Senior Manager, Commercial Planning

Job Description

About the Role & Team

The Disney+ team is responsible for the launch and day to day operation of Disney+ across Europe , Middle East and Africa, specifically focused on customer acquisition and retention, marketing, partnerships and synergy, content programming, research and analytics. Within that team, t he Commercial Performance and Planning team is responsible for providing a consolidated view of ongoing EMEA trading performance of Disney+, driving insights and decision-making to optimise sign-ups and subscriber growth, and overseeing the Disney+ annual and quarterly planning process.

We are looking for a forward-thinking, analytically minded Commercial Planning Senior Manager to join our Disney+ Commercial Performance and Planning team. The purpose of the role is to ensure we have well-defined and socialised targets for sign-ups, marketing budgets, retention and other key DTC metrics, both for the long term and to guide the business on a quarterly, weekly and daily basis.

This role will leverage strategic thinking, ability to pull insights from Disney+ data, bottom-up plans from markets, market intelligence, research and analytics, to synthesise them and define the most appropriate plans for the DTC business.

This is a pivotal, central role within the Disney+ E ME A business, which will work in collaboration with our local European markets , across regional Disney+ functions (incl. marketing, product and content teams) , BD & strategy teams, as well as Finance teams across Europe and the US .

What You Will Do
• Lead ing development of D+ annual strategy and annual planning for Disney+ subscriber growth across acquisition and retention across multiple tiers and markets , leveraging market and competitor insights, learnings from D+ research , past performance , analysis on future trends
• Driving quarterly planning including quarterly targets, strategy, operational planning and ruthless prioritisation process , working closely with marketing and finance teams
• Leading monthly / bi-monthly forecasting process for Disney+ subscriber growth across acquisition and retention , for retail and wholesale customers, in close partnership with Disney+ Finance teams
• Work in close collaboration with US DTC commercial teams to align on latest EMEA plans, strategic initiatives, content targets, planning methodologies
• Lead modelling for business cases and scenarios to support decision-making on pricing, go-to -market strategies, optimisation of monetisation
• Support ing in prep aration for EMEA & US commercial updates
• Develop and guide a team of high-performing individuals

Required Qualifications & Skills
• Excellent stakeholder management with experience of dealing with senior level stakeholders
• Experience in consulting
or marketing planning preferred
• A bility to tailor comms to different audiences (e.g. country teams, DSS, execs)
• Experience working in data-driven environments and driving decision-making through data
• High numeracy and analytical ability & rigour , attention to detail
• Ability to challenge high-level numbers and develop quick & accurate 'back of the envelope ' scenarios
• Strategic mindset
• Clear and succinct communication skills
• Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple project schedules and deadlines that run simultaneously
• Demonstrated success in influencing cross-functional teams, stakeholders and leadership

The Perks
• 25 days annual leave
• Private medical insurance & dental care
• Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
• Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
• Excellent parental and guardian leave
• Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-bxwqzy-3-140-193-114-42 in your application.