Strategy Manager, The Economist

Propositions

Salary not provided

Mid level

London

2-5 days a week in office

International weekly newspaper

Job no longer available

International weekly newspaper

1001+ employees

PublishingPrinting

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Mid level

London

2-5 days a week in office

1001+ employees

PublishingPrinting

Company mission

To take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.

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Role

Who you are

Strong quantitative analysis – highly capable in data analysis and manipulation, breaking-down and synthesising customer, competitor, and market information
Sophisticated critical thinking – converting complex customer and market information into actionable insights, with a deep understanding of the wider business implications
Great communication skills – excellent written and verbal communication skills to influence senior management and present intelligence and initiatives with impact
Attention to detail -- you sweat the details and take care in your work so that you deliver to a consistently excellent standard
A problem-solver with bias for action, not a task do-er. Comfortable working both autonomously and as a key part of a dynamic and influential team
Project Management: Ability to drive an agenda autonomously with strong prioritisation skills - requires working in a highly-matrixed organisation, handling competing priorities and connecting the dots across teams
An interest in news media, and an understanding of the drivers of change and disruption in the industry
A positive attitude and a sense of humour certainly helps

What the job involves

We are looking for a Strategy Manager - Propositions to join us
You will sit in the Propositions team and will be responsible for supporting the strategy and development of propositions to drive business growth
This will involve the identification, analysis, strategic development, and ownership of new growth areas
In addition you will be responsible for owning the Market Intelligence function of the business, providing market sizing and competitive intelligence to senior management
Market Intelligence gathering - Harness 1st and 2nd party sources to understand how the market is moving, how competitors are performing and evolving, and how consumers are behaving
Sharing Market Intelligence with the business - Share insights with a wide array of stakeholders and senior business leaders. Business partner with key teams (e.g. marketing, product, retention) to advance understanding and influence decision-making using external insights
Driving development of customer insight - Analyse customer data and synthesise with existing research and market intelligence to develop new strategy forming insights with Data and Research teams
Contribution to business strategy development - Lead in-depth data analyses and synthesise strategic priorities for the business to support the Propositions team in influencing wider strategic business direction for senior leadership
Design and delivery of value propositions - Work with the team across projects to help identify, analyse and develop new propositions from inception to execution to drive new growth

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Our take

Founded in 1843, the Economist is one of the best-known and well-read current affairs publications in the world, able to boast an ever-growing international circulation of around 1.5m readers. With sections ranging from US business news to the best new books & art, The Economist is a key figure within the huge journalism market.

Given its big market share, the key question for The Economist will be where it goes from here. Likely, the plan will be to carry on with business as usual. Critically, unlike many of its competitors, during the coronavirus pandemic The Economist has seen little decline in business, even as sales of paper-newspapers have declined globally. In particular, this is because the Economist has been operating a hybrid system of online and paper news for many years now, and so its core business has had relatively little to adapt to during the pandemic.

So, the key thing for The Economist will be ensuring that it keeps producing high-quality journalism into the future. In an age where the news is constantly plagued by distrust and misinformation, The Economist has a golden opportunity to set itself apart as a quality institution going forward.