Product Portfolio Senior Manager: Education & Athletes Pathways

Are you passionate about creating seamless experiences in education and sport? Are you sensitive to serving the athletes and bringing them at the center of the sport ecosystem ?
Do you thrive in dynamic, multicultural environments?
Are you driven by developing projects and businesses?

AISTS, the International Academy of Sport Management and Technology, is a prestigious not-for-profit academic centre at the heart of the global sport industry. Founded in 2000 in Lausanne, Switzerland, it offers world-class education and advisory services in sport management. AISTS's unique multidisciplinary approach combines expertise in technology, management, economics, medicine, career and leadership. With a network of over 750 alumni, 100 distinguished lecturers, and partnerships with leading sport organisations, AISTS shapes the future of international sport.

Located in the Olympic Capital, it serves as a bridge between academia and industry, promoting excellence in sport management to drive positive global impact through the power of sport.

The Product Portfolio Senior Manager is responsible for translating the AISTS portfolio strategy into a coherent, prioritised and commercially viable product portfolio across three product areas:
Education, Athletes Pathways, and Advisory. It initially owns direct responsibility for both Education and Athletes Pathways products streams.

The role ensures that AISTS moves from a primarily MAS-centred organisation toward an integrated platform combining industry access, short and tailored education, athlete-career transition solutions, and international sport organisations advisory services (e.g. impact assessments, certification, research mandates, etc.).

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will work in partnership with the Professors, experts, speakers and partners of the AISTS network. Internally, you will work closely with the Head of B2B Partnerships & Development and the Head of Operations & Delivery. Initially, you will manage the Sport Advisory Product Coordinator.

This role is established as part of a new strategy adopted and rolled out by AISTS. The scope of the role may evolve according to the deployment of the strategy.

Portfolio Management

• Own the consolidated product portfolio roadmap across Education, Athletes Pathways and Advisory.
• Establish common product management standards and coherence across products in terms of target audiences, value propositions, pricing logic, delivery model, resource needs and expected contribution.
• Prioritise product development using mission alignment, market demand, revenue potential, profitability, scalability, feasibility and strategic value.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear product briefs, annual product plans, performance indicators and implementation milestones.
• Maintain product governance discipline, ensuring that each product has an owner, business case, delivery model, quality criteria, review cycle and is aligned with B2B development (proposal development) and clearly framed for the Operations and Delivery team to operate
• Provide the Executive Director with a consolidated view of product performance, portfolio risks, dependencies and investment priorities.

Product ownership

1. Athlete Pathways

• Design and develop the AISTS Athletes Pathways offer, including education, transition, employability, leadership, entrepreneurship and mentoring formats for active, retiring and retired athletes.
• Build the product value proposition for IFs, NOCs, Olympic stakeholders, athlete commissions, agencies, sponsors and individual athletes.
• Coordinate athlete-specific curriculum development, mentor pools, career coaching components and storytelling opportunities with…