Sr. Director, Strategic Insights and Planning

About the Role

Comcast drives innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in media and technology, offering career opportunities across disciplines. The Senior Director, Strategic Insights & Planning, leads a high-impact team analyzing company business performance, developing executive-level insights, and supporting long-range planning and budget processes. This role partners with executive leadership, Finance, Strategy, Growth, Marketing, Product, Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure performance trends, risks, opportunities, and planning assumptions are aligned and incorporated into strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of four responsible for business performance analysis, executive reporting, subscriber modeling, long-range planning support, and budget inputs.
• Own the performance analytics agenda for executive meetings, including KPI interpretation, performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Translate complex performance, subscriber, and financial data into concise executive narratives explaining what is happening, why it is happening, and what decisions or actions may be required.
• Develop and govern subscriber models supporting long-range planning, annual budget development, scenario planning, and business performance tracking.
• Identify emerging business trends, risks, opportunities, and inflection points early enough to influence executive decisions, resource allocation, and strategic tradeoffs.
• Partner with Finance, Strategy, Growth, Marketing, Product, Operations, Business Intelligence, and other stakeholders to align assumptions, reconcile performance signals, and support consistent executive messaging.
• Lead cross-functional planning discussions to evaluate business drivers, planning assumptions, market dynamics, headwinds, tailwinds, and potential mitigation options.
• Build repeatable analytical frameworks, reporting standards, quality controls, and planning processes to improve accuracy, consistency, credibility, and speed of decision support.
• Prepare and refine materials for senior leadership forums, including weekly growth discussions, monthly or quarterly business reviews, long-range planning meetings, and budget reviews.
• Manage, coach, and develop analytics and planning professionals by setting priorities, reviewing outputs, elevating analytical standards, and building team capability.
• Promote a culture of analytical rigor, collaboration, accountability, intellectual curiosity, continuous improvement, and executive-ready communication.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance; ability to work nights and weekends or variable schedules as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Generally requires 10+ years of relevant experience in performance analytics, strategy, business intelligence, finance, planning, consulting, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required; MBA or advanced degree in a quantitative, business, finance, economics, or related discipline preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams that support executive-level decision-making, planning, forecasting, performance management, or business strategy.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and synthesize complex data into actionable insights.
• Proven ability to develop executive-level narratives and presentations connecting business strategy, performance outcomes, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Experience with subscriber, customer, financial, operational, or market performance modeling, including scenario planning, long-range planning, and budget support.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of performance drivers, planning processes, and broader industry context.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders through credibility, collaboration, sound judgment, and data-driven recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including simplifying complex concepts for executive audiences.
• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to manage, coach, motivate, and develop high-performing analytics or planning teams.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities, compressed timelines, incomplete information, and high executive visibility.
• Familiarity with enterprise reporting tools, dashboards, data platforms, financial planning tools, SQL, Essbase, or related analytics tools preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to accuracy, quality control, process improvement, automation, and continuous learning.

Skills

• Executive Presentations
• Long Range Forecasting
• Performance Analytics
• Cross-Functional Partnerships
• Data Storytelling
• People Leadership
• Leading by Influence

Benefits

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees, including:

• An array of options, expert guidance, and always-on tools personalized to meet physical, financial, and emotional needs.
• Support through big milestones and everyday life.