Global Strategy & Operations Lead, Games

Skydance Animation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydance Games seeks an experienced VP, Head of Strategy & Business Operations to partner with division leadership and build the operating foundation for its growing games business. You will drive long-range strategy, data infrastructure, and deal modeling across a matrixed global organization.

The role demands exceptional strategic and analytical ability, plus a pragmatic operating mindset to translate global market evolution into actionable decisions and quarterly business reviews.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in corporate strategy, strategic finance, business operations, management consulting, investment banking or corporate development.
• Experience leading complex strategic and financial analyses and translating them into recommendations for senior executives.
• Advanced financial modeling capability, including evaluating investments, partnerships or complex commercial transactions.
• Experience developing business strategies, long‑range plans and executive-level presentations.
• Strong analytical orientation, including work with large or complex datasets to drive business decisions.
• Experience operating cross‑functionally in complex, highly matrixed organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine the division’s strategy, priorities and long-range plan, translating ambition into clear choices, investment frameworks and measurable objectives.
• Lead strategic analyses of new business models, platforms, markets, capabilities, partnerships and growth opportunities, and develop the frameworks that guide portfolio and investment decisions.
• Lead preparation of strategic plans, executive presentations and business reviews for Games and senior Paramount leadership.
• Serve as the primary strategic liaison to the Paramount Corporate Strategy team, aligning with enterprise priorities and partnering across divisions to unlock the full value of Paramount’s IP, capabilities and platforms.
• Build and lead the data and analytics strategy for Paramount Games, establishing the infrastructure, processes and capabilities needed for data-driven decisions.
• Define the division’s KPI architecture and a single source of truth for commercial, audience, product, financial and operational performance, partnering with data, technology and finance teams on tools, reporting and governance.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards and analytical frameworks that give leadership clear visibility into performance, opportunities and risks.
• Identify data gaps, build a roadmap to expand analytical capability, and translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Lead strategic and financial modeling for major Paramount Games deals, partnering closely with Finance, Business Affairs, Legal and Commercial.
• Build scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate deal structures, economics, risk, return and strategic fit.
• Support the evaluation and structuring of publishing, licensing, development, distribution, platform, partnership and investment transactions, including analytical support through negotiations.
• Pressure-test assumptions to surface the key economic drivers, risks and tradeoffs behind each decision.
• Establish consistent evaluation frameworks and reusable models that speed and standardize future transaction decisions.
• Establish a systematic view of the global games industry, covering market size and growth, consumer behavior, platform evolution, business models, competitive activity and emerging technology.
• Deliver regular industry and competitive intelligence to Games leadership and corporate stakeholders, surfacing the strategic questions the organization should be addressing before they become urgent.
• Build relationships with external research, data and industry partners to strengthen access to high‑quality market intelligence.
• Own the rhythm of business for Paramount Games, creating the operating mechanisms that keep leadership aligned, accountable and focused on top priorities.
• Design and run leadership meetings, business reviews, annual and long-range planning, setting agendas, synthesizing materials, framing decisions and tracking commitments to completion.
• Maintain scorecards against strategic priorities, surface material performance gaps and risks, and coordinate cross‑functional inputs into divisional and corporate reporting.
• Partner with Finance on planning, forecasting and performance reporting and with People/HR on organizational planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in how the division operates, simplifying processes and increasing organizational velocity.
• Lead high‑priority strategic and operational projects, particularly initiatives that span functions or lack a natural owner.
• Structure ambiguous problems and drive work from initial question through recommendation and execution, anticipating issues and bringing recommendations to leadership rather than waiting for direction.
• Build strong relationships across Games, Corporate Strategy, Finance, Business Affairs, Legal, Data & Technology and other Paramount organizations.
• Over time, build and lead a Strategy & Business Operations team sized to the division’s growth.
• 7+ years in corporate strategy, strategic finance, business operations, management consulting, investment banking or corporate development.
• Track record leading complex strategic and financial analyses and translating them into recommendations for senior executives.
• Advanced financial modeling capability, including evaluating investments, partnerships or complex commercial transactions.
• Experience developing business strategies, long‑range plans and executive-level presentations.
• Strong analytical orientation, including work with large or complex datasets to drive business decisions.
• Experience operating cross‑functionally in complex, highly matrixed organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Video game industry experience strongly preferred.
• Management consulting, investment banking or similarly rigorous analytical training strongly preferred.
• Exceptional strategic judgment, moving between long-term thinking and detailed execution.
• Strong technical and analytical fluency; experience with BI and visualization tools and familiarity with SQL and AI-enabled workflows is a plus.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, including executive and board-level materials, and the ability to turn complicated analysis into a simple narrative.
• Strong executive presence, with the ability to build credibility, influence decisions and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Intellectual curiosity and a deep interest in the evolution of games, technology, AI, media and consumer behavior.
• Collaborative, low‑ego style with ability to work independently, with strong prioritization and follow‑through.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Business operations

Strategic planning

Industry knowledge

Analytical mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or related field

Tools

SQL

BI visualization tools

Job description

Skydance Games seeks an experienced VP, Head of Strategy & Business Operations to partner with division leadership and build the operating foundation for its growing games business. You will drive long-range strategy, data infrastructure, and deal modeling across a matrixed global organization.

The role demands exceptional strategic and analytical ability, plus a pragmatic operating mindset to translate global market evolution into actionable decisions and quarterly business reviews.