Director, Strategy & Business Development

Corporate:

Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

The Director of Strategy and Business Development position is a unique, critical, and highly visible role at Light & Wonder.

This position plays a key, active role managing and executing strategic projects independently and with individuals across business units to support the executive leadership team and board of directors in developing, sustaining, and evolving a focused and impactful strategic agenda for Light & Wonder that creates substantial shareholder value over the coming years.

This role sits within the Strategy team and reports to the VP of Strategy & Business Development. The Strategy team works side-by-side with the other organizations under the Chief Strategy Officer, Corporate Development and the Transformation Management office, and is actively involved in developing strategy with business unit leaders. Expectation is that the Strategy team will be a center of top talent in the company and be a pipeline for future executive leadership within the company.

The successful candidate is an independent, analytical, and intellectually curious individual who can structure and execute analyses, develop strategies, and articulate findings to a wide range of stakeholders across the organization’s business units.

Qualifications

Essential Job Functions:

Strategic Projects and Market Analysis

• Manage and lead analysis across a series of key strategy and business development projects (e.g., business unit/line-of-business strategy, market entry/go-to-market strategy, new product development, M&A, etc.)
• Develop a deep understanding of L&W’s business units, the markets they play in, their strategic priorities and potential opportunities
• Identify and develop market insights relevant to current and potential future L&W industry verticals (e.g., market size and growth, key trends, competitive dynamics, industry news, etc.) and develop implications for L&W
• Track and own analysis and organization of data from a variety of internal and external sources to establish a “go-to” hub of consolidated market data for all of L&W’s market verticals
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations and provide analyses / recommendations to leadership
• Structure quantitative analyses and create/manage financial models (e.g., market sizing, forecasts, etc.)
  
  
  

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Actively help manage the project pipeline for the Strategy team
• Partner with stakeholders across business units on projects, providing strategic framing and analytical support, to better inform decision making
• Work with internal strategy team and cross-BU teams to driving alignment across a diverse group of internal stakeholders
• Coordinate with CSO and VP of Strategy & Business Development to build out key strategy team processes
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from top academic institution (MBA preferred)
• 2-3 years in a top tier strategy consulting firm or in a strategy role at a consumer technology, media/entertainment, or gaming company
• Knowledge and passion for the gaming and/or media/entertainment industries
• Strategic mindset, with the ability to work on complex strategic issues by leveraging exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Track record of successfully managing complex cross-organizational and cross-functional projects and processes
• Ability to develop relationships and influence different stakeholder groups directly and indirectly
• Robust quantitative and analytical skill set, including significant financial modeling experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create and deliver presentations
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; Tableau, Alteryx, and other analytics tools a plus
• Experience working collaboratively in teams, with the ability to lead, manage, and develop high-caliber talent
• Ability to effectively balance multiple simultaneous priorities and deadlines with tight timelines
• Travel 4-6x per year, as the position will be remote but will require occasional on-site presence at L&W’s offices in Las Vegas, NV
  
  
  

Physical Requirements: This role is remote, and the incumbent will need to travel occasionally to the office in Las Vegas, NV for routine meetings/company events. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.