NFL Media Owned and Operated (O&O) Group is a business unit within the NFL that oversees and manages the League’s direct media properties and operations, including NFL+, NFL Digital Properties, and NFL Network. The NFL Media O&O is seeking an accomplished Manager within its NFL Media O&O Strategy and Growth team. The Manager will focus on identifying, evaluating, and launching opportunities that drive growth across the O&O portfolio of businesses (including NFL+), as well as supporting all aspects of strategic planning activities across the Media O&O business. This role will report to the Senior Director of the NFL Media O&O Strategy and Growth team.
Responsibilities
- Supports all aspects of strategic planning activities for NFL Media’s O&O business, in partnership with the executive team and other key stakeholders, while ensuring alignment with broader NFL-wide planning processes (i.e., long-range planning, annual business/budget planning, quarterly business reviews, and NFL ownership meetings)
- Identifies areas of opportunity for value creation to drive revenue growth, operating profitability, and strategic positioning
- Structures and builds sophisticated financial models for pivotal business development opportunities and growth strategies
- Supports development of executive-level presentations summarizing key insights and recommended strategies
- Engages across the organization to implement strategic roadmap elements within current execution plans to achieve the group's business objectives
- Maintains advanced knowledge of industry trends / competitive activities, and translate insights into strategic frameworks to inform NFL Media’s business strategic planning process
- Leverages understanding of consumer, media, and technology trends to oversee the development of long-term strategic roadmaps for key strategic initiatives, including NFL+
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of work experience that includes one or a combination of the following:
- Management Consulting (preferably within the Media, Technology, or Telecom practice)
- Investment Banking (preferably within the Media, Technology, or Telecom practice)
- Corporate development, strategy, and analytics (preferably at a sports, media or technology company)
- Experience in developing evidence-based strategic frameworks to inform decision-making
- A keen eye for presentation design and the ability to distill complex concepts and analyses into clear, easy-to-understand presentations
- Strong analytical skills with a quantitative approach to problem solving and comfort with data ambiguity
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects with several deliverables under tight deadlines
- Demonstrated bias for action with strengths in problem solving
- Experience interfacing and presenting to senior executives and management teams
- High level of integrity, strong work ethic, and deep intellectual curiosity
- Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative DNA
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree
- Overall knowledge of linear television, digital, and direct-to-consumer landscape including current and emerging platforms and content consumption trends
- Overall knowledge of sports, and passion for the NFL specifically
Travel
- May occasionally require travel (5%)
Terms / Expected Hours of Work
Salary / Pay Range
This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.
At the NFL, in-person work at our offices is a top priority because it allows us to collaborate more effectively, build stronger connections, and maintain the culture that drives our success. This role requires onsite presence at an NFL office or stadium location, and remote and/or hybrid working options are not offered.
NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED.
The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
WHO WE ARE:
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- Respect: Everyone matters. We celebrate diverse opinions, honor hard work, and value every contribution.
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- Embody an enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude
- Embrace grit, free from ego or entitlement
- Excel as a relationship builder, with the ability to influence
- Eager learner, driven by passion rather than just ambition
- Encompasses an incredible work ethic with an agile mindset
