Amazon

Head, WW Growth & Programming Strategy, MGM+

Amazon$150K — $200K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Strong data analysis skills to inform business decisions
  • Experience with global cross-functional collaboration
  • Ability to influence and align with senior stakeholders
  • 12+ years in strategy or business development roles in media
  • Familiarity with subscription or direct-to-consumer models

Responsibilities

  • Lead global subscriber growth and LTV strategy through data-driven recommendations
  • Bridge analytics with business decisions affecting subscriber P&L
  • Advise content teams on programming strategies based on audience data
  • Collaborate with Global Data and Analytics on commercial decision frameworks
  • Explore and develop commercial partnerships for subscriber growth
  • Assess and enhance MGM+'s competitive stance in the streaming landscape
  • Track and present growth strategy KPIs to senior leadership

Benefits

  • Access to senior leadership from day one
  • Global scope and high-profile impact
  • Opportunity to define a new function in the organization
  • Engagement with a wide array of cross-functional teams
  • Potential for significant influence on P&L decisions
Full Job Description
Head of WW Growth & Programming Strategy, MGM+ will set the commercial and content direction for a global premium streaming service. You will report directly to the Global GM and work at the intersection of data, content, and subscriber economics.

This role owns three strategic pillars: subscriber growth and LTV strategy (pricing, promotions, sampling, retention), programming strategy advisory (translating audience data into content mix recommendations), and business development (distribution deals, bundling, and commercial partnerships). You will be the connective tissue between analytical insight and business decisions that directly move the P&L.

This is a rare opportunity to define a function from scratch at a high-profile streaming service, with global scope from day one and direct access to the senior leadership team.

Key job responsibilities

- Own worldwide subscriber growth and LTV strategy - including pricing, promotional strategy, sampling programs, and retention interventions - and translate analytical outputs into recommendations with clear owners and measurable outcomes

- Serve as the primary strategic link between MGM+'s data and analytics function and the business decisions that move the subscriber P&L

- Use audience and subscriber data to advise programming leadership on content mix, genre strategy, format priorities, and slate decisions that serve acquisition and retention goals

- Partner with GDA (Global Data and Analytics) to develop and maintain the modelling frameworks that inform commercial decision-making across pricing, churn, and content investment

- Pursue business development and commercial partnership opportunities - including distribution arrangements, sampling deals, and bundling - that drive subscriber growth at scale

- Build and maintain the strategic view of MGM+'s competitive positioning in the premium streaming market, across both US and international territories

- Operate effectively in a matrixed organisation, influencing decisions across programming, marketing, finance, and technology without direct authority over those teams

- Define and track the KPIs that measure growth strategy effectiveness, and present performance and recommendations to senior leadership

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience

- Experience using data analysis to drive business decisions

- Experience working with global and cross-functional teams across business development, marketing, operations, product development and legal

- Experience influencing senior leaders/stakeholders

- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

- 12+ years of experience in strategy, commercial, or business development roles within media, entertainment, or streaming

- Experience with subscription or direct-to-consumer business models

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MBA, or Advanced degree

- Experience in management consulting, audience development or strategy/business development at a major media or technology company

- Experience improving and creating new processes and structure to achieve goals

- Experience in a content acquisition or business development department of a media company

- Experience negotiating license or business development agreements

- Experience with pricing strategy and promotional modelling in a subscription business

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

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