Lead, NB Commercial Strategy

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

About The Position

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world. Position Summary: The Lead of Commercial Strategy supports the Newbuild & Innovation team that will be responsible for commercial and risk management for the existing fleet and newbuild portfolio. This role will have responsibility in managing the transactional activities along with helping support the company’s agenda for major strategic initiatives related to the future of newbuilding. The Lead will work directly with the Newbuild leadership team cross-functionally to generate and/or drive broad ranging strategic initiatives, evaluate organic growth opportunities, and lead the generation of analytically driven and actionable insights to influence activities across the organization. This position will require the experience, maturity, and confidence to interface with company executives, external deal intermediaries, business owners and drive consensus among cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s required; MBA preferred.
Minimum 5 years of experience of investment banking, consulting, corporate development, or private equity experience.
Strong financial modeling, P&L forecasting, and business plan analysis experience.
Excellent writing and presentation creation skills.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Experience with legal contracts and understanding of business terms.
Self-starter with intellectual curiosity, a strong desire to learn, and passion for creating an excellent work product.

Nice To Haves

Cruise or travel industry experience a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Performs strategic analysis and independently executes a plan to assess industry and competitive landscape, areas of strategic focus, and growth opportunities related to our newbuild portfolio.
Develops and maintains relations with key industry participants and potential targets.
Supports and develops processes to improve business drivers and inputs.
Oversees financial and valuation analysis done by outside advisors.
Owns due diligence efforts with target executive team, outside advisors, and internal subject matter experts.
Leads reporting on due diligence findings and provides summaries to internal leadership team.
Identifies key issues and conducts additional / follow-up due diligence work streams.
Supports significant deal structuring and negotiations.
Influences internal teams on implementation and integration planning.