Senior Director, NFL DTC Product Marketing

Inglewood, CA (On-site)

$190K/yr – $230K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own product marketing leadership for NFL DTC with fan at the center, driving GTM strategy and product storytelling across NFL+ and related experiences.

  • Lead GTM strategy and messaging to grow fan demand for NFL+ and DTC experiences.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across Product, Analytics, Finance, Marketing, and Content to plan launches and budgets.
  • Shape the fan journey with insights and segmentation to improve acquisition, retention, and premium conversion.

Job Description

Own product marketing leadership for NFL DTC with fan at the center, driving GTM strategy and product storytelling across NFL+ and related experiences.

  • Lead product marketing strategy for NFL DTC. Define and evolve the positioning, messaging, value proposition, and go-to-market approach for NFL+ and related DTC experiences to drive fan demand and business growth.
  • Own integrated go-to-market planning. Translate annual and seasonal business priorities into coordinated marketing strategies, launch plans, and cross-functional readiness across paid, owned, earned, partner, and lifecycle channels.
  • Champion the voice of the fan. Leverage consumer insights, audience segmentation, behavioral data, and market intelligence to shape decisions across product marketing strategy, audience definition, messaging, and customer journey design.
  • Drive audience and offer strategy. Partner with Strategy, Analytics, Product, and Lifecycle teams to identify growth opportunities across acquisition, premium conversion, retention, and churn mitigation.
  • Partner across the product lifecycle. Collaborate with Product, Product Management, and UX stakeholders from concept through launch to ensure fan needs, value communication, and commercialization plans are embedded in product development.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment and decision-making. Act as a strategic integrator across Product, Marketing, Finance, Analytics, Media, Content, Legal, and executive stakeholders; clarify priorities, surface tradeoffs, and keep complex initiatives moving forward.
  • Shape integrated marketing direction. Provide strategic guidance for creative development, media planning, affiliate initiatives, lifecycle activation, and campaign messaging to ensure plans ladder to product value and audience needs.
  • Oversee launch readiness and operating cadence. Ensure key milestones, approvals, dependencies, and operating rhythms are in place to support high-quality launches during critical seasonal windows.
  • Develop executive-ready narratives. Create clear, concise business stories for leadership that connect marketing strategy, product priorities, performance results, risks, and investment needs.
  • Steward budget and business discipline. Partner with Finance and cross-functional teams to manage investment choices, budget alignment, forecast assumptions, and strategic tradeoffs.
  • 12+ years of experience in product marketing, growth marketing, brand strategy, consulting, or related strategic leadership roles.
  • Significant experience marketing digital consumer products, subscription businesses, streaming/media products, or other recurring-revenue services.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional go-to-market strategy in complex, matrixed organizations.
  • Strong command of product marketing fundamentals, including positioning, messaging, segmentation, audience strategy, value proposition development, and launch planning.
  • Strong analytical and business acumen, including experience using consumer insights, performance data, forecasting, modeling financial inputs to inform decisions.
  • Experience developing executive-level presentations, strategic recommendations, and leadership communications.
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive alignment, and navigate ambiguity with sound judgment.
  • Experience managing direct reports and building high-performing teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
  • Experience in sports, entertainment, media, technology, or other fan-centric consumer businesses.
  • Familiarity with subscription economics, mobile-first acquisition, lifecycle marketing, app and web funnels, and subscriber retention levers.
  • Experience working with consumer insights, segmentation frameworks, behavioral analytics, or propensity modeling.
  • Background in premium digital content, streaming distribution, affiliate/partner marketing, or DTC growth strategy.
  • Comfort operating at the intersection of brand strategy, product strategy, and performance marketing.
  • Experience in organizations with high visibility, fast decision cycles, and regular executive engagement.
  • Executive communicator: ability to develop executive-level presentations and leadership communications.
  • Benefits Information
  • To learn more about our comprehensive benefits offerings, please visit: NFL BENEFITS
  • In-person work at our offices is a top priority because it allows us to collaborate more effectively, build stronger connections, and maintain the culture that drives our success. This role requires onsite presence at an NFL office or stadium location, and remote and/or hybrid working options are not offered.
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National Football League (NFL)

The National Football League is America's most popular sports league, comprised of 32 franchises that compete each year to win the Super Bowl, the world's biggest annual sporting event. Founded in 1920, the NFL developed the model for the successful modern sports league, including national and international distribution, extensive revenue sharing, competitive excellence, and strong franchises across the board. The NFL is the industry leader on a wide range of fronts.Headquartered in New York City, the NFL expands across the nation and the globe with the offices including NFL Media based in Inglewood, CA and the NFL Films office based in Mt. Laurel, NJ. The NFL also has satellite offices in Atlanta, Washington DC, and Chicago. Our International offices are located in the UK, Germany, China, Mexico & Canada.

Founded in 1920
New York, New York, USA
7.3K employees (2,591 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
72.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.7%
Direct
59.3%
Referral
3.4%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,093 (29% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$5.7M
Last Raise
$5.7M
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Grant • $5.7M

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