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Director, Global Fan Engagement Marketing

National Football League

New York, NY
Full Time
Director
140k-185k
2 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The National Football League is seeking a strategic, data-driven marketing leader to advance our 1:1 fan engagement strategy, journey orchestration, and personalization at scale. This high-impact role requires deep experience in audience strategy, MarTech innovation, and performance-oriented engagement. You will lead the design and activation of personalized fan journeys leveraging automation, real-time decisioning, and the full power of our customer data platform (CDP) to deliver the right message, at the right time, through the right channels. Your efforts will deepen relationships, increase fan avidity, and drive both lead generation and revenue growth across NFL's product and partner ecosystem. The Fan Engagement Marketing team operates as a Global Center of Excellence within the broader Marketing organization, focused on using technology, data, and creativity to unlock growth and drive personalization across a diverse and global fan base.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead Strategy & Execution: Evolve our journey orchestration and 1:1 fan engagement strategy across email, SMS, push, in-app, web, OnePass, and paid media-powered by data, automation, and a modern MarTech stack.
  • Drive Lifetime Value: Maximize fan LTV-enhancing activation, retention, upsell, and re-engagement strategies, while mitigating churn across all fan segments and product lines.
  • Architect Fan Journeys: Design and implement dynamic, signal-based journeys tailored to audience segments, behavioral data, and product interactions-delivering contextual, personalized, and localized experiences at scale.
  • Establish Channel Governance: Define and manage a comprehensive, enterprise-wide contact strategy across League, Clubs, and Partners-ensuring consistency, compliance, and fan-centric messaging.
  • Advance Personalization at Scale: Champion the adoption of generative AI, real-time decisioning, and automation tools to deliver individualized fan experiences across all relevant touchpoints.
  • Activate the MarTech Ecosystem: Ensure full utilization of the NFL's technology stack-including CDPs, journey orchestration platforms (e.g., Adobe Experience Platform), and content automation-to drive efficient and relevant fan engagement.
  • Drive Fan Growth and Revenue Generation: Lead strategies that convert fan engagement into measurable business impact-integrating personalized messaging, conversion tactics, and optimized journeys to drive lead generation, product adoption, and monetization across direct-to-consumer and partner channels.
  • Test, Learn, Optimize: Implement agile experimentation frameworks and continuous testing to refine journeys, messaging, and channel strategies-improving performance and business outcomes.
  • Partner Across the Enterprise: Collaborate with Data & Analytics, Technology, Product, and Media teams - as well as regional markets - to align fan engagement efforts with platform capabilities, measurement strategy, and organizational goals.

Requirements

  • 10+ years leading 1:1 engagement, outbound channel marketing, journey orchestration, or personalized marketing in a matrixed, consumer-facing enterprise.
  • Proven ownership of LTV, lead generation, and revenue-driving programs through strategies that reduce churn and increase engagement, frequency, and conversion.
  • Deep expertise in MarTech architecture, including CDPs, orchestration tools, and marketing automation platforms (e.g., Adobe Experience Platform, Salesforce, Braze).
  • Demonstrated experience designing data-driven journeys and activating them across multichannel campaigns.
  • Fluent in segmentation, behavioral modeling, and working with analytics teams to optimize for performance KPIs.
  • 5+ years of experience leading high-performing teams and managing external partners or agencies.
  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with generative AI and automation tools.
  • Experience working within sports or entertainment industries.
  • Knowledge of global fan engagement strategies.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (required).
  • MBA or advanced degree (preferred).

Benefits & Perks

  • Salary range of $140,000-$185,000 USD.
  • In-person work at NFL offices or stadium locations; remote/hybrid options are not offered.
  • Up to 20% domestic travel required with occasional weekend and international travel.
  • A collaborative environment that values diversity, respect, and inclusion.

Working at National Football League

NFL Core Values include Respect, Integrity, Team Responsibility, and Resiliency. NFL leadership emphasizes building talent, executing with precision, inspiring others, living core values, knowing the business, and thinking big. The organization fosters an inclusive work environment that reflects its diverse fan base, promoting mutual respect and equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 4, 2025
Salary140k-185k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceDirector

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About National Football League

Website

nfl.com

Company Size

1001-5000 employees

Location

New York, NY

Industry

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures

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