Senior Manager, Emerging Sports Operations

About Game Changer:

We believe in the life changing impact youth sports have on and off the field. Sports encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence – important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community building potential, or building cool products is your sport, Game Changer is the team for you. We are a remote first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Senior Manager, Emerging Sports Operations will partner with the General Manager of Emerging Sports to help build and operationalize Game Changer's Emerging Sports business. You will focus on translating strategy into execution, driving cross-functional coordination, project management, and operational rigor across Product, Engineering, Go-To-Market, Brand, BD, and Finance. You will be an extension of the GM in the near term, ensuring the right inputs, processes, and communication are in place to support decision-making and business growth.

Over time, the Emerging Sports business will scale and you will evolve into an independent operator managing work streams and daily execution. You will report directly to our General Manager of Emerging Sports.

• Operationalize the Emerging Sports business, building structure, processes, and operating rhythms that support GM-led strategy and P&L ownership.
• Manage cross-functional coordination, ensuring alignment and momentum across Product, Engineering, GTM, Brand, BD, and Finance.
• Lead project planning and program management for key initiatives (e.g., basketball growth, new sport exploration), including timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder accountability.
• Support GM decision-making by gathering inputs, synthesizing information, preparing materials, and ensuring clear follow-through on decisions.
• Drive communication and alignment by cascading context, decisions, and updates across teams to reduce silos and increase velocity.

• 7+ years of experience in business operations, chief of staff, program management, or cross-functional roles within a fast-growing or highly dynamic organization.
• Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Go-To-Market teams, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience building structure from ambiguity, including setting up work streams, processes, and execution plans in new environments.
• Comfortable operating as an individual contributor initially, with the interest and capability to take on people leadership as the business grows.
• Experience in or exposure to corporate or enterprise environments is a plus, particularly in navigating structured stakeholder expectations.
• Experience using Notion or similar knowledge-management tools to document processes, manage workflows, and enable cross-functional collaboration.

• Work remotely throughout the US
  * or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Paid volunteer opportunities.
• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology.
• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.
• Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development.
• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly.
• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe.
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.
• Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.
• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.
• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.
• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for…