Analyst / Sr. Analyst, Global Strategy

Full Time Job
This role will be actively involved across the four key pillars for WWE's Global Strategy team, including but not limited to:
• Long Term Corporate Strategy (evaluating the changing M&E landscape, identifying opportunity spaces, and ensuring WWE is positioned to win in the future)
• Internal Consulting (partnering with WWE's lines of business to strategize for growth)
• Innovation (exploring opportunities to re-imagine existing businesses, and enter whitespaces and adjacencies)
• Corporate Development (VC investments, M&A, JV, and other inorganic growth opportunities)

This is a dynamic role that requires someone who can bring strong analytical capabilities to a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will help further the business by providing in-depth analyses of key business drivers and recommendations for maximizing performance across WWE's business globally.

Key Responsibilities
• Work within the Global Strategy team to explore, develop and recommend strategies and tactics to support WWE's corporate priorities
• Perform rigorous quantitative (e.g. market analysis, consumer trends, economic conditions, etc.) and qualitative (e.g. case studies, competitive strategies, winning applications etc.) analyses to pinpoint appropriate, practical, strategic and operational recommendations
• Define methodologies to support senior management level strategic and operational decisions
• Contribute to the definition of analytic approaches and transform information into thoughtful insights regarding recommended direction
• Take ownership of presentation development for WWE senior executives
• Work closely with several functions including Analytics, Finance, Research, and businesses including Digital, Content Distribution, Consumer Products, Live Events, Global Sales
• Effectively build relationships and collaborate with team members across multiple lines of business to both source and distribute key data elements
• Share ownership of WWE Global Strategy's operational tools and repositories
• Conduct ad-hoc projects for senior management

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience working in strategic consulting at a top firm – alternately, experience in investment banking, private equity, or similar analytically-intensive industry
• Experience in the Media & Entertainment industry – a background in Digital Media, OTT / DTC distribution a plus
• Relevant International experience a plus
• Bachelor's Degree in business or equivalent 'hard-skills' field (mathematics, economics, statistics, etc.)
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical ability
• Strong strategic problem-solving skills with ability to prioritize issues and analysis
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Ability to work independently, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to build rigorous, fact-bases that support recommendations to company management
• Strong planning, communication, and organizational skills – ability to effectively deal with competing priorities, work in a high-paced environment, and communicate to Senior Executives on a regular basis
• Openness to an environment of active developmental feedback and coaching from peers and managers, with desire to learn and grow rapidly
• Expert-level capabilities in both Excel and PowerPoint
• Flexible work schedule based on business needs
• Minimal travel based on business needs