Strategic Analytics Lead — Growth Insights & Forecasting

Universal Music Group; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and视ion

Outpatient mental health coverage

Fertility coverage

Wellbeing reimbursements

Student loan repayment assistance

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with full vesting

Generous PTO and holidays

Job summary

Universal Music Group is seeking a Manager, Strategic Analytics to lead cross-functional analytics projects from data collection to executive presentation. You’ll build financial models for licensing negotiations, extract data with SQL, and present insights to senior leaders.

The role requires 3–5 years in analytics, finance, or consulting, strong SQL/Excel skills, and proficiency with Python or R. On-site in Santa Monica with 3–4 days in the office.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience leading complex, multi-stage strategic projects from start to finish, from data collection and analysis to quality checking and final packaging and presentation.
• 3-5 years’ quantitative experience using SQL and Excel to conduct data analysis.
• 2+ years experience in consulting, finance, or corporate strategy preferred.
• Experience building flexible financial models to run scenario analyses.
• Experience visualizing data and using PowerPoint to explain complex data concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing and engaging with clients in a consultative or analytical capacity.
• A track record of solid client and/or stakeholder relationships developed through repeated excellence in delivering their needs.
• Experience building relationships across business units.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
• A thoughtful approach to gen AI: comfortable using LLMs to augment work while thinking critically, independently, and maintaining ownership of the output.
• Passion and curiosity for music and the data used within the industry.
• Ideal candidates will have proficiency in Python, R.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders in a consultative fashion to understand their goals and scope out analytical projects to answer their biggest questions.
• Create detailed financial models for scenario analysis on UMG’s biggest licensing negotiations.
• Extract necessary data for projects using complex SQL scripts, employing strict quality control and sense-checks.
• Create executive-level presentations to drive UMG-wide strategy.
• Own complex analytical workstreams from start to finish with minimal technical oversight.
• Advising stakeholders on potential market sizes and sources of growth; developing dynamic models to support licensing negotiations; forecasting content performance; performing breakeven analyses; collaborating with junior team members.

Skills

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Python

R

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business Administration, Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Universal Music Group is seeking a Manager, Strategic Analytics to lead cross-functional analytics projects from data collection to executive presentation. You’ll build financial models for licensing negotiations, extract data with SQL, and present insights to senior leaders.

The role requires 3–5 years in analytics, finance, or consulting, strong SQL/Excel skills, and proficiency with Python or R. On-site in Santa Monica with 3–4 days in the office.