Senior Strategy Manager in London

Join us for a bright future at ALM! Our network of more than 450+ employees globally is united by a shared understanding that the work we do makes a direct impact on the success of our customers and audiences. Our collaborative environment provides a vast amount of opportunities for career development. Our goal is to hire the industry’s top talent, offer growth opportunities and provide a fulfilling working environment. Here at ALM, we are a customer-focused and market-driven company dedicated to the success of the customers we serve with our information products and marketing services and events. Across ALM, our teams deliver premium content to professionals in the legal, finance, real estate and insurance industries. We promote and value innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. We believe that integrity must be at the heart of everything we do. We foster an environment of trust and teamwork and believe that employee empowerment drives our progress and success as a business. We insist on quality and continuous improvement in all that we do.

You will sit at the centre of ALM / Law Business Research's strategic agenda, translating ambiguous business questions into clear hypotheses, sharp analyses, and actionable recommendations. Unlike large consulting engagements, you will stay to see your work implemented — and own the outcomes. The role spans four interconnected areas:

• Growth & market strategy — identifying and sizing expansion opportunities across segments, geographies, and product categories within our B2B information, events, and digital media portfolio.
• AI and product innovation — defining where AI and data can create differentiated propositions for our customers, working with product and editorial teams to bring ideas to life.
• Strategic partnerships — sourcing, structuring, and developing partnerships that open new distribution, content, or technology pathways; this is a meaningful and growing part of the role.
• Pricing, monetization & commercial strategy — building models and frameworks on subscription economics, pricing architecture, bundling, and customer lifetime value to improve commercial performance across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead structured workstreams on the group's most important strategic initiatives, managing scope, analysis, stakeholder coordination, and delivery of board-level recommendations.
• Run market, customer, and competitive analyses in B2B information, events, and digital media — synthesizing findings into crisp insight that actually changes decisions.
• Develop and stress-test strategic partnership opportunities: identify potential partners, define the value exchange, and support commercial negotiation and structuring.
• Build commercially grounded models and frameworks — market sizing, scenario planning, pricing analysis, customer lifetime value — to underpin investment, product, and go-to-market decisions.
• Support the CSO in preparing materials for the executive team, board, and investors — translating complex analysis into concise narratives and clear recommendations.
• Partner with business unit leaders to convert strategy into execution plans with measurable milestones and KPIs, tracking progress as conditions evolve.
• Contribute to building LBR/ALM's internal strategy capability — playbooks, analytical templates, and repeatable frameworks that raise the bar across the organization.

What Makes This Role Distinctive

• Direct access and influence — you will work alongside the CSO day-to-day, with clear line-of-sight to executive and board-level priorities from the outset.
• Own the outcome, not just the slide — unlike consulting, you will stay to see your recommendations implemented and your models tested against reality.
• A genuinely interesting strategic moment — post-merger portfolio integration, AI-enabled proposition building, and a live M&A and partnerships pipeline across an international B2B platform.
• Material scope, quickly — you will own significant workstreams rather than small slices of large projects, and you will be stretched across strategy, commercial analysis, and execution.
• A culture that values thinking and doing equally — analytical rigor is expected, but so is bias to action. We are not a slide-ware culture.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 5 – 10 years of total experience, with a meaningful portion in strategy consulting, specialist commercial due diligence, or a high-calibre in-house strategy function.
• Experience at a specialist strategy or sector-focused consultancy is particularly valued.
• A track record of project-managing complex workstreams end-to-end: structuring the problem, driving the analysis, aligning stakeholders, and landing the recommendation at C-suite or board level.
• Direct experience in or adjacent to one or more of: subscription and recurring revenue models, B2B information or data businesses, digital media, or technology-enabled services.
• Comfort working with imperfect data to produce directionally sound, timely insight — you know that 'good and fast' often beats 'perfect and late.'
• Some exposure to partnership development, commercial structuring, or investor-grade business planning is a plus, but not a prerequisite.

Skills & Attributes

• Structured problem-solver — able to decompose complex, ambiguous questions into clear workplans and testable hypotheses without losing sight of the commercial question being answered.
• Commercially instinctive — you understand what drives value in information and media businesses and can identify the levers that really move the needle.
• Strong, precise communicator — able to build trust quickly with senior stakeholders and present nuanced findings in a way that drives decisions, not just discussion.
• Collaborative and low-ego — comfortable operating as a trusted thought partner to business leaders and functional specialists, and willing to roll up your sleeves when needed.
• Growth mindset — motivated by learning, rapid iteration, and building something — not just advising from the outside.

Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

• Start of employment: Eye care, Employee Assistance Programme, A day off for your birthday.
• After 3 months employment: Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution).
• After 4 months employment: Life assurance.
• After probation: Cycle to work scheme, Season ticket loan, £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes, Puregym access, Perks at work platform access.
• After 1 year service: Private healthcare.
• Additional Perks: Company socials, Access to Employee Affinity Networks, Mentoring scheme, Volunteering Day, Mortgage Advice, Work from anywhere (2 weeks), Generous parental leave.

We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.

At Law Business Research, we believe in the power of growth and the importance of nurturing talent. We have learned that building the right team delivers extraordinary results. Our fast-paced journey to becoming a global technology-driven information service provider has been built upon the values we hold close: rewarding excellence, providing meaningful work on our leading brands, and fostering an inclusive environment that is diverse, connected, and supportive. By doing this, we have grown together and achieved global success. Join us and be a part of a journey where your contributions are valued, your impact is significant, and your growth is our priority.