Senior Strategy Associate – Sony Sports Businesses

Sits within the newly formed Strategy Office and supports the Sony Sports businesses across post-merger integration, strategy and corporate development. Reporting to the Head of Strategy Development, the post-holder owns workstreams end to end and works directly with ELT members and senior stakeholders across Sony Sports. The role also offers exposure to Sony's other businesses, such as PlayStation and Sony Pictures, as the enterprise explores collaboration opportunities.

• Lead the development of investment theses and strategic business cases for potential M&A, JVs and partnerships, and shape acquisition activity pre-, during and post-completion.
• Own commercial and strategic due diligence workstreams, including directing analysis, preparing materials for decision-makers, and leading calls with targets and advisers.
• Own ROI, sizing and strategic fit analysis, and the recommendations that follow from it.
• Drive the integration of newly acquired assets, owning post-merger integration planning and delivery.
• Qualify and rationalise investment and JV inbounds, and originate and screen warm leads for acquisition or partnership to achieve strategic growth.
• Lead deep market analysis and own the latest view on market size, forecasts, profit pools and trends across main and adjacent markets.
• Stay up to date on the competitive landscape, understanding key competitors and their activities by market, and size, evaluate and prioritise commercial opportunities.
• Own strategic inputs into mid- and long-term planning, including the Mid-Range Plan and 5-year plan.
• Own strategy updates and materials for ELT review, tracking and monitoring progress against strategic goals, and manage relationships with external advisers on specialised data.
• Represent the Strategy Office in senior executive meetings with partners and prospective partners, and manage and mentor associates, reviewing their work and raising the standard of output.

• 2.5–4 years of experience at a top-tier strategy consultancy or within a comparable in-house strategy function.
• Knowledge of and an interest in sport and technology.
• Strong analytical skills, including advanced financial modelling.
• High proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and additional software packages.
• Outstanding research ability.
• Highly analytical, able to structure ambiguous problems in a clear and logical way and translate market insight into a defensible recommendation.
• Clear communicator with strong storytelling ability, credible in front of groups of any size and seniority.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with senior personnel and gain the trust of both the senior team and wider stakeholders.
• Solid business acumen and commercial understanding.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, taking a loosely defined brief and returning exec-ready content with limited iteration.
• Natural team leader, comfortable managing, coaching and reviewing the work of others.
• Intellectually curious with a strategic mindset.
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in PMI and M&A is a plus.

Sony Sports is a growing portfolio of several leading sports data technology companies, including Hawk-Eye Innovations, Beyond Sports and STATSports. We are constantly striving to innovate and bring transformative new products and experiences to sport, and we are proud to work across the top federations, governing bodies and clubs in the global sports world.