Vice President, Global Content Acquisition & Market Growth

About the role

FloSports is a world-class sports media company strategically positioned to be the essential destination for passionate sports fans, delighting them with live event coverage, breaking news, highlights, stats, rankings, and team and player profiles. We are growing Our Sports every day by continuing to invest in our ever-expanding ecosystem, which consists of over a dozen sport verticals and hundreds of streaming partners. FloSports is creating the home for college conferences/leagues and sports like grappling, hockey, track & field, racing, cheer, wrestling, and more, and we are looking for innovative and passionate people like you to help us! The Role FloSports is seeking a Vice President of Business Development – Content Acquisition to lead the identification, evaluation, and execution of new sport verticals to drive platform expansion. This senior leadership role will focus on mapping the competitive landscape, assessing opportunities, and building internal consensus on priority sports verticals before executing media rights acquisitions or potential company acquisitions to establish FloSports within new categories. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in sports media rights, strategic business development, and corporate acquisitions, with a proven ability to identify emerging sports markets and secure high-impact partnerships.

Our Commitment To Diversity At FloSports, we are bonded by our passion for sports and our purpose to unite communities around experiences that finally give underserved sports the love they deserve. We recognize the need to build a company that seeks out, embraces, and celebrates our individual differences, ideas, and talent. FloSports is committed to the pursuit of a fair, equal and inclusive workplace where everyone is given the opportunity to grow to their fullest potential.

Responsibilities

• Content Acquisition Strategy & Execution
  • Identify and analyze new sport verticals with high-growth potential for FloSports.
  • Conduct competitive landscape analysis, assessing market demand, fan engagement potential, and revenue opportunities across different sports.
  • Develop a near- and long-term roadmap for each potential new sport vertical, outlining media rights accessibility, market entry strategies, and monetization potential.
  • Build internal consensus on priority sports by presenting data-driven business cases to executive leadership.
• Media Rights & Business Acquisition Strategy
  • Lead and execute media rights acquisition for selected new sport verticals, negotiating agreements with leagues, federations, event organizers, and content owners.
  • Explore and execute potential company acquisitions to accelerate market entry into priority sports verticals.
  • Structure strategic partnerships with rights holders that align with FloSports’ growth objectives and business model.
  • Collaborate with legal and finance teams to ensure deals are financially sound, scalable, and aligned with FloSports’ long-term vision.
• Relationship Management & Industry Engagement
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the sports industry, including media rights holders, event promoters, and governing bodies.
  • Represent FloSports at industry conferences, networking events, and strategic meetings to source new opportunities.
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