WSC Sports is the world’s fastest-growing sports-tech company, the developer of AI-based automation solutions for sports content creation and distribution, automatically and in real-time.

Great people, cutting edge technologies (Video editing, AI, Data and sports altogether!), cool work environment, a chance to influence innovative products for aport giants such as the NBA, Bundesliga, Amazon, FIBA, Fox Sports, and other such sports giants - are only part of the things WSC Sports has to offer!

What you’ll do:

• Take a meaningful part in the global growth of one of the most advanced sport technology companies in the world and bring its unique innovation to the UK market 
• Lead WSC’s commercial and business development in the UK, via new partnerships with sports media rights holders
• Drive sales and partnerships efforts to clients and partners by providing product and technological capability information, case studies, market potential, etc.
• Become the face of WSC’s on-the-ground presence in the UK
• Lead the UK market pipeline development and drive all opportunities within the sales cycle
• Devise deep business and product strategies for our clients
• Support efforts to deliver pending deals and finalize deals within existing relationships.
• Iterate on product-market-fit through detailed familiarity of customer needs, product, and technology understanding. Design and drive Go-To-Market strategies in collaboration with the BizDev, Product, and Marketing departments, and work to execute the offering.
• Interact with the Account Management team to effectively manage client expectations, ensure successful delivery, and help set the expectation for future potential growth.
• Manage initiatives post-launch and assume ownership of initiatives’ KPIs.
• Lead generation, identification of potential partner channels to build out channel program in UK/EMEA, while maintaining partner relationship ownership.

What you’ll need:

• 8+ years of experience in Sales/BizDev teams within the sports business or sports media-tech industry, focusing on the UK market and media/digital initiatives.
• Strong network within the sports media industry in the UK (and beyond).
• Strategic thinking coupled with the ability to take end-to-end ownership, from concept to execution.
• Emotional intelligence and the ability to empathize with the potential customer/partner.
• Ability to lead and project-manage across multiple functional areas and different time zones
• Relationship-builder, initiator, strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Technical knowledge and familiarity with R&D processes.
• Flexibility to travel.

Not a must but a great advantage:

• Intra/entrepreneurial experience working in a growth-stage startup company.
• Previous experience working for a high-tech company.
• Previous experience working for a sports/sports-media company; Familiarity with sports organizations, sports broadcasters, OTT, sports betting, etc.
• Previous experience leading a business/product line and assuming revenue responsibility.
• Engineering or Computer Science degree/experience.