Director Strategy & Commercial Due Diligence, Media

Employer: KPMG UK

Location: Manchester, M2 3AE

Pay: Salary not specified.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 11/03/2026

The Role KPMG’s Strategy & Performance Transformation practice is looking for exceptional candidates for a Director role.

The role will focus on Deal Strategy within the Media industry as part of the wider Telecommunications-Media-Technology sector, but with scope to work on the wider range of services including Growth Strategy, Deal Strategy, Cost and Operational strategy (including Economic Profitability Analysis) and Enterprise-wide Transformation.

The Strategy & Performance Transformation team is part of KPMG’s rapidly expanding Strategy Group, which delivers value for clients by challenging conventional thinking, bringing deep industry and functional insights and executing with investor‑grade rigour.

We are a diverse team of over 150 practitioners, working collaboratively with and orchestrating KPMG’s broad set of capabilities within our Deal Advisory business.

• Take a senior leadership role with the team, with clients and in the broader industry
• Have existing client relationships, particularly with the M&A community in both corporates and PE houses, which reinforce the team’s credibility and generate project opportunities
• Extensive experience of M&A related projects will be critical, e.g. Commercial DD, M&A Strategy, Value creation, etc.
• Take responsibility for client relationships and act as a key contact point for those clients
• Have the ability to anticipate, understand and articulate client requirements in advance of and during projects
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills in written, slide and other reporting formats as well as verbal communications in informal and more formal situations
• Lead the presentation of findings to senior clients and be comfortable challenging the thinking of both clients and more senior KPMG colleagues
• Design and run large, complex projects, delivering to client requirements whilst acting as primary client liaison and be an ‘ambassador’ for the firm
• With limited input, guide the team to client‑ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require minimal review
• Support and test/review the design and execution of complex analyses to ensure these are credible and accurate
• Identify go‑to‑market, thought‑leadership and marketing opportunities, take responsibility for taking these to clients
• Actively seek out leadership opportunities, take responsibility for a selection of internal processes and generally act as a leader in the S&PT and an inspiration to more junior team members
• Take overarching responsibility that the firm’s risk management frameworks are adhered to by identifying and reviewing any key judgements, and also consulting with other senior staff members as appropriate

The Person At KPMG we seek candidates who can thrive in our high‑performance culture and can demonstrate the following behaviours:

• Make sound decisions: exercises sound business judgment when making decisions
• Foster innovation: embraces a culture of innovation and experimentation to create value
• Apply a strategic perspective: uses diverse sets of inputs to develop a broad perspective on business and people issues

• Take opportunities to learn and adapt: uses insights and self‑reflection to build capability and embrace new challenges
• Develop and motivate others: engages teams, instils confidence, and coaches people to find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results
• Build collaborative relationships: establishes strong relationships internally and externally and builds wide and productive networks

• Drive quality: delivers high‑quality products and exceptional service that provide value
• Act ethically and responsibly: behaves ethically and encourages others to do the same
• Advocate for Equality: creates opportunities to address inequity and enables all people to feel like they belong

• Considerable experience working in a leading strategy consulting business, Big 4 firm or strategy / Corporate Development…