LN Concerts, US Concerts Strategy Manager

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

THE JOB

As a Strategy Manager, you enjoy assessing problems, thinking through solutions, and outlining recommendations to leadership. You will build models, presentations, and other ad hoc deliverables that will enable our organization better assess trends, review deals, and generally better inform business decision making. You'll leverage colleagues across the organization including our analytics function to run comprehensive analyses. As a key player in our US Concerts Strategy and Analytics team, you are excited to own your role and make an impact. 

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Work directly with senior leadership to identify business challenges and opportunities that will lead to analyses to inform decision making
• Align closely with the rest of the analytics team to partner on their deliverables as well as to gather information to inform analyses
• Build models and tools to assess various scenarios across our business including live event performance outcomes and talent deal terms
• Generate high-quality presentations gathering data from multiple sources to support ongoing reporting needs and overall priorities of the leadership team
• Compile comprehensive analyses with large data sets to identify insights and provide recommendations to stakeholders
• Identify trends, patterns, or other considerations for the business in near real time as data is collected
• Prepare ad hoc analyses to answer business questions as needed
• Manage the tracking & reporting on strategic initiatives as needed
• Present data-drive strategies to external parties (artist managers, agents, etc.) as needed
• Promote collaboration across the broader analytics teams to enhance data sharing, alignment, and strategic insights
• Other Duties, as assigned

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Bachelors Degree (Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics)
• 5+ years of relevant Strategy, Consulting, and/or Investment Banking experience
• Entertainment Industry Experience a plus
• Must have experience building models and presentations
• Programs: Highly advanced MS Excel / PowerPoint
• Proven success working in a team-oriented environment
• Strong acumen for technology and data
• Ability to critically evaluate data
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Willing to work when necessary to help get overall team goals accomplished and ultimately, support the business

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)

YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program

FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support

CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment

OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. 

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. 

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and/or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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The expected compensation for this position is:

** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.