Director - Entertainment Client Strategy & Solutions

Overview

Partner with Sales leaders on overall ad monetisation for JioHotstar, driving revenue growth through outcome-led solutions across Mobile and CTV and supporting deal closures and high-impact deal structuring.

What you'll do

• Execute the overall annual plan by ensuring the right share of wallet from the Entertainment portfolio, with a focus on key input metrics.
• Drive share-of-wallet growth across existing clients, identify whitespace opportunities, and provide timely market, category and client intelligence to unlock new business.
• Customise deal grids and solutions based on client objectives, category potential and JioHotstar's revenue priorities.
• Build the pipeline for new content offerings (including all impacts) and drive adoption of new ad products through relevant client opportunities and sales strategies.
• Partner closely with Sales leaders, participate in client and agency meetings, and evangelise JioHotstar's content offerings, ad products and customised solutions.
• Develop client-specific narratives and strategic pitches that connect advertiser objectives with JioHotstar's content strengths, platform capabilities and competitive advantage.
• Equip Sales teams with actionable insights, growth opportunities and strategic recommendations to improve pitch effectiveness and revenue outcomes.
• Conduct regular business reviews with Sales pods to evaluate performance against targets, identify revenue opportunities, and address potential shortfalls proactively.
• Work cross-functionally with Content, Product, Ad Ops, Brand Solutions and Measurement to shape commercially viable solutions aligned with client needs and business priorities.

What you'll need

• Deep experience in structured strategy development, hypothesis-driven problem solving, and executive stakeholder management.
• Strong financial acumen with expertise in business case development, forecasting, and investment evaluation.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational altitudes, balancing long-term vision with near-term execution rigor.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Media ecosystem exposure.
• Postgraduate degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, or Media Studies (MBA preferred).
• 8 to 10 years of experience across management consulting, corporate strategy, Ads sales or Strategy.