Disney+ Sports Manager EMEA

We’re looking for an experienced professional to join our Disney+ EMEA team as Sports Manager, Disney+ EMEA.

Disney+ is looking for an experienced and sports-savvy individual to assist with the strategic launch of its ESPN sports brand as well as the ongoing sustain of its sport content in-service. The role will sit in the Disney+ Programming team and will be based in the Amsterdam office. Responsibilities will include strategic planning, integration of sports into content planning, regional and local prioritisation, artwork management and reporting & analytics. 

This role will require you to be working 4 days a week in our office and 1 day from home. 

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

• Overall integration of sports programming into other merch responsibilities 

• Sport/competition launch strategy 

• Ongoing Personalised Hero prioritisation and clash management 

• Pinned set management 

• Fulfilment of contractual obligations (e.g. minimum exposure guarantees) 

• SVOD and shoulder content strategy 

• Regional/local variation in sports strategy 

• Dialogue with markets on preferred sports 

• Prioritisation and approvals of local sport against content slate 

• Strategy around local artwork optimisation to highlight key local talent 

• Close contact with markets around new launch plans 

• Liaising with regional Creative team for approvals 

• Launch and sustain strategy for ESPN landing pages 

• Engagement-led launch strategy, framework and positioning 

• Data-led evolution of sports featuring 

• Pinned set and featured IP management 

• Live & Upcoming set management 

• Oversight of bespoke sports collections and pages 

• Sports competition collection strategy 

• Oversight and approval of asset creation 

• Oversight of fulfilment and delivery 

• Oversight of CMS builds and management 

• Team and Sports page strategy 

• Reporting and evolution of sports strategy 

• Working with Analytics to set sports performance metrics 

• Daily reporting for live/replays 

• Subsequent evolution of sports strategy based on performance (placements and duration) 

• Product alignment 

• Strategy for relevant feature upgrades and rollouts 

• Build improvements for sports algo recommendations 

• Strategy for post-play and audience targeting (TBC) 

• Cross-team syncs 

• Regular Catch ups with leads for Planning, Ops and Creative 

• Regular Catch Ups with leads at ESPN 

• Regular Catch Ups with leads for Product, Personalisation and Analytics 

• 2 years of experience of managing sports or working on a platform with integrated sports 

• Experience of working on a broadcast or SVOD environment 

• Exceptional knowledge of sport, user behaviours and competitor platform strategy 

• Experience working on sport across multiple European markets preferred 

• Experience of working within a CMS preferred 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills  

• Fluent in English and Dutch, both writen and spoken

• Ability to produce and deliver high quality presentations via Powerpoint  

• Ability to embrace new technologies that the role will be required to feed into 

• Preferred experience with Airtable, Google Sheets/Excel, Microsoft Teams 

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.