Rights Acquisition Manager

FloSports leads the way in delivering world-class digital streaming for millions of fans, families, and athletes in underserved sports. Our digital platform unites casual and dedicated spectators alike, offering thrilling live events from around the world with interactive features, real-time analytics, and powerful broadcast technology. As the essential destination for niche sports content, we deliver everything from breaking news and expert commentary to feature films, documentaries, and multi-episodic series. We've revolutionized the global sports media industry by building a diverse team—technologists and wrestlers, creators and cheerleading experts, designers and hockey enthusiasts, communicators and motorsport fanatics, producers and sports fans—all united by our passion to serve underrepresented sports communities. We're creating the ultimate destination for our sports, and we're looking for people like you to join us!

THE ROLE:

FloSports Inc. is seeking to hire a Right Acquisition Manager to work across multiple sports. This candidate will be an “expert” within the sports media world and demonstrate the ability to stay ahead of the curve. Most importantly, the role will be responsible for ensuring success on a variety of levels: securing event video rights, strategic partnerships, and monetization. Additional functional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, P&L and KPI responsibilities, high-level strategy definition through execution and implementation and leadership across departments, identifying and cultivating overall partnership opportunities to grow our value and scale.

The ideal candidate will have a Business Development background along with the necessary communication skills and business savvy to develop strong relationships with existing and prospective event partners, key athletes and coaches as well as the internal Marketing, Editorial and Production teams. The candidate will report into the VP, Global Rights Acquisition.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Continually advance multiple, significant opportunities in an organized, but expedient manner

• Work cross-departmentally to ensure media rights partnerships will be executable and mutually beneficial to all parties

• Identify and develop event partnerships and rights within the space

• Identify and develop key association partnerships within the space

• Identify and develop key athlete and brand partnerships within the space

• Coordinate across departments to ensure the proper execution of content, premium, and live streaming

• Foster, develop, grow and retain key strategic relationships within the space

• Establish qualitative and quantitative goals for each target space

• Foster an innovative customer-focused culture

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 5+ years of media rights acquisition experience

• Ability to successfully build relationships and secure meaningful partnerships

• Complete and cohesive understanding of the digital media world

• Strong analytical skills

• Experience developing businesses in both B2B and B2C environment

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Consensus builder

• MBA preferred, but not required for right candidate

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:

FloSports exists to elevate the communities, athletes, and sports that have too often been overlooked. That mission starts with our own team. We believe that a diverse, inclusive workplace—one where different perspectives are sought out, heard, and valued—is essential to building a company that can truly serve the full spectrum of sports fans.

We are committed to creating a fair and equitable environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. To help mitigate bias and expand opportunity, FloSports uses a blind recruiting process that supports more objective, inclusive hiring decisions. We’re intentional in our practices because we believe the best ideas and innovations come from teams that reflect the diversity of the world around us.

OUR BENEFITS:

• Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman

• Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule

• All-hands events hosted annually in beautiful Austin, Texas

• Annual equity awards for all top performers

• Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans

• Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance

• Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately

• Progressive parental leave policies

• Flexible paid time off

• Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events

• Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach

• Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week