(located in one of our Pro cities: Atlanta, Austin, Houston, Madison, Omaha, Salt Lake City)
About LOVB: (League One Volleyball)
League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is reimagining the sport of volleyball. Launched in 2020, our company is a mission-led sports performance, development and professional league that seeks to empower new generations of women athletes.
It is a groundbreaking time for volleyball and women’s sports as we celebrate USA’s Olympic success and LOVB’s recognition as one of LinkedIn’s Top 50 Startups of 2024. There are 38M current and former players today. Of major sports, it's the only one that is women-first (~90% of players are women). But the volleyball market has been almost entirely missed by traditional sports investors, brands, and media.
LOVB is capturing this opportunity. Today, we have created the largest youth club business in the country and are creating the next major American sports league. This community-up approach will drive participation and fandom, while enabling greater empowerment for girls and young women living this amazing sport. In this role, you will join a mission-driven, roll-up-your-sleeves team of innovators and builders who have come together to change the paradigm of professional volleyball and women’s sport.
The Role:
The Chief of Staff for our Pro Sports League will be a key strategic advisor and operational leader, reporting directly to the President of the Pro League. This role will be critical in driving the league’s vision, aligning cross-functional initiatives, and ensuring the efficient execution of strategic priorities. As a trusted partner to the President of Pro, the Chief of Staff for Pro will play a pivotal role in decision-making, league operations and internal/external stakeholder management. Key responsibilities include:
- Strategic Leadership & Alignment
- P&L Oversight & Revenue Growth
- Operational Excellence
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Support & Decision-Making
- Leadership & Team Management
- Organize ideas, projects people, time and resources necessary to keep all initiatives moving forward.
- Communicate the vision, ideas, projects or the process to the necessary people. This includes creating content, providing context and helping connect the dots across all teams to create opportunities and growth.
- Delegate projects and tasks to the appropriate people, support them and hold them accountable to the results.
Strategic Leadership & Alignment: This Chief of Staff will serve as the liaison with staff, executives, senior leaders and CEO regarding the company climate, employee well-being, project updates, proposals and planning.
- Will support Pro by participating in meetings, documenting discussions and taking ownership of follow-up tasks to ensure their completion.
- Prepare and review communications, reports and presentations on behalf of the President of the Pro League.
- Work closely with financial metrics to identify opportunities for growth and drive initiatives aimed at top-line revenue expansion.
- Collaborate with teams responsible for sponsorship, media rights and marketing to maximize revenue opportunities and enhance the league’s financial health.
- Drive key projects that enhance organizational performance, including league operations, player relations and marketing initiatives.
- Steer process improvement efforts and optimize internal workflows for scalability.
Executive Support & Decision Making: Will provide support for executive decision-making through research, analysis and the preparation of reports.
- Attend key meetings with the President of the Pro League, ensuring alignment and clarity on follow-up actions.
- Act as an extension of the President of Pro, representing the league at high-level meetings and events as needed.
- Mentor and guide department heads to ensure their goals align with league objectives and values.
- Participate in performance management, leadership development and succession planning efforts for the league’s top leadership roles.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales or a related field. (Master’s degree or MBA preferred).
- Extensive experience (7+ years) in a leadership role within professional sports, entertainment or a related consumer-oriented industry.
- Strong financial acumen, with proven experience in managing P&L, budgeting and driving top-line revenue growth.
- Proven track record of managing cross-functional teams and driving large-scale projects to completion.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with high-profile stakeholders.
- Outstanding communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in research and analytics, with a strong ability to derive actionable business insights is essential for driving informed decision-making and strategic initiatives.
- Ability to take disparate, amorphous information and threads and frame them, give them structure
- Critical thinking
- Prompting/proactive thinking
- Deciphering what’s important for me to know ahead of time from organization
- Discretion and confidentiality
- High integrity
- High organizational and detail orientation (know when to pull up vs drill down)
- Results-driven leader who is passionate about the business of sports and committed to fostering a high-performance culture within the league
This position will be remotely based in one of our Pro cities: Atlanta, Austin, Houston, Madison, Omaha, or Salt Lake City.
LOVB is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.
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