Head of Global Channels (Golf/Basketball)
Europe - flexible location
Marketing & PR – Marketing /
Full-Time, Permanent /
Hybrid
As part of the Growth Marketing team, you will own development and delivery of the product proposition and marketing strategy for new global sports channels (e.g. PGA TOURPass and FIBA Courtside 1891).DAZN is a fast-paced, commercial environment and you will be expected to influence and manage several work streams concurrently. As part of an international business, you will harness expertise from commercial, creative, media, product, tech, content and analytics to deliver owned, earned and paid marketing campaigns for fans around the world, so managing stakeholder relationships well will be key.
This is a hybrid role and we are open to this role being based in one of our European Markets offices – Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Portugal. You will also need to be available for periodic overseas travel.
Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources and access to our internal speaker series and events.
As our new Head of Global Channels, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Onboard new global channel partners into the DAZN ecosystem, including representation at external quarterly steerco meetings, and regular planning & performance reviews.
- Own the D2C product proposition end to end – input into rights, free vs paid content offering, localisation, UX signup journey etc.
- Develop go-to-market strategy to launch and grow new global channel properties, driving collaboration across a wide group of cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Implement 360 degree paid, owned & earned marketing campaigns to drive awareness and acquisition globally.
- Need to show passion and expertise in Golf (and ideally Basketball) with the ability to size and prioritise key markets for growth, including which events, competitions and talent to promote in local marketing campaigns.
- Understand key performance metrics and tracking tools for market research, forecasts, competitor analyses, campaign results, and consumer trends, and translate results into actionable insights for marketing team.
- Work with Commercial team to develop pricing and propositions strategy.
- Work with CRM team to build customer contact strategy including onboarding, engagement, and retention communications.
- Work with Product & Technology team to build best-in-class customer experience.
- Work with Content team to ensure regular promotion in live broadcast and on-platform merchandising.
- Budget management, including liaison with finance on weekly acquisition and retention results, forecasting and monthly P&L reviews.
You'll have:
- Proven experience in a strategic marketing leadership role.
- Excellent understanding of subscriptions marketing businesses including retention and acquisition tactics.
- Experience in a rigorous, data-led environment with a trading mentality. Commercially literate.
- Excellent stakeholder management. DAZN, is a multinational matrix organisation and you will be expected to influence the decisions of senior leaders in each market. Proven track record of delivering through others.
- Hands-on experience running both on and offline marketing campaigns, including creative development and media planning, ideally across multiple international territories.
- A strong understanding of how to maximise owned & earned channels such as organic social, influencer and partner marketing.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, open-minded, and flexible. A positive attitude toward new challenges, with a willingness to learn, embrace new technologies and business change.
- A passion for sports and a deep understanding of what it means to be a fan.
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team,you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:
AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward.
INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business. People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things.
PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it. People who love what they do and show commitment every day.
BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results.
SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals. People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers. People who consider others before making decisions.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.
