VP Strategy

This is a brand-new opportunity for a Vice President, Strategy to help define and deliver our long-term revenue goals for our channels business and also support growth in our Canadian and US markets. You’ll have the chance to provide a telling and visible contribution to strategic decisions within our fast-paced and dynamic business.  

This role focuses on being a key commercial leader to help drive growth across our Channelsbusiness including recently launched properties such as NFL Game Pass, NHL.TV, NCAA College Sports, Rally TV, and FIBA Courtside 1891. It will also support in optimizing and growing our strong offering within the United States and Canada.  

This is your opportunity to join DAZN at a time of exciting global growth, if you are looking to take your strategic and corporate development experience to the next level, we would love to hear from you. 

Benefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off and 9 days of annual leave, health benefits (including dental & eye care) and a generous sick time package as well as short and long-term disability covering, parental leave offering, personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident and access to a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

Department

21-492 - COO - Commercial & Corporate Strategy

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

US - New York

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

• Be a strategic and commercial leader with regards to the channels business 
• Take P&L ownership over a select number of channels including NHL.TV and our NCAA College Sports product 
• Evaluate and make pricing and packaging recommendations  
• Ongoing evaluation of business performance and identifying cross-functional areas of improvement 
• Work with DAZN’s core markets to ensure GTM plan and promotion within DAZN of the channels is being maximized 
• Work with product to define roadmap 
• Assist in preparing and presentation of materials for rightsholders  
• Oversee development of financial projections and reporting by finance team. 
• Assist in strategic & financial assessment of new rights opportunities, deal terms, and ultimate onboarding 
• Prepare executive and board materials with regards to the channels business 
• Evaluate M&A opportunities and help drive deal structuring  

What You'll Bring:

• Proven experience in either Tier 1 Strategy Consulting firm, Investment Banking, or In-House Strategy/Corporate Development team 
• Strong proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel 
• Demonstrable experience utilizing strategic analytical skills, including financial modelling and forecasting, market situation / trend analyses, scenario planning, go to market / roll out plans and operational feasibility assessments  
• Ability to crystalize key insights from data and communicate analyses in an efficient and effective manner to a variety of internal audiences across departments and functions 
• Strong analytical capabilities with a track record of strategic development and implementation planning 
• Experience working on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment 
• Must be comfortable working both independently and as a member of the team  
• An understanding and interest in the sports and broader media industries 

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off and 9 days of annual leave, health benefits (including dental & eye care) and a generous sick time package as well as short and long-term disability covering, parental leave offering, personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident and access to a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

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:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

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. 

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.