Director, Sports Market Solutions
The Director, Sports Market Solutions leads go-to-market strategy for industry-specific solutions, focusing on the Sports market. This role drives innovation and execution to deliver scalable, differentiated solutions across Fan Engagement apps, Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) streaming, Sports Channel Origination, Playout, and Distribution, ultimately fueling customer success and business growth. The ideal candidate is an experienced professional who has worked within a Sports team, league, or major rights holder, and who understands the full revenue ecosystemfrom media rights and merchandising to sponsorship, licensing, and fan engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the long-term Sports market solution strategy across multiple product lines.
- Develop solution blueprints tailored to the unique needs of the Fan Engagement and D2C streaming Sports market.
- Align product vision with evolving market trends, customer demands, and business goals.
- Conduct market analysis and estimate addressable market size to inform strategic planning and investment decisions.
- Work with sub-component rate cards to simplify and define an overarching pricing framework for the solution.
- Partner with finance, product, and data teams to model business cases, define KPIs, and monitor campaign performance using real-time dashboards and reporting tools.
- Utilize data and analytics tools to track and interpret fan and consumer behavior across platforms, informing marketing strategies, content programming, and revenue growth initiatives.
- Lead the evaluation of marketing performance and return on investment (ROI) across broadcast, digital, and D2C initiatives, using data to refine future campaigns and monetization strategies.
Portfolio & Technical Strategy
Oversee solution roadmaps and ensure alignment across product engineering, sales, and marketing.Define and communicate the technical vision and architecture for the solution portfolio.Market & Industry Leadership
Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies.Be an expert on the competition and able to execute on market strategies to counter competition.Have the industry stature to effectively represent the company and its mission externally.Identify, investigate, evaluate acquisitions / divestitures, licensing opportunities, and strategic business alliances that are in line with the organization's long-range goals.Represent the company in industry forums, analyst briefings, and strategic customer engagements.Solution Go-to-Market (GTM)
Collaborate with sales, marketing, and product teams to define and execute GTM strategies.Develop technical sales collateral, reference architectures, and demo environments.Enable field teams and partners through training, workshops, and technical evangelism.Support strategic deals and customer acquisition through technical pre-sales leadership.Customer & Sales Engagement
Serve as a trusted technical advisor in customer meetings, workshops, and proof-of-concept engagements.Engage in technical sales and enablement.Drive partner co-innovation and solution integration initiatives.Must Have Qualifications
7+ years of experience in sports business and technology strategypreferably within a Sports league, team, or major rights organization.Demonstrated experience leveraging data and analytics platforms to inform strategy and optimize marketing performance.Proven success in managing or advising on broadcast and streaming revenue models.Deep understanding of sports merchandising, sponsorship, licensing, and brand integration strategies.Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with experience in campaign ROI measurement, performance tracking, and audience segmentation.Exceptional relationship management, communication, and storytelling skills.Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Marketing, Sports Management, or related field; MBA or advanced analytics coursework preferred.