Genius Sports is hiring a
Executive Assistant, Chief Product Officer

A bit about us 

Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies?  

Genius Sports is at the epicentre of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties. 

We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team. 

If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us.  

We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world. It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports. 

The Role: Executive Assistant, Chief Product Officer

The role directly supports the CPO in all day-to-day activities and requires strong management skills, the ability to prioritize, and supreme levels of organization and attention to detail. The role provides standard admin support to the CPO as well as a heavy focus on managing projects and processes within the Product teams. The successful candidate will be a self-starter capable of quickly learning context to apply in their day-to-day duties. Enthusiasm and initiative and ownership for this role is a must. The candidate should possess the desire to go above and beyond.
 

Duties & Responsibilities  

• Diary management, inbox management, expenses and other ad hoc tasks where required. 
• Extensive international and national travel arrangements – ensuring that travel arrangements are booked in a timely manner and within budget, schedules and client trips are made visible to the teams and a transparent process is followed and communicated. 
• Owning and driving key product team and planning processes: 
• Drive creation of quarterly Product Planning Memos 
• Schedule and manage bi-annual alignment sessions with Commercial teams and other stakeholders to align on product direction & priorities 
• Arranging monthly "Product@Genius" coffee talk series, designed to invite external speakers to share best practices and lessons learned  
• Arranging and implementing quarterly "Product@Genius" workshops to grow/develop product skills and domain expertise 
• Own the Product Slack channel and comms, working closely with the Internal Comms team 
• Own and execute the Product Hub, our internal SharePoint site for all things product 
• Organizing and attending internal and external client and team meetings, including drafting agendas, minute taking and following up on action points (tantamount to project management in some cases) 
• Arranging training, away days and team outings. 
• Creation of PowerPoint presentations, letters, Board reports etc. 
• Working with other members of the administration team to provide ad hoc support and cover where necessary.
   

Required Skills & Experience  

• Exceptional experience managing a senior executive’s diary across multiple time zones. 
• Incredible attention to detail 
• Focus 
• A team player who effectively interacts with peers and helps motivate other members of the team. 
• Proactive in problem solving and issues resolution. 
• Flexible in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment. 
• High level of computer literacy. 
• Effective oral and written communication skills. 
• Excellent time management. 
• Reliable, conscientious and dedicated. 
• Attention to detail 
• A Desire to go above and beyond 
• Growth mindset 
• Desire for continuous learning/growth
   

What’s in it for you?

The salary for this role is based on an annualized salary of up to $80,000. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.  

Our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities. For more details on the compensation and benefits package, please get in touch with our Talent team. 

How we work 

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role. 

Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organization and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.  

Genius Sports Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce brings to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (and any other applicable status). Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability. 

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