Rights and Partnership Manager

**Company Description**
We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.
**Job Description** OVERVIEW**:
Working within Sportradar’s European Sports Strategic Partnerships team, the Rights & Partnerships Manager is responsible for managing and coordinating the company’s existing important allocated relationships and the acquisition of new as per Portfolio guidelines. The role demands a forward-thinking and commercially focused professional with good relationship building and account management skills as well as a deep level of understanding of coordinating and overseeing complex accounts. It requires the credibility and authority to process, handle and resolve complex issues, dealing with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

**THE CHALLENGE**:

- A unique opportunity to work with top tier accounts; to actively oversee, manage and support relationships with allocated accounts (e.g. HBL, FIH, EHF, BEC, ATP, UEFA, Bundesliga, amongst others).
- Oversight of the Partner Product Roadmap, working with internal stakeholders/teams to define, track and execute this strategy
- Ensure workflows and tasks relating to your accounts are actioned in a timely and professional manner
- Working closely together with our sales, administration, technical project/platform, and finance units to identify and extract all relevant information needed to analyze costs and revenues of the respective content and to create and update business plans.

**YOUR PROFILE**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (business, marketing, sports management) or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, ideally 2 years in the professional sports industry.
- Detailed understanding of the tennis ecosystem, particularly in relation to data and audio-visual content and how such content is commercialized.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- High level of financial and commercial literacy with the ability to process and evaluate complex financial information to underpin sound business judgments.
- Strong organizational, issue resolution, decision-making, and project management skills.
- Self-driven with professional discipline and excellent follow-through.
- Capable of relating to senior executives as well as operational teams, deploying facts, finesse, or force as required.
- Ability to successfully navigate Sportradar’s matrixed organizational structure while delivering exceptional customer service.
- Strong proficiency in all MS Office products.
- Flexible, able to adapt to changing priorities and work to tight deadlines.
- Committed to upholding the highest professional work standards and ethics.
- Fluency in English and German both written and spoken.
- Dedicated team player.

**OUR OFFER**:

- Be part of one of the fastest growing digital sports companies in the world at the intersection of sports, media and video
- Continuous learning and development
- Team activities
- Flexible working hours
- Collaborate and support colleagues all around the world
- A challenging, but rewarding and fun environment
- The opportunity to join an exciting team making impacts on our services and our customers' products
- Camaraderie of a talented and passionate team of sports-minded professionals.
- Competitive salary and benefits

The minimum monthly salary for this position is according to Collective Bargaining Agreement, over-payment will be considered depending on qualifications and working experience.

**_ Buckle up, hold on tight and get ready for an incredible adrenaline-rush throughout this exciting ride with us: #maketheteam and shape your future as well as ours_**

**Additional Information**
- Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences_