StratOps Senior Associate
The StratOps team sits under the COO Office, and is responsible for driving cross functional, enterprise wide strategic initiatives on behalf of the COO. The team operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, partnering with senior leadership across the business to deliver strategic priorities that cut across Commercial, Product & Tech, Strategy & Operations.
As a Senior Associate, the individual will play a critical role in delivering the Group's strategic agenda by owning discrete workstreams within complex strategic projects. The role involves translating ambiguous problems into structured analysis, generating actionable insights, and contributing to shaping strategic recommendations, while actively engaging stakeholders across the business.
- Lead key workstreams within strategic initiatives across Strategy & Operations (e.g. Trading, Performance Marketing).
- Drive and implement initiatives post-decision, ensuring delivery and troubleshooting risks and roadblocks.
- Produce high-quality materials with clear, compelling narratives for senior stakeholders.
- Engage cross-functional stakeholders to challenge assumptions, refine analysis, and align on recommendations.
- 3–4 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 (nice-to-have).
- Competitive salary.
- Generous group bonus scheme.
- Hybrid working - 3 days in office.
- Private medical insurance.
- Pension scheme – matched to 6%.
- Ability to buy and sell holiday.
- Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind.
- Additional "It's Your Game" day off to use at either Christmas or New Year.
- Entain & Enhance days – 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development.
- Share save 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.