Partnership Protection Specialist, Europe & Asia

Partnership Protection Specialist, Europe & Asia

• Full-time

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

OVERVIEW

Working within Sportradar's newly formed Rights & Partnership Protection (RPP) team, the Partnership Protection Specialist will serve as a key liaison between Sportradar and major sports rights holders across Europe and Asia.

The roleis responsible for supporting the protection,enhancement and operational effectiveness of Sportradar's sports partnerships through a combination of field operations, intelligence gathering, stakeholder engagement and investigative activity. Acting as the regional subject matter expert, the specialist will attend sporting events throughout Europe and Asia,monitor market activityimpactingrights holders, and provide actionable intelligence that strengthens the value and integrity of Sportradar's partnerships.

The position requires an experienced and highly motivated professional with a strong understanding of the European and Asian sports ecosystem, sports bettingmarketsand partnership-related risks. The successful candidate will work closely with rights holders, security teams, internalstakeholdersand international counterparts toidentifyemerging threats, malicious actors and global trends affecting the sports data and betting landscape.

This role will play a critical part in ensuring Sportradar's rights partnerships continue to deliver value, remain protected from misuse, and evolve in line with an increasingly complex global betting environment.

THE CHALLENGE

Act as a key operational liaison between Sportradar and allocated

European and Asian sports rights holders.

Attend sporting events throughout Europe and Asia to support rights-holder operations andassistin safeguarding rights,accessand exclusivity arrangements.

Build andmaintaintrusted relationships with leagues, federations, security teams, venueoperatorsand other key stakeholders.

Conduct intelligence-led research into market activity to understand and analyseactorsimpactingrights-holder interests.

Identify emerging risks, trends and operational vulnerabilities affecting Sportradar's rights partnerships.

Conduct investigative research using open-source, commercial and industry-specific data sources.

Lead and support digital evidence collection relating to sports book activity, betting markets, predictionplatformsand other relevant digital environments.

Develop intelligence holdings relating to individuals, groups and networksoperatingwithin the sports betting and data collection ecosystem.

Collaborate with Rights & Partnership Protection colleagues across

North Americatoidentifyglobal trends, organised networks and syndicatesoperatingacross multiple jurisdictions.

Analyse information received from rights holders and transform operational reporting into actionable intelligence and strategic recommendations.

Produce regular intelligence products, stakeholderbriefingsand operational assessments.

Deliver season-long reporting for partner organisations, including pre-season risk assessments, in-seasonupdatesand post-season reviews.

Support rights holders in developing operational best practices to enhance data collectionhygieneand partnership performance.

Plan and deliver educational workshops and awareness sessions for leagues, federations, venue operators, securitypersonneland other stakeholders.

Support SRAD and other internal stakeholders by providing intelligence and operational insights that strengthen existing partnerships and support future rights opportunities.

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