Job Description
***This is a fixed-term maternity cover opportunity for one year.***
OVERVIEW:
Working within Sportradar’s European Strategic Rights & Partnerships team, the Rights & Partnerships Manager is responsible for managing and coordinating the company’s existing important allocated relationships and the acquisition of new as per Portfolio guidelines. The role demands a forward-thinking and commercially focused professional with good relationship building and account management skills as well as a deep level of understanding of coordinating and overseeing complex accounts. It requires the credibility and authority to process, handle and resolve complex issues, dealing with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
THE CHALLENGE:
* A unique opportunity to work with top tier accounts; to actively oversee, manage and support relationships with your allocated accounts (e.g. Basketball Partners within Europe and Africa).
* Oversight of the Partner Product Roadmap, working with internal stakeholders/teams to define, track and execute this strategy
* Ensure workflows and tasks relating to your accounts are actioned in a timely and professional manner
* Working closely together with our sales, administration, technical project/platform, and finance units to identify and extract all relevant information needed to analyze costs and revenues of the respective content and to create and update business plans.
YOUR PROFILE:
* Fluent English (additional languages would be a plus)
* At least 3 years of professional experience, with a minimum of 1 years in the professional sports industry
* Bachelor’s degree in a related field (business, marketing, sports management), or equivalent experience
* An experienced and astute operator
* An understanding of the basketball ecosystem, particularly in relation to data and audio-visual content and how such content is commercialized
* Very good communication skills, both written and verbal
* Good level of financial and commercial literacy with the ability to process and evaluate complex financial information to underpin sound business judgments
* Strong organizational, issue resolution, and decision-making as well as project management skills
* Self-driven and professional discipline with excellent follow-through
* Capable of relating to senior executives as well as operational teams while deploying facts, finesse or force, as required;
* Ability to successfully navigate Sportradar’s matrixed organizational structure while delivering exceptional customer service;
* Good relationship management capability, ability to read people and situations, adapting personal style where necessary.
* Strong proficiency in all MS Office products
* Flexible to adapt to changing priorities and able to work to tight deadlines.
* Committed to upholding the highest professional work standards and ethics
* Dedicated team player.
OUR OFFER:
* Be part of one of the fastest growing digital sports companies in the world at the intersection of sports, media and video
* Continuous learning and development
* Team activities
* Flexible working hours
* Collaborate and support colleagues all around the world
* A challenging, but rewarding and fun environment
* The opportunity to join an exciting team making impacts on our services and our customers' products
* Camaraderie of a talented and passionate team of sports-minded professionals.
* Competitive salary and benefits
Additional Information
At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!