Commercial Partnerships Manager – Sports Suppliers

Overview

In this role you will manage Entain’s third-party sports content relationships to strengthen the global sportsbook. You will work within Group Procurement to oversee end-to-end supplier and commercial activities, from sourcing and contract negotiation to performance monitoring and SRM. You’ll influence multi-million spend across data, streaming, and related services, acting as the central link between partners and Entain. You’ll develop strategies to maximize value and become an SME on key third parties powering the sportsbook.

Pay / Benefits

• regular bonus
• pension
• 25 days annual leave
• wellbeing and development days
• private healthcare
• Share Save scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead relationships with third-party sports content providers
• Design and implement commercial strategies for contract negotiations
• Oversee full negotiation process: pipeline, requirements, supplier selection, contracting
• Perform financial analysis of third parties and their products
• Organise or participate in partner forums to resolve issues
• Contribute to overall strategy for working with sports content providers
• Maintain deep knowledge of assigned suppliers and services within Entain’s ecosystem
• Progress toward SME status on key third parties and services powering the sportsbook

Key requirements

• Experience directly managing third parties (Procurement/Commercial)
• Commercial experience including strategy creation, implementation and benefit delivery
• TCO modelling experience for cost structure definition
• Experience with legal and contract negotiation (desirable)
• Numerate with experience handling complex data sets
• Bachelor in applicable field
• Post-graduate qualification (e.g., MSc/MBA) or MCIPS desirable but not essential
• Project Management qualification desirable but not essential
• Technically and commercially astute

• Stakeholder management
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• TCO modelling
• Financial analysis
• Data analysis with complex data sets

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