Business Development and Partnerships Director

🕒 May 14

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The Athletic

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2016

📱 Media

⚽ Sports

Media • Sports

The Athletic is a sports media company known for comprehensive sports coverage and in-depth reporting across various sports such as football, tennis, Formula 1, golf, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and college sports. It provides high-quality articles, live updates, and expert analysis covering significant events and players in the sports world. The platform features content on various leagues and tournaments, providing insights from well-known journalists and analysts. The Athletic aims to set the standard in sports reporting and offers subscription-based access to its content.

📋 Description

• Secure and help manage long-term, revenue-driving partnerships for The Athletic. • Help grow The Athletic’s league partnerships portfolio and be accountable for the success of these deals. • Work closely with the Head of Global Business Development on setting and executing the strategy for growing the business. • Be the primary liaison between The Athletic and The New York Times sales teams and our portfolio of strategic partners where there is sales overlap and opportunity. • Think creatively and strategically to find new ways to grow The Athletic’s commercial business. • Work efficiently with cross-functional teams including legal, finance, product, editorial, design and marketing to ensure operational excellence on a daily basis. • Partner closely with the Partner Management team to ensure partnerships are operating effectively and are optimized for success. • Create and manage project plans for various partnership executions.

🎯 Requirements

• BA/BS degree with 8 years of relevant business development and partnerships operations experience; MBA a plus. • Experience in advertising sales and/or media business development. • Experience working with rights holders and sports leagues. • Ability to work autonomously and proactively push ideas and projects forward. • High level of professionalism; driven and motivated with excellent follow-up. • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal). • Ability to think creatively and strategically to come up with out of the box ideas. • Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment with colleagues based in New York, San Francisco, around North America, and internationally • This is a remote-based role in the United States. • Represent The Athletic brand well.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental and vision benefits • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s) • a company-matching 401(k) plan • paid vacation • paid sick days • paid parental leave • tuition reimbursement • professional development programs