Sports Licensing Manager

BDA•Woodinville, WA

2d•$72,000 - $92,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Licensing Manager leads the sports licensing approval and royalty process, overseeing a direct report and serving as the primary point of contact for licensors, internal teams, and account managers. This role owns the approvals workflow, partners with Finance on royalty reporting and audits, manage day-to-day licensor relationships, and ensures contract and manufacturer agreement compliance across all sports properties. This role carries financial/budgetary and strategic planning responsibility and requires the ability to absorb extremely detailed guidelines and corporate standards, identify issues, and recommend thoughtful business solutions. Limited travel may be required. This role requires a strong affinity for sports and a background in sports marketing or sports operations, along with a proven record of managing complex analytical and financial details. Prior experience in the ad specialty, advertising, or promotions industry is preferred but not required.

Requirements

8+ years in process and organizational development
8+ years of sports marketing or sports operations experience
11+ years of data entry experience
6+ years of financial experience
Proven record of successful management of analytical detail
Affinity for sports
Detail-oriented, highly organized individual with exceptional fluency in Microsoft Excel and online data entry systems like SharePoint
Ability to organize financial and operations data and processes and prepare summaries
High energy, hardworking; visible/demonstrated drive to work hard and excel
Excellent customer service for both internal and external partnerships
Proven ability to follow direction and absorb extremely detailed guidelines and corporate standards
Strong computer/technical aptitude with ability to learn and implement new programs

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with ad specialty, advertising, or promotions industry preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Serve as primary interface for entering sports approval requests (Creative, Royalties, Campaigns, Key Initiatives), including but not limited to: QC Forms and Tracking — submission, tracking, and follow-up on forms and art submitted for all leagues
Management of the SharePoint portal
Communicate with all sports-related business and account managers throughout all phases of the approval process
Partner with Finance on monthly and quarterly compilation and reconciliation of all royalty-related projects, assist with auditing annually, and provide error reporting for coaching opportunities
Serve as the subject matter expert on licensor guidelines to maintain reference materials and evaluate scenarios effectively, identify basic issues, fact-find, prioritize, and suggest thoughtful business solutions
Act as key contact for licensors' day-to-day needs, including ongoing weekly calls
Ensure contracts and manufacturer agreements are kept up to date on contract compliance, using appropriate partnering departments as needed
Assess, analyze, and evolve processes and procedures to increase results and greater ease of process throughout BDA