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Role purpose:

Market Development sits within Virgin Media O2 Business and is the team responsible for driving growth to the organisation by establishing new and digital-first revenue streams from high-growth markets like 5G, IoT, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Our world is rapidly evolving from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy, and for us, that means that we need to support our business customers to adopt new technologies and absorb digital transformation to thrive and create value for society. We at Virgin Media O2 are exceptionally well-positioned to help every organisation accelerate digitalisation, and the Market Development team is here to make it happen.  

Reporting into Head of Strategy, Innovation 5G & IoT, this is an important role within Market Development leading the development of its strategy. You will keep abreast of market trends, external industry developments and be expected to lead a variety of strategic projects, from initial analysis through to final recommendation or business case.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Lead on identifying, analysing, evaluating and recommending new strategic opportunities for Market Development.  Support evolving our product strategies with 5G, IoT, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence using digital channels.
• Develop financial modelling/analysis to evaluate opportunities, interpret trends and make data-driven recommendations.
• Develop clear, concise, and compelling executable strategies ready for presentation at the board level with recommendations, solutions, and investment cases.
• Monitor market, competitor, and industry insights to identify new growth areas and their impact on the current strategy in a systematic way.
• Lead and own multiple internal consulting style strategy projects, taking responsibility for their end-to-end delivery

Essential skills, knowledge, or experience

• Extensive practical experience of strategy development and proven experience in product strategy with a B2B focus
• Good understanding of 5G, IoT, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, digital channels and strategic awareness of the telecommunications and technology B2B market landscape
• Customer insight and data-driven/ metric focused and highly numerate and analytical, able to develop business cases and new business or commercial models (including financial impact, P&L modelling, IRR, payback etc)
• Strong communicator with excellent influencing skills and ability to translate complex ideas into clear compelling strategy presentations
• Self-motivated with good organisational and time management skills
• Experience in managing strategic projects and cross-functional teams
• Curiosity to discover and learn about new technologies, ideas, concepts, and trends.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders across business; an ability to challenge, successfully influence and hold others to account
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• An inquisitive, tenacious approach to problem-solving, showing initiative and determination, with an ability to quickly get to grips with new subject matter

Essential skills:

• Effective Communication
• Effective Planning and Organisation
• Initiative and proactive attitude
• Strong teamwork and cooperation
• Problem solving and judgement

Desirable skills:

• Flexibility and adaptability to change
• Agile ways of working and creativity

Additional information:

Location: London/ flexible working

Closing date: 23/03/2022

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We’re looking to pay a great compensation package (depending on experience) for this position. We also offer plenty of extras to sweeten the deal, which could include things like bonuses, life assurance cover, health care and lots of flexible benefits.  

Also, every employee has their personal development supported with a LinkedIn learning account; plus other role specific learning available through our award-winning digital learning platform - O2 Campus. 

We also believe a great work-life balance is important, so we’re open to considering flexible working arrangements. Like to know more, feel free to raise it.  

Join us and we’ll encourage you to be bold every day. So take a deep breath, your career is about to go to exciting new places. 

If you have any questions around the role then please email ResourceTUK@o2.com who will be happy to help.