Director, Professional & Adult Competitive Flag Football

Help lead the NFL’s efforts to strengthen and expand the global competitive flag football landscape. This role manages strategic relationships, develops competition-focused initiatives, and supports the growth of domestic and international flag football across professional, national team, club, tournament, and recreational environments.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of the NFL’s strategy to strengthen and expand competitive flag football globally.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the flag football ecosystem, including professional leagues, clubs, tournaments, governing bodies, athletes, coaches, officials, and administrators.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive structures, and emerging opportunities across domestic and international markets.
• Develop and manage a national database and intelligence platform tracking participation trends, organizations, competitions, and key stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve alignment, collaboration, and growth across key stakeholders within the sport.
• Serve as a primary NFL relationship manager with TMRW Sports, the Professional Flag League.
• Support initiatives that strengthen the professional flag football ecosystem and elevate awareness, participation, and long-term sustainability.
• Collaborate on strategic initiatives related to league operations, competition development, athlete engagement, and market growth.
• Identify opportunities to connect professional flag football with broader participation and competition objectives.
• Serve as a key NFL liaison to IFAF, national federations, and national team stakeholders worldwide.
• Support initiatives that strengthen the global national team ecosystem and advance international competition.
• Advance competitive standards, governance best practices, and competition quality across the global flag football ecosystem.
• Collaborate with federations and governing bodies to promote alignment on competition structures, calendars, officiating frameworks, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Support the continued development and quality of IFAF-sanctioned competitions, including World Championships, Continental Championships, Olympic qualification events, and other international tournaments.
• Support the NFL’s strategic engagement with the Olympic flag football ecosystem, including LA28 stakeholders, IFAF, National Olympic Committees, and National Governing Bodies.
• Monitor developments related to Olympic qualification, international competition structures, and future Olympic cycles.
• Help align NFL priorities with the continued growth and success of flag football within the Olympic movement.
• Support the growth and visibility of competitive opportunities for both men’s and women’s flag football across domestic and international markets.
• Support the growth and enhancement of competitive flag football opportunities across professional, amateur, and international levels.
• Develop relationships with tournament operators, league operators, clubs, and event organizers.
• Evaluate opportunities to expand competition offerings and improve the participant and fan experience.
• Assist in the development of new events, competitions, and initiatives that support growth objectives.
• Support initiatives that drive participation and engagement in adult recreational flag football.
• Collaborate with leagues, operators, and partners to identify opportunities to expand adult play opportunities.
• Develop relationships with organizations that support recreational and amateur competition.
• Help align adult participation strategies with broader NFL flag football growth objectives.
• Collaborate across NFL departments to align competition priorities with broader participation, international, football operations, marketing, and commercial objectives.
• Identify new business, competition, and partnership opportunities that accelerate the growth of flag football globally.
• Identify partnership opportunities that advance the NFL’s strategic goals in flag football.
• Support cross-functional initiatives involving internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the competitive flag football landscape and stakeholder ecosystem.
• Deliver strategic recommendations and presentations to NFL leadership and external partners.
• Support thought leadership initiatives that position the NFL as a leader in the growth of flag football globally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 10-12 years of experience in sports business, football operations, league operations, competition management, international sports, partnership management, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience managing strategic partnerships and stakeholder relationships across complex sports environments.
• Strong understanding of the competitive flag football ecosystem, including leagues, tournaments, governing bodies, clubs, and national teams.
• Experience working with professional sports leagues, national governing bodies, international federations, event operators, or comparable organizations preferred.
• Proven ability to develop and execute strategic initiatives across multiple stakeholders.
• Exceptional relationship-building, influencing, and communication skills.
• Strong project management, organizational, and negotiation skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Public speaking and executive presentation experience required.

Skills

• Experience working within international sports ecosystems, national team programs, or governing bodies.
• Familiarity with IFAF, Olympic competition structures, and international sports governance.
• Experience working with professional sports leagues and emerging sports properties.
• Global sports experience and demonstrated ability to work across diverse cultural and geographic markets.
• Knowledge of adult participation and recreational sports programming.

Pay

$135,000—$165,000 USD

Schedule

• Required to work 40 hours per week in office.
• Frequently requires evenings, weekends, and international travel to support competitions, events, and stakeholder engagements.
• Significant domestic and international travel (40%).
• Frequent attendance at international competitions, stakeholder meetings, and major events.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and non-traditional hours as business needs require.

Benefits

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