Project Manager- Sports Consulting

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading management consulting firm dedicated to sport seeks a Project Manager to drive impactful projects globally. Candidates should have a strong background in strategy consulting or sports management, with a passion for sports and proven leadership skills. The role involves managing teams, client relationships, and contributing to business development while ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Benefits

Health insurance

Gym subsidy

Balanced work vs personal life

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience at a top tier strategy consulting firm or sports organisation.
• Proven record of high performance and substantial achievements.

Responsibilities

• Manage single or multiple project teams to deliver exceptional impact.
• Lead team problem-solving and client interactions.
• Produce high quality strategy presentations.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Job Description

Sport Management Consultancy – Project Manager

Portas Consulting is the leading management consulting firm dedicated to sport. We believe in the power of sport and physical activity to transform lives, communities and nations. We provide inspirational leadership to power this transformation, having fun and showing the passion for doing what we love.

We help sports leaders across the world on their most important, complex and urgent challenges and opportunities to achieve more for their organisations such as:

• Delivering significant and sustainable business performance
• Transforming organisations and develop future sport leaders
• Driving increased and more effective funding into sport
• Achieving lasting positive change in society

We work on high profile projects that leave a lasting positive impact such as:

• Creating commercial strategy for one of the world’s largest multi-team groups
• Designing a post-acquisition strategy for a newly acquired UK sports team
• Developing strategies to professionalise women’s football and rugby
• Leading the re-design of global calendar across men’s and women’s rugby
• Conducting ground-breaking research into the value of grassroots sport

You will have an accelerated, global career in a rapidly growing business, involving the following responsibilities:

• Manage single or multiple project teams to deliver exceptional impact
• Lead team problem-solving
• Lead client interactions and manage client relationships
• Produce high quality strategy presentations and deliverables
• Coach and develop team members to become excellent consultants
• Help drive Portas business development on a global basis
• Build the firm’s knowledge base.

We are looking for outstanding Project Managers with the following experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience at a top tier strategy consulting firm or strategy experience in a reputed sports organisation
• Proven record of high performance and substantial achievements in your past positions
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and demonstrated leadership ability
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Genuine interest in sport
• Solid sports industry knowledge is desirable
• Prepared to work on a global basis.

Compensation and Benefits:

We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience and qualifications. In addition to monetary compensation, we provide health insurance, gym subsidy balanced work vs personal life.