We are seeking a seasoned strategic leader to serve as a key advisor to the President of EA SPORTS and their Leadership Team. Reporting to the VP of Corporate Strategy, this is a high-visibility position with significant engagement across EA, including the CEO and their executive staff.

This role offers a rare opportunity to define and execute a strategy that positions EA SPORTS as the most valuable and globally recognized sports brand. Working across iconic franchises such as FC, Madden NFL, College Football, UFC, NHL, and F1, you will shape the future of EA SPORTS and its influence in the global sports ecosystem, extending in, around, and beyond the bounds of interactive entertainment.

Your leadership will directly impact how EA SPORTS connects with fans worldwide, deepens its cultural relevance, and drives long-term business growth. Drawing on deep expertise in the sports industry and a proven track record of developing strategies in dynamic, competitive markets, you will play a pivotal role in unlocking the next phase of growth for EA SPORTS.

Responsibilities

Strategic Vision and Leadership

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the President of EA SPORTS and leadership across EA SPORTS teams, including commercial, brand marketing, and the GMs of EA SPORTS individual franchises, shaping a long-term vision that positions the brand as a leader in the global sports ecosystem.

• Build deep, credible relationships with senior leaders across EA SPORTS, positioning the Strategy function as an embedded and trusted member of the decision-making process.

• Develop relationships with senior strategy leaders across relevant industries, including leagues, teams, media entities, and adjacent businesses, to exchange insights, explore opportunities, and inform EA SPORTS' strategic priorities.

• Provide thought leadership on how changes in sports fandom, fan engagement, and emerging technologies are reshaping the future of sports, and create opportunities for EA SPORTS to lead.

• In partnership with the Business Strategy and Intelligence teams, proactively analyze industry dynamics, including league and team performance, capital trends, rights structures, and emerging business models, to identify actionable implications for EA SPORTS.

Strategic Planning

• Develop and manage a robust framework for evaluating strategic opportunities, including new ideas, licenses, and partnerships, ensuring alignment with EA SPORTS' growth objectives.

• Deliver ad hoc financial, market, and scenario analyses to support the EA SPORTS leadership team in navigating complex business decisions.

• Lead select high-impact strategic initiatives in collaboration with key stakeholders, such as evaluating new licenses or supporting M&A diligence, to guide critical business decisions.

• Collaborate with Development, Finance, and commercial teams to align franchise strategies with EA's corporate strategy and financial goals.

• Deliver data-backed recommendations to guide strategic decisions and provide clear updates to C-level leadership and Board of Directors.

Mentor And Develop Strategy Talent

• Foster a collaborative, innovative culture that bridges sports, entertainment, and technology, inspiring teams to think expansively.

• Act as a senior leader within the Corporate Strategy team, actively mentoring and sponsoring emerging strategy talent, developing a pipeline of future scaled leaders, and contributing to the broader capability-building agenda of the function.

• Demonstrate experience building and developing high-performing teams, with a track record of growing talent and, where relevant, expanding team scope and headcount in line with business needs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of demonstrable relevant work experience in strategy or a related role, with 3+ years in a management capacity, in the media, sports, or technology space.

• Deep experience in the sports ecosystem, including leagues, teams, sports networks, media entities, or adjacent businesses, with a strong working understanding of how rights structures, commercial partnerships, and value pools operate across the industry. Experience in or alongside the gaming industry is a plus, but sports industry expertise is the priority.

• Expertise in developing and implementing large-scale strategies that deliver measurable business impact, including experience with adjacent revenue models, licensing, and partnership structures.

• A proven relationship builder and influencer, someone who earns trust with senior stakeholders through credibility, humility, and a genuine desire to learn the business, and who can shape decisions without needing to be the loudest voice in the room.

• Demonstrated success in collaborating with and advising senior leaders across complex, matrixed organizations, and influencing decision-making in high-stakes environments.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills, with experience in scenario modeling and financial analysis.

• Experience building and scaling teams, with demonstrated ability to attract, develop, and retain strong strategy talent.

• Adept at balancing a long-term strategic vision with immediate business needs, navigating ambiguity with clarity and confidence.

• Passionate about sports, innovation, and shaping the future of entertainment.

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This is a highly strategic leadership role with broad cross-functional scope and significant visibility. You will partner with senior leaders across Finance, Legal, Security, People, GTM, Research, Engineering, Real Estate & Workplace, and other functions to define category strategies, guide complex commercial decisions, and build scalable ways of working that improve speed, clarity, and value.

This role requires experience building and scaling sourcing in fast-moving environments , from establishing foundational capabilities and team structure to leading complex, high-spend, high-volume portfolios.

You will lead and be accountable for a growing team responsible for managing complex, high-stakes services engagements end-to-end, while evolving the sourcing model, supplier governance, and commercial approach needed to support OpenAI’s growth. This role reports into the Vice President of Procurement.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Lead sourcing strategy across a broad services portfolio that supports teams across OpenAI.

• Partner across every business unit to shape sourcing strategies for professional services, ensuring teams can access the capabilities they need with the right balance of speed, value, and governance.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership on services strategy, supplier ecosystems, commercial tradeoffs, and risk.

• Define category strategies, supplier segmentation approaches, negotiation playbooks, and commercial frameworks that improve speed, consistency, and leverage.

• Engage early on high-impact services decisions to shape supplier selection, deal structures, and commercial outcomes in the areas that matter most to OpenAI’s speed, resilience, and stewardship.

• Guide high-stakes sourcing decisions across a diverse set of services categories, including areas such as Real Estate and Workplace services.

• Build supplier strategies that drive value beyond cost, including speed, service quality, resilience, flexibility, and access to critical capabilities.

• Leverage market insight and supplier intelligence to inform strategy, strengthen negotiations, and improve business outcomes.

• Independently prioritize and lead multiple highly complex workstreams across a fast-evolving services landscape.

• Build scalable sourcing models, governance mechanisms, and automation-enabled ways of working that improve decision quality and increase leverage across the team.

• Establish supplier KPIs, scorecards, and business review mechanisms across critical service providers.

• Build visibility into pipeline, cycle times, supplier performance, commercial outcomes, and category risks so leaders can make faster, better-informed decisions and drive stronger execution across the portfolio.

• Be accountable for team performance, operating outcomes, talent development, and management excellence across a high-performing team of experienced sourcing professionals.

• Set direction, establish priorities, and strengthen the capabilities, leadership, and organizational capacity needed to scale services sourcing over time.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 12+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, vendor management, or commercial leadership, with significant depth across services categories.

• Proven success leading high-stakes sourcing initiatives with enterprise-wide visibility across business units or critical categories.

• A track record of defining long-term supplier strategies and partnerships that drive value beyond cost , through innovation, speed, resilience, and capability growth.

• Strong experience guiding complex commercial decisions across a wide range of professional and operational services.

• Excellent executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, align cross-functional partners, and navigate complex tradeoffs with sound judgment.

• Experience designing scalable sourcing models, frameworks, and tools that reduce complexity and improve outcomes.

• Strong judgment in ambiguity and the ability to independently define, prioritize, and lead multiple highly complex workstreams.

• Demonstrated people leadership, including leading experienced teams, developing talent, and balancing near-term execution with long-term capability

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