StratOps Senior Associate
The StratOps Senior Associate plays a critical role in delivering Entain's strategic agenda by leading workstreams within high-impact, enterprise-wide initiatives. This role operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, transforming complex and ambiguous business challenges into structured analysis, actionable recommendations, and tangible outcomes that drive business performance.
Reporting to the Head of StratOps within the COO Office, the individual works with a team responsible for driving cross-functional strategic initiatives that shape the future direction of the business. The role involves partnering closely with leaders across Commercial, Product and Technology, Strategy, and Operations to ensure critical priorities move from concept to execution and deliver measurable impact.
- Lead key workstreams within strategic initiatives across Strategy and Operations, supporting priority areas such as Trading, Performance Marketing, Product, Technology and broader business transformation projects.
- Translate complex and ambiguous business challenges into structured analyses, generating data-driven insights and strategic recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Drive implementation of initiatives following strategic decisions, proactively managing risks, overcoming roadblocks, and ensuring successful delivery against agreed objectives.
- Develop clear, compelling presentations, business cases, and executive materials that communicate insights and recommendations effectively to senior leadership.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across the organisation to challenge assumptions, validate findings, build alignment, and deliver high-impact business outcomes.
- 3 to 4 years of experience in corporate strategy, strategy consulting, stratops, or a related analytical field (required).
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to structure and solve complex, ambiguous problems (required).
- Advanced presentation development skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses and strategic recommendations into clear, compelling, executive-ready slide decks (required).
- Strong communication skills, with experience producing compelling, executive-level materials (required).
- Ability to engage and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (required).
- Experience in sports, betting or entertainment (preferred).
- Regular bonus and pension.
- 25 days annual leave and all Bank holidays.
- Extra paid leave, including wellbeing and development days.
- Life assurance and Income Protection.
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
- A stake in Entain's success through the 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.