Senior Manager, Broadcaster Servicing – Maternity Cover

Role Overview

• Lead the servicing of a range of the Premier League’s broadcast partners in the Americas and EMEA, ensuring consistent, premium delivery across all markets and partners.
• Act as a senior point of escalation for all broadcaster servicing matters in the regions.
• On behalf of the Premier League, provide an interface to support the relationship between broadcasters and Premier League Studios on production-related matters.
• Support the long-term health and value of Premier League broadcast partnerships through proactive servicing and collaboration.
• Oversee daily delivery of contractual rights, coordinating closely with internal teams (PL Studios, Digital, International Events, Commercial, Communications, Policy).
• Ensure broadcasters understand Premier League content workflows, distribution systems, and operational processes.
• Work closely with the Broadcaster Servicing and PL Studios Project Delivery functions to support the planning and delivery of events, activations, screenings, talent access, and region‑specific production requests.
• Capture and maintain detailed broadcaster insight, including interactions, performance indicators, content preferences, and market nuances.
• Manage and contribute to central planning processes at both the Premier League and PL Studios, including key dates calendars, reporting cycles, and case study development.
• Share local and regional insights to relevant PL/PLS stakeholders to inform content creation, product development, and broader Premier League strategic planning (e.g. international events).

Requirements

• The right candidate will have a strong background in media rights servicing and activation, as well as an astute understanding of the commercial drivers that make media rights partnerships a success.
• Significant experience in a commercial business environment, within a sports rights holder, broadcaster, corporate brand management, or advertising / digital agency.
• Or significant experience within a broadcaster on the production side of the business.
• Proven project management skills and experience.
• Proven expertise in a client servicing team, within a sports rights holder, governing body, agency, or working for a sponsor brand would be an advantage.
• Relationship management skills to develop, maintain and strengthen client and stakeholder relationships including internal and external relationships.
• Strategic thinking mindset to support clients’ objectives and drive business growth and innovation internally and externally.
• Problem solving with the ability to identify and resolve complex problems.
• Analytical skills critical to gather and interpret data, draw insights and make informed decisions to improve client service delivery.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Crisis management skills and ability to work effectively under pressure in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent command of corporate IT tools and ability to follow the internal user rules (Outlook, etc.).