Head of Acquisition Trading
About The Position
DAZN is reimagining the way fans engage with sport, and marketing performance is central to that mission. As Head of Trading, you will lead our optimisation strategy across a range of channels, balancing acquisition, retention, and revenue outcomes. You will sit at the heart of DAZN’s commercial engine, influencing budget allocation and strategic decisions across global markets. This is a highly analytical and commercial role, ideal for someone who thrives on using data to fuel results and scale growth in a performance-driven environment. In this role, you will own trading performance across paid media and marketing initiatives. You will lead budget forecasting, real-time optimisations, and post-campaign analysis to maximise return on marketing spend. Collaborating closely with marketing channel leads, regional teams, and finance partners, you will ensure performance KPIs are met and exceeded. You will also be a key voice in shaping investment decisions across our multi-channel customer funnel.
Requirements
- Experience in digital performance marketing or trading roles
- Strong understanding of media mix modelling and ROI analysis
- Commercial mindset and comfort with budget ownership
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- High level of proficiency in Excel and performance reporting tools
- Understanding of attribution models and paid channel mechanics
- Strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution ability
- Passion for sport, growth, and continuous optimisation
Responsibilities
- Lead performance trading across all marketing channels
- Manage budget pacing and reforecasting across campaigns
- Optimise media mix based on performance and market dynamics
- Build dashboards and reporting to drive real-time decisions
- Partner with finance and data teams on forecasting and ROI modelling
- Collaborate with regional teams to localise strategy and execution
- Set global benchmarks and KPIs across campaigns
- Identify growth and efficiency opportunities across the funnel
Benefits
- Access to DAZN
- Up to 15 days of paid time off
- 9 days of annual leave
- Health benefits (including dental & eye care)
- Generous sick time package
- Short and long-term disability covering
- Parental leave offering
- Personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Family friendly community
- Learning and development resources
- Opportunity for flexible working
- Access to our internal speaker series and events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
