Nordics Strategic Operations Manager

Warner Bros. Discovery

Oslo

On-site

NOK 1,000,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery seeks a senior strategist to support the Nordics Operations team, partnering with Nordic leadership to frame business questions, lead analyses, and present actionable recommendations to drive growth and efficiency.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders across Nordic and EMEA, shaping local strategy, outlining opportunities, risks and performance as you deliver executive-ready insights and compelling presentations.

Qualifications

Background in management consulting or an in-house strategy team, including building and presenting business plans and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Demonstrable experience working in complex environments across multiple territories, with project and stakeholder management experience across multiple functions.
Understanding of financial fundamentals and the ability to build business cases including structured P&Ls, key assumptions and drivers, NPV analysis and variance explanations.
Experience building, analysing, interpreting and presenting data, alongside the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of autonomy.
Exceptional storyteller and presenter with knowledge of and passion for the film and media industry, and awareness of the opportunities and challenges shaping the sector.

Responsibilities

Scope, plan, and coordinate cross-functional execution of strategic priorities and projects specific to the Nordic markets, enabling successful execution of local strategy.
Provide analysis across key project workstreams including due diligence, strategic analysis and financial analysis.
Support Corporate Strategy teams on EMEA-wide initiatives and M&A activity as required.
Own the storyline for business recommendations, structure the argument, build presentations and present recommendations to senior leaders in a way that drives decisions.
Work with the line manager, GVP Finance and Nordic GM to set key objectives and priorities and prepare briefing materials including competitor overviews, market intelligence and business summaries.
Coordinate end-to-end project delivery across Nordic functions and EMEA/global teams, ensuring milestones and deadlines are achieved while identifying opportunities, risks and improvement areas.
Build executive-ready business performance reporting and support Nordic Leadership Team meetings through agenda planning, presentation coordination, note taking and action tracking.