Manager, Strategy & Business Development - Remote-

Light & Wonder's corporate team iscomprisedof incredibletalent thatworks 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.

The Manager 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 Vice President 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. 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.

Essential Job Functions:

Strategic Projects and Market Analysis

• Lead and execute 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 drive alignment across a diverse group of internal stakeholders

• QualCoordinate with CSO and Sr. Director of Strategy & Business Development to build out key strategy team processes

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years experience working 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

• 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

The targeted pay range for this role is $137,400.00 - $150,000.00. The total compensation package for this position may also include applicable incentive compensation, such as an annual performance bonus. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, specific work geography, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, "L&W") are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

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