Senior Manager

We’re looking for a Service Manager Emerging Business Activation to join in London

Liberty Global is the largest international cable company, with a focus on driving both strong organic growth and opportunistic M&A activity. The Senior Manager role within the Emerging Business Activation Team is an exciting opportunity to join a highly dynamic organisation, with direct exposure to senior management whilst being part of a wider corporate group executing Liberty Global’s strategy.

Focusing on activating new growth opportunities, lifting and shifting new revenue sources, and managing the team that ensures all financial and strategic aspects of ongoing EBA projects, the role will entail gaining a clear understanding of dynamics that influence the performance of a continuously evolving organisation. The role offers a high degree of independence, supporting a team situated at the centre of Liberty Global’s corporate group. The Senior Manager will be a key constituent of the team required to prepare, present and debate high quality Group-level analysis with the senior management team. The role requires a unique combination of analytical know-how, and an entrepreneurial activation mind-set.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for the end to end management of ventures built in the Sandbox and launch of products into market
• Responsible for ongoing management of Sandbox ventures, including iterations to ensure product is meeting consumers needs based on real time feedback i.e.: intimately understanding the consumer needs, marketplace, competitors, partners, and backend technology used in order to deliver the product to the market
• The phrase most commonly used is a ‘mini CEO’ who not only leads the team but is also hands on with tracking customer sentiment, ops, finance, technology builds and in most cases, vendor / partnership management
• Strong squad leadership to deliver daily / weekly outcomes (this includes running agile ceremonies e.g.: daily stand ups, working with the tech team to understand their development cycle, front end development and backlog prioritisation (continuous integration / continuous delivery)
• Proven track record in pipeline prirotisation, ensuring the most valuable task is actioned
• Work with the team to build a roadmap for delivery over the remainder of 2021, ability to proactively pivot / iterate plan as and where needed
• Provide strategic link into rest of the LG organisation for ad hoc strategic and investment opportunities (which may sit in outside of the Sandbox)
• Proven track record managing investors and governance meetings e.g.: ‘Project Home Run Governance Board’
• Core skills:
• Lead a team and ‘do the work’ – this is not a corporate leadership role where your core focus is managing a team – this role will work both on the busines and in the business in a start-up environment
• Pivot / iterate plan based on real time feedback and data being received from the marketplace (core skill in continuous delivery / continuous improvement
• Financials against business case
• Technical – work with Plumes tech team to ensure the front-end development of the app represents and surfaces the Kin proposition as tested in the incubation phase
• Ability to work in ambiguous environment and still continue to drive forward

Education, Knowledge & Experience

• University degree educated or similar
• Post-graduate degree, i.e. MBA, preferred
• Agile team leadership
• Good communicator, sense of diplomacy in dealing with people in multinational environment
• Product Management experience (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery)
• People management experience (Squad leadership / Tribe leadership)
• Finance & Corporate Strategy acumen
• Creative problem solving in a complex environment
• Working in and with Start-ups / scale ups or within a corporate venture team

Preferred Knowledge & Experience:

• Relevant experience in corporate finance/ strategy/ shared services environments
• Experience working in an agile environment, ideally with exposure to both D2C and SaaS
• Relentless focus on the customer with proven ability to use Human Centered Design methodologies

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary + Bonus
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team

Who are we?

We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.

Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.

With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.

We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.

Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.

Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.

And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. We’re 100% committed to having a workforce that represents every part of our society. So we’re keen to hear from candidates of all background and circumstances.