Commercial Strategy Manager

Job Description
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Role

Description:

Commercial Strategy Manager

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• Role title:
  Commercial Strategy Manager

Reports to (manager’s job title):
Head of Commercial Strategy
Directorate / Division:
Commercial Strategy / CS&I

Department

• Location:
  
  London Paddington

Level / Grade: L5

Role purpose

• Virgin Media O2 brings together the UK’s fastest broadband and most loved mobile brand. As we

continue our transformation into a digital-first, customer-obsessed business, the Commercial

commercial initiatives

• As Commercial Strategy Manager, you will contribute to identifying, assessing and supporting the

delivery of strategic initiatives across our fixed and mobile connectivity businesses and adjacent

• opportunities. You’ll use customer, market, commercial and financial insights to inform

recommendations, support business cases, and help align cross-functional teams behind shared

Working closely with the Head of Commercial Strategy, you will take ownership of defined

• work streams and smaller projects, structure analysis, build recommendations, and prepare

materials for leadership. You will collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and, where
appropriate, may receive support from more junior team members.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Work within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, supporting the development of

Partner effectively with cross-functional teams across commercial, technical and operational

• areas, as well as external advisers where needed.

Support commercial assessment of product, price, channel, media and brand initiatives

• Build models and analyse data to inform decision-making.

Assess industry and economic trends to help anticipate future opportunities and risks.

Translate your analysis into crisp slides to deliver recommendations and perspectives to key

• executives. Build narratives to support and communicate your findings

Create clear, concise and visually compelling slide materials to communicate insights and

Ensure effective coordination across teams to support the successful delivery of cross-

• functional initiatives.

Manage specific project work streams or smaller projects with guidance from the Head of

Essential skills, knowledge, or experience

• (Inc. professional or technical qualifications)

Role

Description:

Commercial Strategy Manager

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• Strong analytical mindset, with hands-on experience building financial or business models

and advanced Excel skills

tailoring messages for different audiences

• Structured thinker with strong business acumen, able to bring clarity to ambiguous

problems and link analysis to business impact.

drive insights

• Sound project management skills, with the ability to plan work, manage timelines and

engage relevant stakeholders.

effectively in a fast-moving environment

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or

similar discipline.