Major Events & Host Organisations
Head of Product
Senior Level
New York, United States
in office
Full time
Digital, Product & TechProduct ManagementData & CRM SystemsInnovation & SportsTech
Job description
About the Role
This role includes responsibility to establish structured portfolio governance frameworks to evaluate product investments based on margin contribution, scalability, delivery feasibility, customer demand, and strategic alignment And partner with General Managers to align product strategy with event-level and portfolio-level financial performance objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish structured portfolio governance frameworks to evaluate product investments based on margin contribution, scalability, delivery feasibility, customer demand, and strategic alignment And partner with General Managers to align product strategy with event-level and portfolio-level financial performance objectives.
- Position Product as a driver of margin transparency and performance discipline across hospitality offerings, establishing frameworks to track product-level contribution economics, packaging assumptions, pricing sensitivities, and cost drivers and delivery complexity impacts.
- Partner with Finance and Revenue Growth Management (Commercial Strategy) to strengthen forecasting assumptions and performance tracking tools, enabling proactive portfolio optimisation through data-driven decision-making.
- Expand Product's role as a data-enabled planning function by developing analytics capabilities for product performance dashboards, investment prioritisation, scenario modelling, and portfolio mix optimisation And support General Managers with structured insight to inform product strategy trade-offs and investment decisions.
- Lead early-stage alignment across Commercial, Delivery/Production, Finance, and Procurement to ensure products are operationally feasible, financially viable, and scalable across venues and programmes, and establish structured concept validation processes prior to launch commitments.
- Lead enterprise hospitality innovation strategy and R&D capability to pilot and evaluate new product concepts prior to scaling, monitor global premium hospitality and experiential trends, and strengthen differentiation and competitiveness while protecting margin performance.
- Partner with Commercial Strategy, Revenue Growth Management, and Sales leadership to align packaging logic with enterprise pricing strategy and yield optimisation frameworks, supporting scalable offerings across premium hospitality tiers, enterprise client programmes, custom experiences And standardised inventory-based packages.
- Serve as the enterprise Product partner to General Managers across major properties, translating business priorities into structured product strategies aligned with delivery capability and financial objectives, and strengthen integration across Delivery, Finance, Procurement, Technology And Commercial Strategy/RGM.
- Build and lead a high-performing global Product organisation, strengthening capability across product analytics, financial modelling, lifecycle planning, and portfolio optimisation
- Lead and inspire product managers, designers, engineers, and ticketing professionals, and oversee strategic planning, stakeholder management, performance management, resource allocation, values and culture, and team development and succession planning.
- Track record building analytics-informed product organisations.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience across product strategy, hospitality portfolio planning, or commercial programme development in global sports, events, experiential, or travel environments.
- Demonstrated success leading margin-aware product strategy tied to P&L performance.
- Strong financial modelling capability with experience evaluating ROI, pricing strategy inputs, and cost structures.
- Experience integrating product planning with delivery feasibility and commercial strategy.
- Executive-level stakeholder alignment experience across matrixed environments.
- Ability to influence General Managers and functional leaders to drive business outcomes through product decisions.
- Demonstrated leadership and adaptability, capable of guiding teams through transformation, ambiguity, and complexity.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to articulate strategies and distill complex issues clearly for diverse audiences.
- Exhibits managerial courage to address challenges, make difficult decisions, and provide candid feedback when necessary.
- Displays business maturity and executive presence when engaging with senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Proven ability to build and sustain strong relationships with internal and external partners.
- Highly self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritise, and perform effectively under pressure.
- Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location, and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.
Salary
- Hiring Rate Minimum: $225,000 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable State/local minimum salary thresholds)
- Hiring Rate Maximum: $300,000 annually
Benefits & Perks
- Robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings
About the Company
On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company that owns UFC, WWE, and PBR.
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