Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer

A bit about us

Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies?

Genius Sports is at the epicentre of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties.

We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team.

If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us. 

We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world. It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports.

The Role:

The role directly supports the COO in all day-to-day activities and requires close management, the ability to prioritise, and supreme levels of organization and attention to detail. The successful candidate will be a self-starter capable of quickly learning context to apply in their day-to-day duties. Enthusiasm and initiative and ownership for this role is a must. The candidate should possess the desire go above and beyond.

Main Responsibilities:

• Diary management, inbox management, arranging client lunches/dinners, expenses and other ad hoc tasks where required.
• Extensive international and national travel arrangements – ensuring that travel arrangements are booked timely and within budget, schedules and client trips are made visible to the teams and a transparent process is followed and communicated.
• Organizing and attending internal and external client and team meetings, including drafting agendas, minute taking and following up on action points (tantamount to project management in some cases).
• Arranging training, Away Days and team outings.
• Creation of PowerPoint presentations, proposals, Heads of Terms, letters, Board reports etc.
• Working in the office in our Soho, London office four days a week, with one day per week remote working.
• Working with other members of the administration team to provide ad hoc support and cover where necessary. Please note that due to the nature of the role, it is not strictly a typical 9.30am – 5.30pm position and there will be a requirement for occasional out of hours work/ travel.

Required skills:

• Exceptional experience managing a senior executive’s diary across multiple time zones.
• Incredible attention to detail.
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• A team player who effectively interacts with peers and helps motivate other members of the team.
• Proactive in problem solving and issues resolution.
• Flexible in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment.
• High level of computer literacy.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management.
• Reliable, conscientious and dedicated.
• A Desire to go above and beyond.

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities. 

How we work

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role.

Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses. 

Genius Sports Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce bring to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (and any other applicable status). Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.