Senior Vice President – Business Strategy & Growth

About the role

This role will drive business growth across JioStar’s Entertainment portfolio comprising of General Entertainment, Movies, Kids, Youth, International and Star Studio 18 across linear & streaming , operating at the intersection of strategy, monetization, and execution.

The mandate is to:

• Solve high-impact business problems across content, distribution, and monetization

• Build new revenue streams and scale existing ones

• Drive cross-screen thinking (TV + Streaming + CTV) across decision-making

While AI and emerging capabilities are anchored separately today, this role is expected to actively translate these into business impact, with the potential to take on a broader Growth & Innovation mandate over time.

What You Will Own

1. Own Business Strategy with Execution Accountability

• Lead high-impact problem statements across the entertainment business

• Translate strategy into clear plans, operating rhythms, and measurable outcomes

• Work directly with business heads to drive implementation and closure

Expectation: You own outcomes, not just recommendations

2. Build and Scale Monetization

• Own growth across core revenue streams (Ads + Subscriptions), working with business teams to unlock incremental value

• Build and scale new revenue engines beyond ads/subscriptions (e.g., consumer monetization, partnerships, new business models)

Expectation: Deliver material revenue impact across both existing and new streams

3. Drive Cross-Screen Business Thinking

• Help unify decision-making across linear TV, streaming, and CTV

• Influence content and investment decisions through integrated performance frameworks

Expectation: You think in terms of consumer behavior, not platforms

4. Lead Strategic Initiatives & Whitespaces

• Identify and build new opportunities across:

• Content formats (especially scalable, high-frequency formats like non-fiction)

• Partnerships and ecosystem plays

• New business models

• Support development and scaling of high-potential IPs and formats

Expectation: You can take ideas from concept → execution → scale

6. Operate as an Enterprise Leader

• Work across content, marketing, product, ad sales, finance, and distribution

• Align senior stakeholders on priorities, trade-offs, and execution

• Step in to drive closure on critical initiatives

Expectation: You can drive outcomes in a complex, matrixed organization

Success Metrics

• Ability to independently run large business charters end-to-end

• Incremental impact on revenue, viewership and margins

• Number and scale of new revenue streams built

Candidate Profile

We are not prioritizing traditional media backgrounds.

We are looking for leaders who:

• Have 12–18 years of experience in consulting, start ups having scaled something from 0 to 1, consumer tech, platforms, or scaled consumer businesses

• Have built or scaled businesses, products, or new verticals

• Are comfortable owning P&L-linked outcomes

• Have strong first-principles thinking and problem-solving ability

• Can operate in ambiguity with speed and clarity

Why This Role Matters

This role sits at the center of how the entertainment business evolves over the next phase.

It is designed to:

• Drive immediate, measurable business impact

• Build enterprise-wide context across functions

• Enable progression into broader business and growth leadership roles over time, including areas like AI and cross-screen transformation.