HotelPlanner Tour Tournament Business Manager

DP World Tour; Wentworth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World Tour in Wentworth, Surrey, is seeking a Tournament Business Manager to support the HotelPlanner Tour by developing relationships with tournament promoters and delivering commercially viable events across an international calendar.

You will work across the European Tour Group to turn ideas into practical plans, combine commercial thinking with hands-on event knowledge, and travel extensively. Fluency in English required; hybrid role with 2-3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Experience in sports marketing, business development, commercial operations and/or event management.
• Strong operational and commercial event experience.
• Knowledge of the sports business environment.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with the confidence to influence stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgement to translate opportunities into actions.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage day-to-day relationships with an allocated portfolio of third-party tournament promoters.
• Develop a detailed understanding of each tournament, including objectives, opportunities and challenges.
• Support promoters in developing clear, practical event business plans with defined priorities and actions.
• Act as a key link between tournament promoters and teams across the European Tour Group.

Skills

Relationship management

Event management

Commercial operations

Sports marketing

Stakeholder management

Job description

Who We Are

The European Tour group is one of the world’s pre-eminent golf organisations. We are responsible for running the world-famous DP World Tour, The Staysure Legends Tour and the HotelPlanner Tour.

Location: Wentworth, Surrey Contract: Permanent Hybrid: 2-3 days in the office

Who We Are

The European Tour group is one of the world’s pre-eminent golf organisations. We are responsible for running the world-famous DP World Tour, The Staysure Legends Tour and the HotelPlanner Tour. We also organise, alongside the PGA of America, golf’s greatest team contest - the Ryder Cup.

The Role

We’re looking for a Tournament Business Manager to join our HotelPlanner Tour team and play a key role in supporting the continued development of tournaments across the Tour.

Working closely with a portfolio of third-party tournament promoters, you’ll build strong relationships and help them develop events that are commercially sustainable, operationally effective and deliver a great experience for players and stakeholders.

This is a varied, highly collaborative role combining event management, commercial thinking, relationship management and business planning. You’ll work directly with tournament promoters, while bringing together expertise from across the European Tour Group to identify opportunities, tackle challenges and support the long-term development of events.

For someone who enjoys building relationships, understanding how events and businesses operate and turning ideas into practical plans, this is an opportunity to make a tangible impact across an international sporting environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Tournament & Promoter Management

• Build and manage strong day-to-day relationships with an allocated portfolio of third-party tournament promoters.
• Develop a detailed understanding of each tournament, including its objectives, opportunities and challenges.
• Support promoters in developing clear, practical event business plans with defined priorities and actions.
• Act as a key link between tournament promoters and teams across the European Tour Group.

Commercial & Business Planning

• Review event performance and identify opportunities to strengthen commercial sustainability and support future development.
• Work alongside the HotelPlanner Tour Commercial Manager to develop commercial recommendations for promoters.
• Provide commercial and operational input into tournament budgets and planning.
• Monitor progress against agreed business plans, identifying and escalating significant risks or barriers where required.

Bringing Teams Together

• Coordinate expertise from across the European Tour Group to support the successful development and delivery of your allocated tournaments.
• Help ensure event plans align with relevant Group requirements, governance and HotelPlanner Tour objectives.
• Facilitate clear, effective communication between promoters and internal stakeholders.
• Navigate different priorities and relationships to keep plans moving forward.

Developing How We Work

• Share insight, learning and good practice across the Tournament Business team.
• Help improve promoter onboarding, business planning tools and ways of working.
• Bring practical insight from your portfolio of events to help shape the continued development of the HotelPlanner Tour tournament model.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone comfortable operating at the intersection of sport, events, commercial development and stakeholder management.

You’ll Ideally Bring

• Relevant experience within sports marketing, business development, commercial operations and/or event management.
• Strong operational and commercial event experience.
• Knowledge or experience of the sports business environment.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the confidence to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to identify opportunities and translate them into practical recommendations.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to balance several priorities at once.
• A proactive, adaptable approach and the confidence to operate effectively when circumstances or priorities change.
• Experience working internationally and with people from different cultures.
• Fluency in English. Additional languages would be an advantage.
• The flexibility and willingness to travel extensively throughout the year.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to work at the heart of the HotelPlanner Tour, developing relationships with tournament promoters and helping shape successful professional golf events across an international calendar. You’ll work with colleagues and partners from across the sport, combining commercial thinking with hands-on event knowledge to support tournaments in reaching their potential. If you’re commercially minded, enjoy building strong partnerships and want to apply your experience within an international sporting environment, we’d love to hear from you.

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