General Manager - Europe
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Twenty First GroupSports
France. Italy. Germany. SpainFull-TimeManager
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Job Details
- Languages
- At least one and ideally two languages of the key markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain)
- Experience
- Minimum of five years of professional experience
- Required Skills
- Presentation skillsNegotiation skills
Requirements
- Proven experience as a consultant or manager at a top-tier management consulting firm or an equivalent senior advisory role.
- Minimum of five years of professional experience, with a significant focus on business development and project delivery within continental Europe.
- Extensive experience within the sports industry is required, with a deep specialisation in football preferable.
- Demonstrated track record of leading and successfully delivering complex advisory projects for high-profile organisations across sport.
- Strong leadership qualities with the ability to build, manage, and mentor a high-performing regional team.
- Exceptional analytical and commercial acumen, with experience in conducting detailed sporting, commercial, and financial analyses.
- Demonstrable experience working with AI-driven technologies, with a high level of comfort adopting, integrating, and leveraging AI tools to enhance workflows, generate insights, and drive efficiency across day-to-day responsibilities
- Proficiency in at least one and ideally two languages of the key markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain).
- Deep understanding of the sports ecosystem, media rights, club operations, and market dynamics specific to continental Europe.
- Highly skilled in strategic planning, transformation, and developing long-term strategies for sports organisations.
- Excellent presentation, negotiation, and cross-cultural communication skills to manage senior-level client stakeholders across the diverse European markets
- Proficiency with software required to deliver market leading consulting work, and ability to manage complex consulting projects end to end
Responsibilities
- Direct and manage all Twenty First Group operations within continental Europe, establishing and growing a presence, with a flexible primary base within the region.
- Formulate and execute the strategy for the strategic development and commercial expansion of the business across the European market, with a strong focus on key markets including France, Germany, Italy and Spain, and the club/owner, domestic league, and federation client segments.
- Act as the senior Advisory Lead and Advisory Project Manager for key client consulting engagements across the region.
- Ensure the successful, timely, and high-quality delivery of diverse sports and business-related projects.
- Recruit, mentor, and guide local and project-based consulting teams to maintain high performance standards and support regional scale.
- Provide high-level consulting and retained analytical support to strategic clients.
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