NBCUniversalDirector, Growth Strategy
Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service.
We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities.
We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly driven, strategic self-starter to identify, evaluate, and drive new growth opportunities within the streaming ecosystem to join our Growth Opportunities and Strategy team that sits within the Growth organization at Peacock. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, proactively generates and tests ideas, and can independently take initiatives from concept through business case and execution.
You will bring deep experience in strategic assessment within the streaming or digital media industry, including hands-on exposure to membership and loyalty models (e.g., subscriber value optimization, engagement, retention, or tiered offerings). You must possess a strong partnership evaluation framework and can build rigorous strategic and financial business cases. You will work cross-functionally and requires confidence to lead with minimal direction and work independently.
Responsibilities:
- Identify, structure, and assess new growth opportunities, including new business models, loyalty or membership concepts, and adjacent revenue streams
- Proactively surface ideas, pressure-test them, and determine strategic fit and scalability
- Lead end-to-end evaluation of partnership opportunities in close collaboration with Partnerships and Business Development teams
- Develop and apply partnership frameworks to assess strategic alignment, value creation, risks, and long-term impact
- Identify and evaluate key growth levers by developing strategic frameworks to assess initiative viability, subscriber impact, and financial outcomes
- Develop business cases and strategic memos to identify new opportunities, articulate rationale, and evaluate past initiatives
- Vet new vendors and external partners, assessing strategic relevance, differentiation, and financial impact
- Independently lead cross-functional workstreams to explore, pilot, and validate strategic initiatives
- Act as the central driver, aligning stakeholders across strategy, finance, product, partnerships, and operations
- Translate complex analysis into clear executive-level narratives and recommendations
- Create and present clear and compelling strategic presentations to communicate pricing and growth recommendations to stakeholders across the organization
- Analyze and synthesize strategic insights for dissemination via presentations, wrap-up documents, and leadership briefings
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, or an analytical field
- 8+ years of experience in strategy, business analysis, pricing, or growth, ideally within the streaming, subscription, or digital entertainment space
- Experience crafting business cases and strategic recommendations based on both quantitative and qualitative inputs with both strategic and financial rigor
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to work flexibly across departments in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Comfort operating in high-ambiguity environments with minimal direction.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (especially PowerPoint and Excel)
Desired Characteristics
- Self-starter mindset: Proactively identifies opportunities, generates ideas, and moves them forward independently
- Strategic thinker: Able to step back, see the broader ecosystem, and evaluate second- and third-order impacts
- Partnership-savvy: Understands how partnerships create value and how to evaluate them strategically and financially
- Executive communicator: Can synthesize complex analysis into clear, compelling insights and recommendation
Additional Requirements
- Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.
- This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.
- Salary range: $155,000 - $185,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible)
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.