: Own and drive key cross-functional projects, ensuring strong problem structuring, stakeholder alignment, and timely execution.
• Executive Communication & Reviews: Anchor leadership updates across both organizations, including preparation of executive presentations, business reviews, and upward reporting for senior stakeholders.
• CEO’s Charter & Org Priorities: Run the CEO’s charter across critical organizational priorities. Partner with business and functional leads to track progress, drive accountability, and ensure outcomes are delivered.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Decision Enablement: Work closely with org leads to gather inputs, surface key decisions, identify risks or blockers, and enable faster prioritization and decision-making across teams.

What we’re looking for:

• Ability to operate effectively in highly ambiguous environments, bringing structure to undefined problem statements
• Strong analytical orientation, with the ability to translate data into clear insights and compelling, executive-ready narratives
• Proven capability to independently manage and influence senior stakeholders across functions
• High comfort with crafting strategy decks and building sharp, insight-led narratives for leadership presentations
• Ability to independently drive and operationalize key initiatives, ensuring follow-through from strategy to execution
• 6-8 years' experience in Strategy roles

Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports.

Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.

JioStar India Private Limited (formerly known as Star India Private Limited) is an equal opportunity employer.

The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.

The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.