About Us:

Born and bred in New York City, LeagueApps is the operating system and community for youth and local sports leaders—providing them with the technology and professional network they need to succeed. A fast-growing, venture-backed company, we power thousands of clubs, tournaments, leagues, camps, and facilities with a platform that reaches more than 10 million participants nationwide. 

We’re committed to our mission—creating amazing sports experiences for all. Through our FundPlay program, we donate a percentage of every dollar spent on our platform back to the communities and families that need it. Our goal is to impact 500,000 underserved athletes by 2022. Beyond FundPlay, we advocate for accessibility and equity through PLAYS, a movement we helped launch and lead to mobilize the industry  in spring 2020, and by creating awareness around the systemic issues that keep kids on the bench. (You can listen to our President discussing this during a recent event with Axios as part of their Hard Truths Deep Dives content series.)  

Last year, we were ranked on Deloitte’s Fast 500, were recognized by Hashtag Sports for our industry leadership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and named a “Best Employer in Sport” by Front Office Sports and BuiltIn NYC. We’re looking for team members who want to be part of building the greatest local sports company in the world.

Role Mission:

We’re seeking to define and influence the future of youth sports, and we’ve identified Professional Leagues as being critical authorities that will shape where youth sports is going. They are motivated by multiple strategic imperatives - fan development and player development - and have tremendous capabilities (brand, resources, reach) that make them ideal partners.  We see opportunities to help them more directly engage in the grassroots with their own programming, as well as impact local organizations through affiliation, thought leadership, and standard-setting in ways that impact the industry and our business. This role is to lead a team to manage and expand our relationships with Professional leagues, integrating our business interests with our focus on executing what they need for youth sports engagement.

PRO LEAGUE MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTION

• Define the PRO league strategy, to establish new League partnerships, and to expand existing partnerships, through relationship building, research, program ideation, proposal development, deal negotiations and closing.
• Lead execution of League partnerships, defining project management plans, managing day-to-day league relationships, managing SOWs and legal documents, locating and managing execution resources, and coordinating inter-departmentally as necessary
• Align business objectives and define/manage processes to ensure successful program execution in coordination with key stakeholders in Product, Engineering, Growth, Sales, Customer Success.
• Define departmental goals and annual planning for our work with PRO Leagues, with a focus on achieving a specific annual pipeline goal.
• Lead definition of key metrics to track and evaluate progress of PRO league partnerships and represent those metrics to company leadership.
• Collaborate with Product team to define and prioritize PRO league-related product requirements to support execution of PRO league partnerships and minimize disruption of our product roadmap.
• Lead recruiting, training, and evaluation for team members in the department.
• Oversee and manage budgets and applicable expenses.
• Work with Marketing to translate the value of PRO relationships into driving key brand and growth marketing and sales objectives, attract additional investment across the Pro leagues and teams and drive new prospects into our pipeline.

Experience Required

• Strong relationship manager with experience in project management, execution and activation, particularly working with PRO leagues/teams.
• Experience managing community programs that achieve measurable impact on key stakeholders.
• Business executive who has worked with PRO leagues and/or teams in operations, marketing, player associations, CSR, etc.
• Experience working for a SaaS company and/or relevant digital/product experience.

Working at LeagueApps:

• Equity Grants
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Parental leave coverage
• We'll pay for your sports leagues (and your kids sports leagues)!
• Cell Phone and Gym Subsidies, Citibike, and discounted gym memberships
• Culture and work environment that emphasizes teamwork, passion, learning, and fun.  Follow us on Instagram to see for yourself.
• Social impact opportunities through our FundPlay initiative that includes events, volunteering, and grant-making

LeagueApps is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization, and to helping youth sports organizers across the country do the same.