Strategy Manager - Corporate Strategy

Strategy Manager - Corporate Strategy

Full-Time 60000 - 80000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Virgin Media

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead strategic projects, turning complex challenges into clear decisions that shape the company's future.
  • Company: Join Virgin Media O2, a flexible-first organisation committed to diversity and inclusion.
  • Benefits: Enjoy Bupa healthcare, generous holiday, and exclusive rewards like discounts on broadband and mobile.
  • Other info: Opportunity for career growth and coaching junior colleagues in a high-performing team.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact by influencing key business decisions in a collaborative environment.
  • Qualifications: 5 years in corporate strategy, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.

Overview

This is a unique opportunity to join the Corporate Strategy team at Virgin Media O2, where you will tackle some of the most complex and impactful questions facing the business.

Working across multiple functions, you’ll turn open‑ended challenges into clear strategic choices, helping shape decisions that influence the direction of the organisation.

Responsibilities

  • Own key workstreams within high‑profile strategic projects, from defining the problem and building the evidence base to delivering recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Combine analytical rigor with clear storytelling, working closely with teams across the business to align thinking, manage risks and translate insights into practical action.
  • Support and coach junior colleagues, contributing to a collaborative and high‑performing team environment.

Qualifications

  • 5years' experience in corporate strategy in‑house or top‑tier strategy consulting.
  • Advanced analytical toolkit: excellent Excel and financial modelling skills, comfortable building models, testing scenarios, sense‑checking outputs, and explaining the logic behind your analysis.
  • Structured problem‑solving: ability to break large, ambiguous questions into logical workstreams, hypotheses and analyses.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling: proven ability to distil findings into clear, well‑designed slides and concise talking points for senior audiences.
  • Stakeholder confidence: experience working across teams to gather inputs, align assumptions, manage risks and keep projects moving.
  • Team mindset: enjoy working collaboratively, coaching junior colleagues, sharing knowledge and contributing to a supportive, high‑performing team culture.
  • Nice‑to‑haves
  • Exposure to telecoms, media or subscription‑based businesses.
  • Experience using AI‑enabled tools to accelerate research, analysis, synthesis or content development.
  • Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Think‑Cell or other visual analytics and presentation tools.

Benefits

  • Bupa healthcare, wellbeing support, life cover, pension and generous holiday (including birthday off).
  • Optional electric vehicle lease and Cycle2Work scheme.
  • Dental insurance, neurodiversity assessments and discounts on broadband, TV and mobile.
  • Access to the Virgin Family platform, the O Priority app and exclusive rewards, experiences and opportunities to attend events.
  • Company Culture and Diversity

We are a flexible‑first organisation and request that everyone spend at least eight days a month connecting with each other in person through meetings, off‑sites, volunteering days, cross‑functional projects or away days.

We are committed to accessibility, inclusion and equity for all and proudly state that Virgin Media O is an equal opportunities employer.

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Virgin Media

Contact Details:

Virgin Media Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Strategy Manager - Corporate Strategy

Analytical Skills
Excel
Financial Modelling
Structured Problem-Solving
Communication Skills
Storytelling
Stakeholder Management