The fastest-growing High School sport in America isn’t basketball or football—it’s esports—and PlayVS is the official platform for High School esports.
We offer an incredible, full-stack esport platform—game integrations, team building tools, leagues, tournaments, and schedules—and our software products tie everything together into a cohesive experience.
This role will work to support and grow our publisher partnerships.
We are looking for someone who is a proven dealmaker, strategically minded, data driven, experimental and has the ability to build strong relationships.
You’ll be involved in every aspect of our publisher partnerships as we continue to add new game titles to our league offerings.
What you’ll do:
- Help manage and scale multiple partnerships to drive growth across all our leagues
- Identify new publishers to engage with, evaluate inbound requests and effectively communicate the value proposition for each publishing partner’s IP
- Draft and deliver pitches, presentations, reference materials, and other documents as required
- Build strong relationships in order to drive value from each key external partner
- Build financial models to drive high ROI from partnership opportunities
- Ability to gather and distill data to identify strategic opportunities to drive engagement and growth across all users
- Collaborate with Operations, Marketing, Legal, Finance and Product to support successful development and execution of partnerships
- Establish and track measures of success for our partners.
What we’re looking for:
- 5+ years of strategic consulting, business development, or related experience
- Dealmaker and strategic thinker with an ability to execute in an evolving, ambiguous, and fast-paced environment
- Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders and build strong relationships with key business partners
- Exceptional verbal/written communication and presentation skills; strong in delivering executive level presentations
- Balance attention to detail with swift execution Strong Excel and data management skills, experience with SQL is a big plus Outstanding problem solver: creative, solution-oriented, adaptable with the ability to thrive in ambiguous and continuously evolving environment
- Proven track record of stakeholder management
- BA/BS degree
PlayVS is an equal opportunity employer and is proud to be a majority minority company.
We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for our customers, employees, and applicants.
We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you have a disability or special need that requires an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]