Practice
Sports
Commercial, media and technology leadership for clubs, leagues and rights holders building direct fan relationships.
Market view
What we are seeing
Sports organizations are becoming media and data businesses. We appoint the commercial and revenue leadership that sells it, and the digital, technology and operations leadership that delivers the experience behind it.
Roles we place
Leadership
- Chief Commercial Officer, Sports
- VP Media Rights and Broadcast
- VP Fan Engagement and Revenue
- Chief Technology Officer, Sports
- Chief Operating Officer, Club or League
Technology
- Ticketing platform engineers
- Fan data and analytics engineers
- Venue and stadium technology specialists
- Streaming and media infrastructure engineers
Specialist
- Sponsorship and partnership managers
- Fan experience product managers
- Broadcast operations specialists
- Season and matchday operations coordinators
How we help
Solutions applied in this practice
Search, staffing, delivery and capability work, sequenced to the problem rather than sold as a bundle.
Retained Executive Search
Board and C-suite appointments run as a disciplined research process.
Staffing Solutions
Contract, contract to hire and direct hire technology and engineering talent.
GCC Services
Set up a capability center in India, run it while it matures, then hand it over.
Leadership Advisory and Human Capital Strategy
Decide the shape of the leadership team before you decide who fills it.
SOW and Managed Teams
Buy an outcome and a team that owns it, not a stack of individual requisitions.
AI and Technology Solutions
Leadership, talent and delivery teams for AI and technology initiatives.
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Hiring in sports?
Start with a market conversation. We will share what the role looks like in the current market before anyone commits.