Senior Strategy Associate, Iberia

Company Description
About Entain
There's nothing like a career at Entain. We're a leading, global sports betting and gaming company and we're upping the excitement and increasing player safety. We're a FTSE company with iconic brands including Ladbrokes, Coral, BetMGM, Eurobet and bwin, and we have an energy that drives us to perform at the height of our potential. Whether you're an engineer, marketer or retail specialist, a career here is a complete game changer.
Job Description
This is a hybrid role. As a Senior Strategy Associate, you will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of strategic initiatives across Entain's Southern Europe markets, helping drive growth, improve performance, and shape long-term business priorities. Acting as the bridge between strategy and execution, you'll work closely with leaders across the region to turn strategic recommendations into tangible business outcomes.
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategy, you will be part of the Americas & Southern Europe Strategy Team, partnering with local and regional leadership teams across Spain, Portugal, France and Greece. You'll lead high-impact strategic planning projects, support commercial and investment decisions, and collaborate with teams across Digital, Product & Technology, Operations, Marketing and Sales to identify opportunities for growth and performance improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced, highly visible strategy team with direct exposure to senior leaders across the business. You'll work on some of Entain's most important commercial challenges, helping shape strategic direction while driving execution across multiple markets and brands. If you have a background in strategy consulting, enjoy solving complex business problems and want to see your recommendations translate into real-world impact, could this be your next move?

You Will:

This is an exciting role within a rapidly expanding team with a broad range of responsibilities, including:

• Strategic projects: Support high-visibility, growth strategy projects by conducting strategic analysis, financial modeling and synthesizing conclusions to be presented to internal executive leaders and functional leads
• Operational execution: Support development and implementation of plans to operationalize strategy to drive revenue growth, market expansion, and competitive positioning in Iberia
• Partnership management: Support engagement with key external vendors (e.g., sports and media partners, suppliers, agencies)
• Market & competitive analysis: Monitor industry trends, competitor activities, and regulatory developments to identify opportunities and risks
• Business performance monitoring & optimization: Work closely with cross-functional teams (product, marketing, finance, etc.) to support the evaluation and optimization of performance
• Data-driven insights: Analyze data to derive business insights in order to guide strategic decision-making
• Thought leadership: Contribute industry knowledge and a growth perspective to the organization
• Connect with broader org: Support the flow of ideas and information within the broader company

Qualifications

You Have:

• Strong undergraduate degree
• Extensive experience in strategy consulting, ideally at a top tier consultancy (such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, OW, Kearney) with 3-5 years post undergrad or up to 1-2 years post MBA
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deal with ambiguity
• Knowledge and ability to apply business frameworks (e.g. value chain, competitive forces, core competency analysis)
• Proficiency in Excel & data analysis
• Proficiency in business writing and verbal communications, including delivery of presentations to executive business leaders
• Proficiency with project management and operational execution
• Strong interest in betting, games, media, technology, and entertainment industries
• Fluent English speaker; Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus

Competencies / behaviours

• Entrepreneurial mindset, with a high degree of ownership and self-motivation
• Passion for problem-solving and answering complex questions
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to form strong working relationships and encourage trust and confidence in others

Additional Information

Benefits

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire you. Join us, and a great compensation package is just the beginning. You can expect to receive benefits like:

• A regular bonus and great pension.
• €9.60 food vouchers per day.
• 25 days annual leave
• Extra paid leave, including wellbeing and development days.
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
• A stake in our success through our ShareSave scheme.

Equal Opportunities.
If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we'll support you.
We're committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to be themselves.
We're an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone and we do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage/civil partnership, or any other basis.
We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.
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