Manager, Content Merchandising

The Manager Merchandising will play a pivotal role in shaping how sports fans from casual viewers to diehard UFC followers experience live and on demand content on Client This position will sit at the intersection of Sports UFC and teams ensuring our sports offerings are built to deliver unforgettable fan first experiences

The right candidate is both a sports enthusiast and a technical product minded operator able to bridge data workflows and creative curation to bring sports content to life in a way that drives engagement and growth

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for UFC and sports experiences on Client leading workflow strategy that enhances fan engagement
• Represent Sports and UFC needs in product planning ensuring our sports catalog live events highlights and related features deliver on both immediate goals and long term fan retention
• Design train and document workflows that support sports content curation communicating technical processes for both internal and global production teams
• Work alongside Programming and content delivery teams to ensure metadata is robust and flowing into our internal tools and systems
• Analyze large sets of sports data live scores fight stats schedules and archives to curate experiences that support discovery and personalization
• Pitch thematic playlist ideas that highlight key moments in recent and archival UFC history to curate short form experience
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues impacting sports content escalating as needed
• Help contribute to feature development for sports products from ideation through launch ensuring that fan journeys are smooth and intuitive
• Build strong partnerships with global teams across Curation Machine Learning Product Development and stakeholders

Qualifications