VICE PRESIDENT, PLAYFLY ENTERPRISE PROPERTIES
New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago
Hybrid (Open to Remote)
THE RUNDOWN
Playfly Sports is looking for a Vice President, Playfly Enterprise Properties to join our team in New York (Preferred), Los Angeles, or Chicago.
The Vice President (VP), Playfly Enterprise Properties will be responsible for overseeing the group that owns relationships with a variety of emerging rightsholders, helping them drive sales and operations. This is a new team at Playfly that partners with properties across sports, media, and entertainment in a variety of ways, including full multi-media rights representation, property and events management, and liaison with the rest of Playfly services. Playfly Enterprise Properties sits within the Playfly Global Partnerships organization, which represents an exclusive network of sports properties and brands who connect to fans through Playfly. This individual will have P&L ownership over Playfly Enterprise Properties and manage other VPs or GMs, sales leaders, and others. The ideal candidate needs to demonstrate prior revenue results in addition to overall business development, smart business decisions, and leadership.
WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH
- Be the leader of a team in alignment with Playfly’s culture and principles
- Manage the P&L of Playfly Enterprise Properties; directly responsible for revenue and EBITDA targets
- Manage direct reports who are responsible for the specific revenue and EBITDA targets tied to their respective partners
- Oversee a wide variety of sports and entertainment properties, all with potentially different elements of complexities
- Help the centralized Business Development team identify new prospective partners and follow approval processes before onboarding
- Develop, implement, and lead the Enterprise Properties team; help shape the group’s commercial strategy in partnership with the Head of Playfly Global Partnerships, the COO, and Business Development
- Work with the Enterprise Management teams to understand operations & technical needs
- Establish and develop deep relationships with our partners; deliver excellent results
- Connect the dots across Playfly divisions to identify cross sell opportunities
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of Playfly Enterprise Properties
- Ability to travel to various properties across the US on monthly basis
- Other job-related duties as assigned
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis on business management, sports management, or a related field required
- 10+ years of experience in a sales, business development or partnership marketing role, preferably in sports; at least 5 years of experience in a leadership role
- Proven success in developing, implementing, and leading profitable sales programs
- Experience working in the sports & media industry
- Strong technical skills & experience in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software
- Creative thinker with a passion for sports & excitement to build something new
- This role may require travel for business needs and availability to work off-hours and weekends for special sporting events
COMPENSATION
The pay range for this role is $190,000 to $225,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
WHAT WE DO
Playfly Sports is the full-service, leading sports marketing and media company that enables brands to engage with sports fans on a local, regional, and national level through scaled linear, digital, and experiential assets. Playfly Sports drives outcome-based solutions into 90-million households via more than 7,800 live U.S. broadcasts of MLB, NBA, and NHL games; and influences sports fans of all ages through the management of college and high school multimedia rights, uniform branding, and high-profile sports sponsorship platforms. The company introduces high school and college students to career development opportunities in esports through Playfly Esports, operators of North America’s largest college esports league. Playfly Sports has the unique ability to partner, innovate, and advance the aspirations of athletes, brands, academic institutions, and sports fans across the U.S. Playfly Sports is Powered by Partnership. Visit Playfly Sports online at playfly.com
WHAT WE STAND FOR
At Playfly, we know that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful one, but more importantly, we believe it’s just the right thing to do. Through conversations, company initiatives, community events and partnerships, policy changes, data analysis, workshops, and support groups, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are here for the long haul and to do the meaningful work that creates true institutional change within our workplace, with our partners, and in the communities we serve.
EEOC & DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Playfly Sports affirms that inequality is detrimental to our associates, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Playfly Sports is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Playfly Sports is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, and as part of this commitment, Playfly Sports will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
[email protected].
