Strategy & Growth Lead

Location: Greater London

Location: New Media Headquarters, HSK, London, W8 5HY

Position: Full Time/Permanent

About the role

The Strategy & Growth Lead will work with the Head of New Media, helping translate vision into executable plans, investment cases and scalable operating models.

This role sits across strategy, operations and growth, working closely with editorial, creative, production, commercial and finance teams to ensure New Media continues to scale.

You will play a key role in:

• shaping where we invest,
• how we grow,
• and how we structure the business to support long-term success.

This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys both big‑picture thinking and day‑to‑day problem solving.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning across New Media verticals, platforms and brands
• Identify new growth opportunities (platforms, geographies, verticals)
• Support business cases for new launches, pilots and talent investments
• Develop medium‑ and long‑term growth roadmaps
• Work with finance to build and manage budgets and forecasts
• Support investment prioritisation across teams, formats and markets
• Track performance vs investment to inform future resource allocation
• Help develop ROI frameworks for content, talent and platform initiatives
• Support incubation of new formats, franchises and business models
• Explore opportunities beyond publishing (commerce, IP, partnerships, subscriptions, etc.)
• Build operating models for new initiatives from pilot to scale
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams to launch and iterate new products

Operational Leadership

• Improve workflows, resourcing models and team structures
• Support scaling of production and creative operations
• Identify bottlenecks and propose solutions across the content lifecycle
• Build repeatable systems for launching and scaling new initiatives

Leadership Support & Decision Making

• Act as a strategic partner to the Head of New Media
• Prepare board‑level and exec‑level materials and performance reviews
• Support prioritisation across competing initiatives
• Drive accountability against strategic goals

Person Specification Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who is commercially sharp, analytically strong, and deeply curious about modern media and platforms.

Experience

• Background in strategy, operations, consulting, media, start‑ups or growth roles
• Experience working with financial models, budgets and performance metrics
• Exposure to digital media, creator economy, platforms or content businesses is highly desirable
• Comfortable working in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments

Skills & Attributes

• Strong strategic thinking and problem‑solving skills
• Highly numerate and confident working with financial data
• Excellent communicator – able to influence across creative and commercial teams
• Organised, proactive and execution‑focused
• Comfortable moving between high‑level strategy and detailed delivery
• Strong interest in social platforms, creators and digital culture

About Us

DMG New Media is Daily Mail Group’s social‑first publishing business, built to reach Gen Z and Millennial audiences across Tik Tok, Instagram, You Tube, Snapchat and emerging platforms. With over 150 million followers and billions of monthly views, we are building a new kind of publisher – creator‑led, platform‑native, and commercially integrated.

As we enter our next phase of growth, we are looking for a Strategy & Growth Lead to help shape and scale the business – supporting growth planning, investment decisions, new ventures, and operational execution across the New Media portfolio.

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more…

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.

Registered in England and Wales.

No 5765286#J-18808-Ljbffr