Media & Entertainment Senior Director & Director – Strategy & Media Operations

Description

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and advisory services, is seeking a Managers, Directors, and Senior Directors to join its growing Media & Entertainment (M&E) team within the Corporate Performance Improvement practice.

We are looking for candidates with a bias toward action and a track record of delivering meaningful results.

Our ideal candidates will have deep functional expertise in many of the following areas:

• Industries:
  • Television & Streaming
  • Publishing/Education/Information Services
  • Advertising
  • Music
• Solutions:
  • Content Enablement (Content Acquisition & Production Strategy; Content Supply Chain Enablement; Rights & Royalties Management Systems; Intellectual Property Analytics & Advising)
  • Media Finance Transformation ((Rights, Royalties & Studio Accounting)
  • Operating Model Optimization (Media Operations Transformation, Media Consolidation & Acquisitions Cost Takeout; Technology Platform Modernization)
  • Revenue Maximization (Advertising/Subscription Optimization, User & Customer Experience)
• Technologies:
  • Ad Stack (Wide Orbit, Operative, Programmatic)
  • Royalty Systems
  • Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
  • ERP (SAP, Oracle, Navision/Business Central)
  • Rights Systems (RSG, Rightsline, Filmtrack)
  • CRM (Salesforce, Dynamics)
  • RPA / Automation
  • Process Modeling (Celonis)

Project and Communication Skills

• Ability to employ high emotional IQ in client and team interactions to build consensus and buy-in to support change efforts
• Ability to synthesize diverse ideas, facts, and data into a cohesive analysis that includes problem statement, solution hypotheses, and robust data analysis to support recommendations
• Provide service excellence by identifying key client business issues
• Analysis validation / recommendation development for the client in the context of the overall engagement
• Deliverable quality management and oversight
• Team and day-to-day client relationship management to ensure exceptional performance
• Participate in the development and presentation of proposals for business development activities
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle multiple, and often conflicting, priorities at one time
• Great attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all work
• High degree of professionalism and confidentiality in handling and having access to client information
• Strong analytical, project management, oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, etc.)
• Ability to travel depending on home base (primarily for clients in the Northeast)

People Skills

• Demonstrated success in developing and managing business stakeholder relationships
• Highest personal and professional ethics consistent with the A&M's Core Values (Integrity | Quality | Objectivity | Fun | Personal Reward | Inclusive Diversity)
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment that is fast-paced and entrepreneurial
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Advocate of team concept

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the media and entertainment industry demonstrating a track record of delivering measurable and sustainable results
• Consulting and Media & Entertainment industry experience preferred

The following are the annual base salary ranges, commensurate with experience: Director: $150,000-$205,000; Senior Director: $175,000-$245,000. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.

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