Head of Marketing, Americas

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the Americas marketing strategy for SailGP, guiding end‑to‑end regional plans, city partnerships, and event marketing to accelerate brand growth and fan engagement across multiple markets.

  • Regional strategy development and planning
  • Event go‑to‑market and ticketing campaigns
  • Stakeholder management and performance optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 1. Regional Marketing Leadership - Americas marketing strategy - Own the end‑to‑end marketing strategy for all Americas markets, ensuring SailGP’s brand grows consistently across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and LATAM.
  • - Global-to-regional translation - Translate global brand and audience strategy into regional plans tailored to regional markets.
  • - Planning & performance - Lead annual and event‑specific marketing planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance management for the region.
  • - Host city & stakeholder leadership - Serve as senior marketing lead for host city relationships, government stakeholders, tourism boards and local market partners.
  • - Lead the full marketing lifecycle for SailGP’s Americas events. In 2027, this includes New York, San Francisco, Bermuda and Rio (plus 2028 LATAM market planning), with a focus on:
  • - Event specific go‑to‑market plans - Including advertising, brand activations, social, ticketing promotion, partnerships and localised creative. Working in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, to drive event awareness and 90%+ ticket sell-through across paid, owned, and earned channels.
  • - Create 'must attend' events - Working closely with the Experience & Event Operations teams on event positioning, creative campaigns and a world-class event experience.
  • - Ticketing campaigns - Leading promotional campaigns, segmentation, sales pacing and key stakeholder activation - using data‑driven insights to optimise performance and deliver a seamless buyer journey from pre‑sale to sell‑out.
  • - On‑site fan experience - Including content capture, influencer campaigns, user generated content and partner activations.
  • - Budget ownership - Build & manage budgets across advertising, brand activations, content production, and marketing partnerships to maximise impact and ROI.

Requirements

  • Proven leadership experience managing high‑performing marketing teams within sport, entertainment or fast‑growth consumer brands.
  • Expertise in multi‑market, multi‑channel campaigns, including brand, digital, social, content, media and experiential.
  • Strong event marketing, ticketing and digital capability, including performance marketing, CRM, analytics and optimisation, with a track record of driving attendance, revenue and fan engagement.
  • Ability to operate in a fast‑paced, global environment, managing multiple projects with precision and creativity.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management, including host cities, agencies, partners and cross‑functional teams.
  • Commitment to SailGP’s values, including balancing high performance with sustainable working practices.
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SailGP

SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water, is grand prix racing like you’ve never seen before – and one of the world’s fastest growing sport and entertainment properties. Flying identical, high-tech F50 boats faster than the wind, at speeds close to 100 km/h are driven by the sport’s top athletes. Leaders in purpose driven and sustainable sport, SailGP is showing how sport can inspire change with the world-first Impact League: a second podium for the planet, with teams scored on purposeful action in addition to their racing skill. SailGP promotes best-in-class environmental and DEI policies for lasting positive impact in our #RacefortheFuture.

Founded in 2018
London, England, GBR
458 employees (100 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$140K/yr – $150K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
59 (13% of company)
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Private Equity
  • Jun 2025
    Private Equity
  • Feb 2020
    Corporate Round

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
280.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$126
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48%
Direct
41.9%
Referral
6.2%
Social
2.7%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~458

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Head of Marketing, Americas

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