Commercial Strategy Manager

Role Description: Commercial Strategy Manager

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Role title: Commercial Strategy Manager
Reports to (manager’s job title): Head of Commercial Strategy
Directorate / Division: Commercial Strategy / CS&I
Department:
Location: London Paddington
Level / Grade: L5

Role purpose

Virgin Media O2 brings together the UK’s fastest broadband and most loved mobile brand. As we
continue our transformation into a digital-first, customer-obsessed business, the Commercial
Strategy Manager helps shape the company’s direction by supporting the development of strategic
commercial initiatives.
As Commercial Strategy Manager, you will contribute to identifying, assessing and supporting the
delivery of strategic initiatives across our fixed and mobile connectivity businesses and adjacent
opportunities. You’ll use customer, market, commercial and financial insights to inform
recommendations, support business cases, and help align cross-functional teams behind shared
plans.
Working closely with the Head of Commercial Strategy, you will take ownership of defined
workstreams and smaller projects, structure analysis, build recommendations, and prepare
materials for leadership. You will collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and, where
appropriate, may receive support from more junior team members.
This role is ideal for candidates with a strong analytical grounding, excellent communication skills,
and a desire to grow their strategic and commercial capability.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

 Work within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, supporting the development of
high-quality strategic insights and recommendations.
 Partner effectively with cross-functional teams across commercial, technical and operational
areas, as well as external advisers where needed.
 Support commercial assessment of product, price, channel, media and brand initiatives.
Build models and analyse data to inform decision-making.
 Assess industry and economic trends to help anticipate future opportunities and risks.
Conduct competitive analysis to identify areas for growth or optimisation.
 Translate your analysis into crisp slides to deliver recommendations and perspectives to key
executives. Build narratives to support and communicate your findings
 Create clear, concise and visually compelling slide materials to communicate insights and
recommendations to senior stakeholders.
 Ensure effective coordination across teams to support the successful delivery of cross-
functional initiatives.
 Manage specific project workstreams or smaller projects with guidance from the Head of
Commercial Strategy.

Essential skills, knowledge, or experience
(Inc. professional or technical qualifications)

Role Description: Commercial Strategy Manager

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 Strong analytical mindset, with hands-on experience building financial or business models
and advanced Excel skills
 Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of building a clear narrative and
tailoring messages for different audiences.
 Structured thinker with strong business acumen, able to bring clarity to ambiguous
problems and link analysis to business impact.
 Problem-solving ability, with experience interpreting quantitative and qualitative data to
drive insights.
 Sound project management skills, with the ability to plan work, manage timelines and
engage relevant stakeholders.
 Self-starter who can work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate
effectively in a fast-moving environment.
 Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or
similar discipline.