Manager, Strategy - New York, United States - Warner Music Group

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Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we're a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Job Title: Manager, Strategy & Operations

Department: Strategy & Operations

Location: New York, NY

A little bit about our team:

The Strategy & Operations team develops and integrates global strategic initiatives aimed at both optimizing WMG's business of today and building WMG's business of tomorrow. The Strategy & Operations team serves as a partner and advisory group to WMG's Executive Leadership Team, delivering objective analysis and insights, and developing and executing cross-functional strategic initiatives that impact the business globally.

Your role:

The ideal candidate will combine analytical rigor, commercial pragmatism and thought leadership, with enthusiasm for diving deeper into existing processes and tirelessly looking for opportunities to advance the business. This role will focus on ideating and implementing new strategic initiatives across WMG's business units. This position requires an appetite to rapidly develop domain and institutional expertise while supporting end-to-end execution of strategic initiatives from ideation to stakeholder alignment and through integration.

Here you'll get to:

• Mix creative strategic thinking with practical business applications
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across the business to define needs and deliver solutions
• Manage initiatives that focus on driving novel strategies and process improvements
• Analyze and evaluate internal business plans
• Develop and manage detailed road maps for multiple projects
• Perform financial forecasting and market analysis to develop strategy and competitive insights
• Author and deliver executive level recommendations and updates

About you:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• 2+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, private equity, or strategy work
• Strong knowledge of business and financial concepts
• Experience executing complex strategic and operational initiatives
• Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, including creating complex Excel models
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct analysis, and make strategic recommendations
• Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to think critically and work independently, as well as with others in a small team environment
• Advanced Excel skills required

We'd love it if you also had:

• Experience with and proficiency in statistical computing software or data analytic environments (e.g., SQL databases including ETL, Python, R, Tableau), including the ability to analyze large and complex datasets for patterns and trends, and build statistical models
• Knowledge and experience with statistical and datamining concepts such as significance testing, regression, decision trees, clustering, forecasting, sampling, and scenario analysis

As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We're the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the "Apply" link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

Salary Range

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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