Vice President, Marketing Procurement

DAZN; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contributions up to 5%

Enhanced parental leave

Electric vehicle benefit option

Access to mental health platform

Learning and development resources

Flexible working opportunities

Access to internal speaker series

Job summary

An established industry player in sports streaming is seeking a Vice President of Marketing Procurement. This pivotal role involves leading global procurement strategies, optimizing marketing spend, and fostering supplier innovation. You'll collaborate with senior executives to drive value and ensure compliance across markets. With a commitment to operational excellence and customer-centricity, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. If you have a strong background in procurement and a passion for sports, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable procurement experience with a strong focus on marketing spend.
• Proven track record managing large, complex marketing categories.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute a global marketing procurement strategy.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across media buying and content production.

Skills

Procurement Experience

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation Skills

Data-Driven Mindset

Commercial Acumen

Job description

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Department: 77-893 - Subscription - Digital Acquisition Media

Department: 77-893 - Subscription - Digital Acquisition Media

Location: UK - Leeds

Description

DAZN is the world's leading sports streaming platform, delivering premium live and on-demand sports content to millions of fans worldwide. With an expansive presence in multiple global markets, DAZN is reshaping the way the world consumes sports. As we continue to scale, our commitment to operational excellence, innovation, and customer-centricity remains core to our mission.

As the Vice President of Marketing Procurement, you will be responsible for overseeing and optimising the global marketing procurement strategy across all markets. This executive role demands deep expertise in marketing categories (including media, creative, production, sponsorships, and digital), stakeholder engagement, supplier innovation, and commercial performance.

You will partner closely with the Chief Marketing Officer, regional marketing leads, and finance teams to drive value, increase efficiency, and ensure our marketing investments deliver maximum ROI while aligning with DAZN’s strategic and brand objectives.

As our new Vice President Marketing Procurement, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Global Strategy Leadership: Design and execute a global marketing procurement strategy aligned with DAZN’s growth objectives and brand vision.
• Category Management: Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across media buying, creative and content production, influencer and social media partnerships, sponsorships, PR, and martech platforms.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with CMO, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and regional teams to understand needs, manage budgets, and ensure procurement adds value.
• Supplier Management & Innovation: Build and manage strong supplier relationships to foster innovation, performance, and commercial benefit.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure procurement practices meet compliance, risk, and governance standards across markets.
• Leadership: Ability to work with, and influence, multiple marketing teams globally to coordinate and drive tenders
• Data & Insights: Leverage procurement analytics and performance data to drive continuous improvement and cost optimization.
  
  
  

You'll have:

• Demonstrable procurement experience with a strong focus on marketing spend in a global organization
• Proven track record managing large, complex marketing categories at scale
• Experience in RFPs, multi-supplier tenders, and working on media and marketing benchmarking and negotiations
• Previous negotiation training and/or significant hands-on experience in negotiation
• Deep understanding of the global media, digital, and creative agency landscape
• Experience within the sports, entertainment, media, or consumer tech sectors is desirable
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior executives
• Commercial acumen and a data-driven mindset
• Demonstrated ability to deliver both cost savings and strategic value
• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills
  
  
  

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

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