Partnership Protection Specialist

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About the role

  • Partnership Protection Specialist safeguarding Sportradar’s North American sports partnerships. Investigating betting-market risks, gathering intelligence, and supporting rights holders at sporting events.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a key operational liaison between Sportradar and allocated North American sports rights holders
  • Attend sporting events throughout North America to support rights-holder operations
  • Build and maintain relationships with leagues, federations, security teams, venue operators and other stakeholders
  • Conduct intelligence-led research into market activity and investigate actors impacting rights-holder interests
  • Identify emerging risks, trends and operational vulnerabilities affecting rights partnerships
  • Conduct investigative research using open-source, commercial and industry-specific data sources
  • Lead and support digital evidence collection relating to sportsbook activity, betting markets, prediction platforms and other digital environments
  • Develop intelligence holdings relating to individuals, groups and networks in the sports betting and data collection ecosystem
  • Collaborate with Rights & Partnership Protection colleagues across Europe to identify global trends, organised networks and syndicates across jurisdictions
  • Analyse rights-holder information and transform operational reporting into actionable intelligence and strategic recommendations
  • Produce intelligence products, stakeholder briefings and operational assessments
  • Deliver season-long reporting, including pre-season risk assessments, in-season updates and post-season reviews
  • Support rights holders in developing operational best practices to enhance data collection hygiene and partnership performance
  • Plan and deliver educational workshops and awareness sessions
  • Provide intelligence and operational insights supporting existing partnerships and future rights opportunities
  • Contribute to global Rights & Partnership Protection methodologies, processes and operational standards

Requirements

  • 3+ years' experience in investigations, intelligence, sports integrity, law enforcement, security, due diligence or a related analytical field
  • Demonstrable investigative mindset with experience conducting intelligence-led enquiries and research
  • Strong understanding of the North American sports landscape, particularly NBA/Basketball, MLB/Baseball and NHL/Ice Hockey
  • Good working knowledge of tennis and soccer (MLS), including associated betting markets and operational environments
  • Experience analysing information from multiple sources and producing concise, actionable reports and assessments
  • Understanding of sportsbook operations, sports betting ecosystems and associated market participants
  • Ability to identify emerging trends, behavioural patterns and networked activity across complex environments
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management capabilities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfortable presenting information to senior stakeholders and external partners
  • Experience delivering training, workshops or educational presentations
  • Willingness and ability to travel extensively throughout North America
  • Experience working directly with professional sports leagues, federations or rights holders advantageous
  • Experience attending and managing operational activities at live sporting events advantageous
  • Experience conducting OSINT, CYBINT/DNINT or digital investigations advantageous
  • Existing professional network within North American sports, betting or security sectors advantageous
  • Understanding of sports data rights, betting rights and commercial partnership structures advantageous
  • Experience supporting or managing strategic partnerships within the sports industry advantageous
  • Awareness of data collection operations during live sports events advantageous
  • Additional language capabilities, particularly Spanish or Portuguese, advantageous

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Performance bonus program
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteNorth America

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