What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Subscription Forecasting & Planning position at Hearst?
Job Description
We are looking for a Director, Subscription Forecasting & Planning on the Consumer team who is data-driven, cross-functional, and detail-oriented, to help us understand and forecast the subscription business across the entire Hearst Magazines portfolio. This role will be responsible for budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning related to subscribers and subscriber KPIs, subscription revenue, and subscription COGS.
The ideal candidate will have great attention to detail, a strong analytical skillset, experience working with many partners of an organization, and a proven ability to communicate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Understand the ins and outs of our subscription business from acquisition to retention and owning an overall subscription model across all Hearst Magazine Brands
- Develop robust lifetime value (LTV) model to help inform acquisition strategy and constraints
- Evolve pricing strategy including testing new prices and offers
- Enhance monthly & quarterly internal and external reporting, including driving informative analyses to explain trends and identify risks & opportunities across the business
- Model potential partnerships to drive both consumer value and incremental subscription opportunities
- Manage one direct report and act as a culture champion for the Consumer team as well as broader organization
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