General Manager, NBA

Sorare is at the intersection of sports, gaming, and NFT collectibles. Through tradable digital cards, Sorare is designing a collective fantasy sports experience where you can manage your favorite players, hone your passion to earn prizes, and be part of a thriving community. Anyone, anywhere, can connect with the game on Sorare. The company’s mission is to build “the game within the game” and to give fans, players and clubs the platform to celebrate, share, and own your game.

Founded in 2018, Sorare has seen tremendous growth. The platform has a card sales volume of over $400M since January 2021 (up from $8M in sales in 2020) and now has exclusive partnerships with over 250 football (soccer) clubs, the MLB & MLBPA, and the NBA & NBPA. Sorare is trusted by a world-class team of investors including Softbank, Benchmark, Accel Partners, athletes such as Serena Williams and Kylian Mbappé, and key tech investors such as Alexis Ohania - all who believe in the future of integrating NFTs with Gameplay.

As the General Manager of Sorare: NBA (GM), you are responsible for leading this newly launched, fast-growing, and strategic business. The GM will lead a cross-functional team comprised of product, engineering, design, operations and more to define the business strategy, own and deliver the product roadmap, and set and achieve business results. The GM is expected to build and maximize the performance of the team and deliver on the milestones set out by the New Sport team and the company leadership team. This includes but is not limited to building and scaling the vision and product, executing on current projects and net new, creating demand, and scaling out the team cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

The GM is responsible and accountable for defining and executing the business strategy and goals, product vision and roadmap, and operational optimization and strategy. The GM and the team will wake up each day, thinking about growing and improving the Sorare: New Sport experience, community, and business. 

• Vision and strategy: Own the Sorare: NBA strategy and bring it to life. With your cross-functional team, execute on the ground deliverables to deliver near and long-term growth. The GM will need to quickly gain a deep understanding of Sorare’s platform, model, partnerships, community, and usage in order to lead and execute on the strategic direction
• Team building: Build and scale a cross-functional team to support rapid growth. Direct management of product, game operations, marketplace operations, and project management. Cross-functional management of dedicated engineers, designers, content creators, marketers, analysts, and more
• Team work: The GM is also responsible for leading Sorare: NBA across the broader Sorare company. This means working closely with the other Sorare General Managers and our Platform and Mobile teams. This requires a strong ability to lead, communicate, organize, and work as a team

Requirements

• Proven experience and success leading high-growth products and businesses. Experience managing a direct business and revenue line
• Proven experience and success driving product experience and innovation. Must have a track record of managing product releases, definitions, and roadmaps and must have deep appreciation and understanding of product experience and consumer behaviors
• Clear, proven ability to lead, recruit, manage and scale world-class, cross-functional teams
• Broad range of functional experiences and interests: technology, product, operations and marketing
• Great communicator, great leader. Demonstrated ability and interest in leading directly, cross-functionally, and across company
• Must be high energy and excited about fast-paced culture and delivery
• Must be a visionary thinker and leader - able to think about long-term growth and future experiences, while also balancing operational details, rapid delivery, and continual growth
• Must be mission-oriented and passionate about Sorare, the sport, and our remarkable community of players
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at Sorare ranges from $225,000 - $275,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Sorare offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, vision, dental, parental leave, an unlimited vacation policy, 401(k) plan, fitness reimbursements, commuter benefits and contribution to lunch expenses!

Benefits

• Health Care: Great medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Wellness Benefit: Sorare contributes to employees wellness (gym membership or ClassPass)
• Commuter Benefits: Sorare contributes to the cost of your commute
• Latest Tech: Sorare provides equipment such as monitors, computer, headphones, etc
• At-Home Work Station: Sorare covers the cost of an at home set up
• Lunch: Sorare will contribute to their employees lunch expenses
• Time Off: For US employees, we offer unlimited paid time off in addition to observed company holidays. For French employees, we offer 5 weeks of paid holidays per year in addition to the national holidays

Sorare is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or any other basis prohibited by law.

As we are an international company, please note we speak English in the workplace. Please apply for the role with an English CV so we can process your application.

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