Business Development Manager - Communications & Growth Partnerships at Sporty Group

Key Facts

Remote From:

EMEA

Category: Business Development Manager

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Lifecycle Management Mathematical Optimization Data-Driven Decision Making Cross-Cultural Studies Project Collaboration

Other Skills

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Negotiation
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Communication
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

6+ years in growth, communications, or partnerships
Hands-on experience with messaging platforms and lifecycle marketing
Strong commercial and negotiation skills
Experience working across multiple regions and cultures

Requirements:

Identify, negotiate, and manage marketing partnerships across Africa & LATAM
Optimize WhatsApp, SMS, and email performance (delivery, open, CTR, cost)
Align communications with marketing, product, and lifecycle campaigns
Plan and track regional activations and partnerships

Sporty Group

Leisure & Entertainment

About Sporty Group

Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with unrivaled sports media, gaming, social and fintech platforms that serve millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs across more than 10 countries and 3 continents. The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users, and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution. We’re fortunate enough to have already built a capable and proven team of 500+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds with a common thirst for excellence and we are constantly looking for more talented individuals to power our growth and serve our users further via their grit and innovation.

Company type: Scaleup

Industry: Leisure & Entertainment

Founded: 2018

Company size: 501 - 1000

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Job description

About the role

Sporty Group is looking for a Communications & Growth Partnerships Lead to own customer communications and regional marketing partnerships. This role blends channel optimization, localization, and commercial partnerships to drive growth at scale.

What you'll be doing

Identify, negotiate, and manage marketing partnerships across Africa & LATAM
Optimize WhatsApp, SMS, and email performance (delivery, open, CTR, cost)
Align communications with marketing, product, and lifecycle campaigns
Work closely with Marketing, Prod and Ops for localization of messaging, creatives, and campaigns per market
Plan and track regional activations and partnerships - including but not limited to strategic billboards, payment partnership campaigns, affiliate marketing etc
Measure ROI and performance across owned and partner channels
Onboard new communication channel partners, and manage existing Bulk SMS, email, and communication partners for cost optimization

What you'll bring

6+ years in growth, communications, or partnerships
Hands-on experience with messaging platforms and lifecycle marketing
Strong commercial and negotiation skills
Experience working across multiple regions and cultures
Comfortable to travel for local activations and market studies in existing and emerging markets for sporty
Data-driven and execution-focused
Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential

What's in it for you

Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
28 days paid annual leave
Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
Top of the line equipment
Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.