Head of Portfolio Strategy & Planning
The UK&I Strategy & Insights team at Entain helps shape strategic direction across the UK&I business by 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, the individual will lead portfolio strategy across UK&I and help the business make sharper choices about where to invest, grow and focus resources. The role involves combining 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, the role holder 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.
- 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.
- Proven portfolio strategy experience within direct-to-consumer businesses (required).
- Strong commercial experience evaluating opportunities, trade-offs and returns (required).
- Track record of prioritising initiatives and allocating resources across competing demands (required).
- Experience creating governance and planning processes that support investment and prioritisation decisions (required).
- Regular bonus and 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.
- ShareSave scheme.
Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups and a FTSE 100 company. Formed when GVC Holdings rebranded as Entain in December 2020, its brands trace their history back to the 1880s and include bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. Through its joint venture with MGM Resorts International, it powers BetMGM in the United States with its proprietary technology. Headquartered in London, Entain employs over 30,000 people with offices across 19 countries.