Business Development Manager (Sports/Media)

Location: London, United Kingdom; the hiring process includes an in-person office visit.

Company

hirify.global combines creative consultancy, interactive technology, and data-driven insights to help sports organisations, broadcasters, media companies, and creator networks build engaging audience experiences and commercial value.

What you will do

• Progress qualified new-business opportunities from discovery through to close.
• Build and manage a healthy sales pipeline and maintain accurate forecasting.
• Work with the SDR to maximise outbound campaigns and lead conversion.
• Develop relationships with customers across sports, media, broadcasters, publishers, and creators.
• Maintain HubSpot records and use CRM insights to improve pipeline performance and conversion.
• Attend industry events and identify new commercial and partnership opportunities.

Requirements

• Experience in business development, partnerships, or B2B sales.
• A proven track record of generating and progressing new business opportunities.
• Proactive, self-motivated, autonomous, and highly organised approach.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, commercial awareness, and business acumen.
• Experience using CRM platforms, ideally HubSpot, with strong pipeline management and CRM hygiene.
• Ability to attend the London office for the in-person practical exercise and culture peer session.

Nice to have

• Experience in sports, media, digital, sponsorship, the creator economy, or AdTech.
• Experience with sponsorship and brand partnership models.
• Knowledge of creator economy, content distribution, digital media performance metrics, audience engagement, and monetisation strategies.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include innovation, meaningful impact, collective strength, and sustainable intensity.
• Collaborative environment focused on supporting, challenging, and developing colleagues.
• Transparent hiring process designed to provide clear and honest feedback.

Hiring process

• Mutual Fit Chat covering expectations, the role, company direction, and career goals.
• Manager Deep Dive focused on experience, technical approach, and relevant challenges.
• F2F Practical Exercise and Culture Peer Session at the office, with a possible final follow-up if needed.