The Wall Street Journal · 1 month ago
Sr. Manager - Strategy and Business Operations
NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$140K/yr - $155K/yr
6+ years expNews Corp is a global diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content. They are seeking a Sr. Manager for their Corporate Strategy Team to support strategic planning and operations, develop research and analysis for business initiatives, and collaborate with senior management across multiple Business Units.
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Responsibilities
Work with members of the News Corp HQ Strategy Team to create and maintain the project management and reporting framework for projects and workstreams that are part of our Strategic Initiatives. Specific tasks include helping to determine the prioritization and scope of the various internal and cross-business initiatives, establishing key milestones and ensuring the team is adhering to all timelines
Provide direct support to the Chief Strategy Officer, including responding to CEO requests, preparing executive-level materials, supporting team strategy and budgeting processes, leading and coordinating strategic initiatives across global BUs
Establish and maintain effective reporting mechanisms as well as draft and monitor KPIs to ensure project status is communicated in an accurate and timely manner. This will include working with Finance to integrate budget into the reporting framework
Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders to message objectives, timing and key deliverables initially then continue to ensure projects and initiatives are progressing according to the timeline
Lead preparation for regular reviews of Strategic Initiative workstreams and updates for senior management to report on progress of the programs; this includes drafting agendas, attendee lists, capturing notes and providing summaries with follow up actions
Support Strategy Team with ad hoc projects as directed, including quarterly CEO presentation
Be a self-starter that will take initiative in moving projects forward, flagging any potential risks and identifying areas of opportunity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business or finance, or related field or equivalent experience
6+ years of working in consulting, strategy and/or program management with direct experience working with senior management
Excellent written / oral communication, interpersonal and motivational skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Exceptional service orientation and ability to motivate staff in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and see the big picture while effectively managing details
Strong analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
Proven leadership ability and experience with workflow management
Superior ability to articulate ideas to various audiences such as technical and non-technical audiences, senior management, and both corporate and business unit working groups
Project management experience managing all phases of multifaceted strategy projects with proven day-to-day project management proven expertise
Experience in establishing and enforcing effective product / program management strategies, methodologies and processes
Proven ability to plan, organize, and deliver projects in accordance with agreed schedules and budgets across multiple time zones
Fluency in storyboarding and crafting PowerPoint presentations
Comfortable working in Excel
Ability to judiciously set and manage priorities
Highly organized with an ability to juggle multiple projects with varying degrees of completion and priority
Preferred
Previous work experience in digital media and publishing a plus but not required
Benefits
Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package
Variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits
Elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce
Company
The Wall Street Journal
Winner of 40 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, The Wall Street Journal includes coverage of U.S.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.49M2015-03-31Angel· $0.49M
Leadership Team
Nitin Rakesh
Member, CEO Council
Oren Zaslansky
Member, CEO Council
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