- Identify new and emerging opportunities, conduct research and analysis, and craft meaningful storylines to support your recommendations
- Define an assessment approach and evaluate strategic options for new products and markets
- Build financial models and business plans to support new products and services
- Partner with leaders from across CPO to develop short- and long-term strategic plans and product roadmaps
- Support our annual strategy review that is presented to the executive leadership team, the CEO, and the Board
- Support partner and vendor discussions, including for product development and distribution
- Lead financial modeling and analysis for partner engagements/negotiations including market sizing, modeling deal term scenarios, and P&L forecasting
- Support the end-to-end acquisition lifecycle – target identification, engagement, diligence, negotiations, execution, and integration
- Contribute to and manage partner relationships
- You have 2+ years of experience, ideally within corporate strategy at a leading technology, media/entertainment or telecommunications firm, management consulting firm, or investment bank
- You are recognized for your demonstrated ability to identify new opportunities, build financial models, and develop strategies to drive value creation
- You excel in working cross-functionally to bring people together, gain internal buy-in, drive decisions, and deliver results
- You're a persuasive advisor, who listens, learns, and can articulate a compelling story in a clear and simple manner
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited university with a focus on business administration, commerce or relevant field of study
- Product experience: developing and refining product strategies, gathering and grooming requirements, facilitating workshops with cross-functional and technology teams, and supporting product launches / releases
- Business development / partnerships / M&A experience: engaging partners, drafting deal terms, negotiating and closing deals
- Chief of Staff experience: managing ad-hoc asks for leadership including reporting, preparing materials for internal and external stakeholders, etc.
- A passion for media, entertainment, and technology
Strategy Manager, Strategy - Vancouver, Canada - TELUS
Description
Description
Our Team And What We'll Accomplish Together
The Chief Product Office (CPO) leads the design and delivery of consumer products and services, including: internet, TV / OTT, smart home automation, and new & emerging solutions. Our Strategy & Business Development team is the central group responsible for solving leadership's toughest problems, delivering differentiated value to our customers, and growing our market share across Canada. This includes developing organic and inorganic growth strategies, assessing new market and business opportunities, creating business plans, defining product strategies, and evaluating and executing partnerships and M&A deals. Together, we'll continue to grow our national reach.
What you'll do in this role:
As someone who is comfortable with ambiguity, analysis, and cross-functional engagement, you'll help execute on strategic priorities across the organization. You'll work closely with senior leaders and product owners from across CPO to bring forward new ideas and help us rapidly evaluate and execute new opportunities.
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