Build a business from the ground up.
Liberty Global is looking for a Chief Operating Officer to lead a start-up currently being incubated.
You’ll take the business through launch, prove the model and build it into a successful, scalable business.
As COO, you’ll:
- Lead the launch across product, technology, commercial and operational capabilities
- Prove and scale the model using customer and commercial insight
- Own growth, financial performance, investment decisions and resource allocation
What we’re looking for
- Prior digital start-up experience / Experience building, launching and/or scaling a start-up, venture or high-growth business
- Strong commercial orientation, with accountability for growth and business performance
- Exposure to subscription businesses and fintech
- A hands-on approach and ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity
- Strong judgement and decision-making
Why Liberty Global? You’ll join at a point where you can have a fundamental impact on what the business becomes. The venture combines the entrepreneurial mindset and pace of a start-up with the capabilities and backing of an established international business. The business remains confidential, with more detail shared as candidates progress.
Skills Required
- Significant leadership experience in a digital, technology-enabled, fintech, marketplace, or subscription business
- Track record of building, launching, or scaling a start-up, venture, or high-growth business
- Commercial leadership experience with accountability for growth and business performance
- Ability to move comfortably between strategy and execution
- Experience leading across product, technology, commercial, and operational disciplines
- Strong judgment and ability to make decisions with incomplete information
- Credibility with senior executives, boards, investors, and external partners
- Customer-led, commercially sharp, and data-driven approach
- Experience with consumer digital businesses, fintech, marketplaces, regulated environments, or scaling across multiple markets
What We Do
Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures. With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond. We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia. Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series. Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence. And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet. Twitter https://twitter.com/libertyglobal Facebook https://www.facebook.com/libertyglobal Youtube https://www.youtube/c/libertyglobaltv Instagram https://www.instagram.com/libertyglobal
