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VP, Head of Strategy & Business Operations

🏢 Skydance · 📍 Los Angeles · 💼 onsite · ⏰ Full Time
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

Skydance Games, a division of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, is building the future of franchise-driven interactive entertainment. As part of a global storytelling company defined by iconic worlds and multigenerational fandom, we see gaming not as an extension of our brands, but as one of the most powerful ways their stories come to life and evolve alongside the audiences who love them.

Through creativity, collaboration, and trust, we empower our teams to push boundaries and turn bold ideas into experiences that resonate with fans around the world.

Do you want to craft games that challenge expectations and inspire players? Come build something extraordinary with us.  
 
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We are seeking a VP, Head of Strategy & Business Operations to serve as a senior strategic partner to the division’s leadership team and build the operating foundation for our growing games business.

Reporting to the EVP, Head of Commercial & Marketing, Paramount Games, this executive sits at the intersection of strategy, analytics, finance and operations. They will lead the division’s long-range strategy alongside Games leadership and Paramount’s Corporate Strategy organization, build its data and KPI infrastructure, model major opportunities and transactions, and own the operating mechanisms behind faster, better-informed decisions.

The ideal candidate pairs exceptional strategic and analytical ability with a pragmatic operating mindset, moving from the long-term evolution of the global games market to a complex deal model, to a leadership dashboard, to a quarterly business review. They work through ambiguity independently and influence senior leaders across a highly matrixed global

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Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

They strictly evaluate your elite creative-technical hybrid mindset, storytelling passion, and ability to thrive in a high-stakes entertainment and gaming studio.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Treating entertainment media purely as a utilitarian tech stack without respecting creative sensibilities
  • 2. Showing rigidity when cross-functional creative feedback changes project scopes
  • 3. Lack of awareness regarding current trends in gaming, animation, or streaming distribution
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