SVP, Head of Enterprise Data

Who We Are

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and events management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 200 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euroleague Basketball, CONMEBOL, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and PBR.

TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company, owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans.

The Role

The SVP, Head of Enterprise Data is a senior technology leader responsible for defining and executing TKO’s enterprise-wide data strategy, architecture, governance, and data products that enable TKO’s enterprise systems, AI applications, analytics, and digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve TKO’s enterprise data warehouse — cloud infrastructure, ingestion pipelines, and integrations across all brands and source systems (Salesforce, ERP, HRIS, ticketing, Zeta).
• Ensure platform reliability at TKO’s operating cadence, including event-day peak loads across WWE, UFC, and On Location.
• Own cloud strategy, cost optimization, and engineering standards.
• Define and operate TKO’s enterprise data governance framework — policies, stewardship model, and data quality SLAs.
• Prepare data for monetization and AI consumption: retrieval, transformation and structuring for our Glean/Enterprise AI tool. Unstructured data (video, audio, transcripts, fan-service logs) will also need to be leveraged.
• Receive and prioritize AI, analytics, and digital data demand through the enterprise governance front door (DTC), so requests route through one shared intake process.
• Serve as TKO’s data governance authority in the Data & Technology Committee (TKO's enterprise governance forum for Data & AI strategy and initiatives).
• Build future ready solutions that will reshape the way TKO operates.

Required Experience And Skills

• 15+ years in data engineering, data architecture, or enterprise data management; 5+ years at SVP or VP level.
• Proven track record building enterprise-scale data platforms — architecture, cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), real-time and batch processing.
• Deep expertise in data governance, MDM, and privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, PCI) in a multi-brand or multi-jurisdiction environment.
• Experience building unified data models across key domains.
• Strong data architecture background — data modelling, semantic layers, and integration patterns across source systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead globally distributed teams and manage large budgets in a matrixed environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in sports, live events, entertainment, hospitality or media where fan/customer data is a core business asset.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, SAP, HRIS architectures, and data catalogue platforms (Atlan, Collibra, or similar).
• Exposure to AI/ML data requirements — feature stores, training pipelines — without owning the AI build function.
• Advanced degree (MS or MBA) preferred.