Office Manager

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: Office Manager
Genius is looking for an enthusiastic and reliable individual who will be responsible for handling the front office reception at our NYC office and act as primary point of contact to enable smooth running of HQ for Americas. We hope the right candidate can help us with our upcoming office expansion and building on our culture in the larger space as we hire more and more geniuses in New York.

Main Responsibilities

Office & Facilities Coordination – Oversee premises facilities and communicate with building managers & landlords, manage refurbishments, maintenance and workplace design elements. Own all local Fire, Life & Safety policies, certifications and processes and ensuring they are up to date with legal and regulatory requirements, assisting with updating and renewing local insurance policies.

Front of House - Overseeing all daily office operations with a mission to create an excellent experience of our office for internal and external visitors. Ensuring the highest levels of hospitality, efficiency and experience curation are maintained. These include essential services such as; reception, administration, security, events, maintenance, mail, archiving, cleaning, catering, exhibitions/tradeshows, trash disposal and recycling.

Security and Accessibility - Being a champion for the protection of Group staff, brand and products. Ensuring that the office is always secure, all external visitors and suppliers have followed appropriate security/NDA procedures and keeping our office compliant with data protection or other standards.

Onboarding –Ensure the process of welcoming a new starter from hiring date up to the end of their training programme runs smoothly. Work with the People Team to integrate new colleagues into the local office culture, organise events and inductions. Ensure all practical equipment is set up and paperwork is accessible for a smooth and enjoyable first few weeks.

Employee Engagement & Events - Ideate and successfully deliver end-to-end execution of company events; managing budgets, multiple production and supplier relationships from concept through to delivery. Aim to deliver events from small celebratory lunches in the office; to catering for investor or Board meetings, productive off-sites for teams, recruitment fairs, memorable team-building sessions and world-class parties. Assist our Marketing & Internal Communications teams with brand content production, stirring internal and external engagement with the office and its geniuses.

Wellness - Oversee the local corporate wellness programme, offerings and new initiatives.

Global Mobility – Manage US travellers in Travel Management System by providing travel support, inducting new travellers and securing corporate rates, where possible. Provide local coordination of business trips, conferences and relocation support.

Budget Management - Organising, overseeing and managing the local office budgets.

Administration - Own and deliver ad hoc requests or projects from Business Operations or other local teams.

Required Skills

Calm under pressure - You remain cool as a cucumber no matter how many deliverables you are juggling at any one time.

Quality driven - You have a strong eye for the aesthetic, and set yourself and others (our team, vendors, venues, suppliers, subcontractors) the highest professional bar in all situations.

Clear and natural communicator - You bring people on a journey with you, you can sell the vision and have the confidence of your convictions to pitch ideas.

Willing to go the extra mile - You will genuinely strive to make Genius Sports the coolest workplace on the planet, and you curate a vibe where everybody cares for their surroundings and physical space.

Efficient and well organised - You need to have exceptional attention to detail and ability to keep on top of sometimes overwhelming amount of stuff.

Approachable - you will be championing a positive and proactive culture across the teams and departments in the office, taking onboard feedback, making recommended changes and communicating outcomes on initiatives.

Flexible - With working hours, (infrequent, intra-US) travel, responsibilities and workload.

Other - Understanding and appreciation of confidential/sensitive information. Ability to use Excel proficiently.

What’s in it for you? 

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, 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.   

The salary for this role is based on an annualized range of $65,000 - $75,000. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.

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 bring 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.