Managing Partner, Sport and Real Money Gaming

LADbible Group

Managing Partner for important relationships in the sport and gaming verticals at LADbible Group. Focused on commercial growth and strategic partnership development with leading clients and agencies.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own senior relationships at CMO / VP / Agency MD / CEO level across key clients, agencies and strategic partners within the sports and gaming ecosystem.
Shape long-term strategic direction
Solve complex commercial challenges
Bring credible category expertise across audience, fandom and platform behaviour
Own revenue growth for the Sports & Gaming Hub / Vertical, with accountability for: Retention, Expansion and long-term partnership value.
Lead Joint Business Plans (JBPs) and unlock integrated opportunities across brand, social, editorial and performance, using strong category and calendar insight to drive proactive growth.
New commercial opportunities and product innovation
Bring strategic leadership across: Brand and platform strategy, Marketing effectiveness, Creativity and storytelling, Audience and fandom behaviour, Commercial trends across sport and gaming.
Mobilise cross-functional teams to create best in class commercial output and category-leading work.
Serve as the linchpin between Commercial and Editorial/Social Teams to identify new products, platforms or growth opportunities.
Set the standard for what best in class looks like - set the tone for senior behaviour, client quality and strategic decision making.
Manage, hire and develop a team beneath you.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience across either marketing, commercial partnerships, sport sponsorship, consumer or fan products, or within a sporting agency
Existing relationships from within the UK sporting and real money gaming industry
Previous experience working for sport governing bodies, professional sport teams, television, radio or digital broadcast, sporting agency or bookmakers
Previous experience working across commercial products and partnerships – either from a selling perspective or an implementation perspective
A thorough knowledge of the UK sport & gaming landscape as well as an understanding of the broader global sports industry
A track record of selling in concepts, ideas or packages (including proven relationships) and clients in the sport industry.
Understand the world of digital and use of social channels e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, X
Thrive in a fast-moving digital and social space with complex products.
Be prepared to put the time in and be happy working under pressure and to tight deadline.

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible working hours
professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

commercial partnershipssport sponsorshipconsumer productsfan productsproduct innovationbrand strategymarketing effectivenessaudience behaviourcommercial trendsdigital marketing

Soft Skills

strategic leadershipproblem solvingteam managementrelationship buildingcreativitystorytellingcross-functional collaborationclient managementadaptabilitytime management