VP, Strategy & Deals Leader (Growth & M&A)

confidential; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

UTA Advisory is seeking a high-impact Vice President to lead complex strategy engagements for major clients across media, entertainment, technology, and advertising. You will guide problem framing, analyses, and client-ready deliverables, while mentoring junior staff and coordinating multi-workstream projects.

The role emphasizes executive communication, hands-on leadership, and the ability to translate insights into actionable strategy, with compensation between $180,000 and $220,000 depending

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience in top-tier strategy consulting or deals advisory.
• MBA strongly preferred, but exceptional experience may suffice.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and build robust quantitative analyses.
• Experience leading workstreams and mentoring junior consultants.
• Industry exposure to media, entertainment, technology, advertising/marketing, sports, or private equity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, ownership mentality, curiosity, sound judgment and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own substantial project workstreams from problem definition and hypothesis development through analysis, synthesis, recommendations, and client-ready deliverables.
• Conduct market and competitive assessments, opportunity sizing, business case development, financial and operating analyses, and strategic option evaluation.
• Support corporate transformation engagements involving commercial strategy, go-to-market, operating models, organizational design, performance improvement, and implementation roadmaps.
• Execute buy-side and sell-side diligence, market studies, synergy assessments, value creation planning, and related transaction analyses.
• Manage and coach junior team members; coordinate research, modeling, client interviews, and deliverable production while maintaining quality and deadlines.
• Engage directly with client counterparts, contribute to executive presentations and workshops, and translate analysis into actionable recommendations.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Transaction advisory

Corporate strategy

Problem structuring

Quantitative analysis

Client stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

MBA

Job description

UTA Advisory is seeking a high-impact Vice President to lead complex strategy engagements for major clients across media, entertainment, technology, and advertising. You will guide problem framing, analyses, and client-ready deliverables, while mentoring junior staff and coordinating multi-workstream projects.

The role emphasizes executive communication, hands-on leadership, and the ability to translate insights into actionable strategy, with compensation between $180,000 and $220,000 depending