Director, Strategic Initiatives

Warner Music Group

Director, Strategic Initiatives focusing on leadership efficiency and strategic communications at Warner Music Group. Collaborating across teams to synthesize information and support decision-making processes.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $160,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Gather inputs, research, and perspectives from across merchandising, e-commerce, physical, and finance teams
Help structure and refine strategic priorities originating from the President, CFO, and broader leadership team
Synthesize complex information into clear narratives, frameworks, and recommendations
Support the development of arguments, strategic memos, and executive-level presentations
Lead creation of high-quality presentations, briefing documents, and talking points for internal and external audiences
Ensure consistency and clarity in how strategies, priorities, and performance updates are communicated
Prepare leadership for key meetings by coordinating materials, aligning collaborators, and surfacing key issues
Help organize and run key meetings (e.g., staff meetings, business reviews, planning sessions, offsites)
Build agendas, compile materials, and ensure follow-ups and action items are clearly documented
Coordinate across teams to ensure inputs are collected on time and materials are aligned
Maintain access to key initiatives and priorities to support leadership alignment
Act as a central point for consolidating information across merchandising, e-commerce, physical, and finance teams
Ensure leadership teams are working from consistent data, assumptions, and narratives
Facilitate communication between collaborators, helping to clarify priorities and reduce friction
Conduct research and analysis to support decision-making (market trends, competitive insights, performance data)

Requirements

What you’ll need

8–12+ years of experience in strategy, operations, finance, consulting, or business operations
Experience supporting senior leaders in a strategic support role
Exceptional at structuring ambiguous problems and synthesizing complex information
Strong written and visual communication skills — you can build clear, compelling decks and narratives
Highly organized and diligent; able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines
Strong collaborator with the ability to work across functions and levels of seniority
High EQ and sound judgment; comfortable operating behind the scenes to support leadership
Analytical mindset with ability to interpret and translate financial and operational data
Discreet, reliable, and operates with a strong sense of ownership and integrity
Experience in music, media, consumer products, or e-commerce (preferred)
Familiarity with merchandising, DTC, or physical product businesses (preferred)
Experience working in a matrixed organization with multiple collaborators (preferred)
Background in finance or working closely with finance teams (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategic analysisfinancial analysisdata interpretationmarket researchcompetitive analysispresentation developmentmemo writingnarrative synthesisproject managementoperations management

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationorganizationproblem-solvingleadership supportanalytical thinkingattention to detaildiscretionintegrityemotional intelligence