Head of Portfolio Strategy & Planning

Job Description

The UK&I Strategy & Insights team helps shape strategic direction across the UK&I business, bringing together customer, market, brand and commercial insight to inform where the business should invest, grow and focus its resources. Working closely with Marketing, Finance and other customer-facing functions, the team provides the evidence and strategic thinking behind key portfolio and investment decisions.

As Head of Portfolio Strategy & Planning, you will lead portfolio strategy across UK&I and help the business make sharper choices about where to invest, grow and focus resources. You will combine customer, market, brand and commercial data to evaluate opportunities and translate insight into clear portfolio priorities and investment recommendations.

Reporting to the Strategy & Insights Director, you will be part of the UK&I Strategy & Insights team, partnering across Marketing, Finance and other customer-facing functions. You will own market sizing, forecasting and strategic market outlooks, while bringing leaders together around priorities across products, channels, brands and customer segments to ensure resources are focused on the opportunities with the greatest potential.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the UK&I portfolio and influencing some of the business's most important strategic and investment decisions. Ready to help shape where UK&I invests, grows and focuses next?

You Will:

• Own UK&I portfolio strategy across products, channels, brands and customer segments.
• Partner with Marketing and Finance to develop evidence-based investment recommendations and inform where the business should focus its resources.
• Own market sizing, forecasting and strategic market outlooks that inform portfolio and investment decisions.
• Lead strategic planning, develop portfolio business cases and support executive decision-making forums.
• Translate portfolio priorities into clear investment plans and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

You Have:

• Proven portfolio strategy experience within direct-to-consumer businesses.
• Strong commercial experience evaluating opportunities, trade-offs and returns.
• Track record of prioritising initiatives and allocating resources across competing demands.
• Experience creating governance and planning processes that support investment and prioritisation decisions.

Additional Information

Benefits

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire you. Join us, and a great compensation package is just the beginning. You can expect to receive benefits like:

• A regular bonus and great pension.
• 25 days annual leave plus local public holidays.
• Extra paid leave, including wellbeing and development days.
• Life assurance and Income Protection.
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
• A stake in our success through our ShareSave scheme.

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