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Senior Operations Lead – Live Sports Data Production

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Austria , Linz

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Job Description:

We're looking for a Senior Operations Lead to serve as the operational backbone of our Live Production unit—the team responsible for delivering this mission-critical data to clients worldwide. Reporting directly to the SVP of Live Production, you'll ensure operational excellence across every touchpoint: from scout recruitment and training to data validation and entry, to client delivery.

Job Responsibility:

  • Operational Command Center: Drive weekly operational syncs, KPI reviews, and action tracking across the entire business unit
  • Support quarterly planning cycles, OKR reviews, workflow health checks, and retrospective sessions
  • Identify bottlenecks before they become problems and establish clear escalation pathways
  • Pull together executive-level operational insights, synthesizing performance trends, risks, and opportunities for senior leadership
  • Quality & Process Excellence: Oversee scout onboarding and training programs ensuring consistency and continuous improvement
  • Manage new rights-deal workflows end-to-end, ensuring cross-functional alignment, timely execution, and clear documentation
  • Establish and maintain governance frameworks, reporting standards, and operational documentation
  • Drive improvements in operational reporting, dashboards, and insights generation
  • Pull together high-level operational insights for the Unit lead and top management, synthesizing performance trends, risks, and opportunities
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Serve as the central coordination point for the leadership team and key stakeholders
  • Break down silos between scouts, validation teams, data entry, freelancers, and admin units
  • Maintain structured communication channels across units and leadership team
  • Help break down silos and strengthen cross-functional ways of working
  • Manage operational escalations with clarity and speed, ensuring timely resolution and transparent updates
  • Strengthen the leadership team's operating model, helping them function as a unified, high-performing unit
  • Strategic Partnership: Act as an Operational partner to the SVP, designing and implementing operational improvements and scaling frameworks
  • Absorb coordination and operational load to free up leadership time for strategic initiatives, partnerships, and long-term planning
  • Proactively surface issues requiring leadership attention before they impact clients

Requirements:

  • Successful background in operations, program management, or operational leadership—with demonstrated success in fast-paced, high-stakes environments
  • Strong ability to run recurring workflows, syncs, and KPI-driven processes with discipline
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills—you can influence without authority
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, yet comfortable navigating ambiguity and changing priorities
  • Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements and lead cross-functional initiatives
  • Financial acumen—comfortable reading reports, tracking budgets, and managing cost controls
  • Genuine passion for sports—you understand why live data matters and the context in which it's used

Nice to have:

  • You've built something from scratch or initiated transformational change in complex operational environments
  • Experience working with C-level or senior stakeholders
  • Background in media, betting, content rights, or other workflow-intensive, time-sensitive industries
  • Track record of working effectively with global teams across multiple time zones
  • Proactive mindset—you don't wait for problems to come to you
  • you hunt them down
What we offer:
  • A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Offices in Europe, Asia and US) including various social events and teambuilding
  • Flexibility to manage your workday and tasks with autonomy
  • A balance of structure and autonomy to tackle your daily tasks
  • Vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme
  • Calm and Reulay app (leading well-being apps designed to support focus, quality rest, mindfulness, and long-term mental resilience)
  • Online training videos
  • Flexible working hours

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 17, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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