Sports Product Director (Boston) Job at Volo Sports, Boston, MA

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  • Volo Sports
  • Boston, MA

Job Description

Company Description

More than 450,000 users coast to coast leverage Volo to organize, meet, communicate, and play within their community through sports and social activities. Whether it's a performance sport like soccer or a virtual activity like cornhole, Volo provides something real--real interaction, real activity, real fun, and real impact.

Volo is a movementfor people and by people who want to connect more meaningfully to each other.

More Than a Job

  • Annual company events such as Summit Retreat & Volo Games Field Day
  • Healthcare and 401k benefits available
  • Free sports leagues & events
  • Company Memorabilia

Proof We Are Awesome

  • Ranked Among Inc - 5000 Fastest Growing Companies
  • Serving more than 45,000 kids in free youth programs
  • Over 450,000 Adult Participants Nationwide
  • 8 City Markets & Counting...

If you have a desire to make a difference through community and sports, Volo could be your next and final career destination. Come fly with us.

Job Description

When you accept a position with Volo youll be joining a passionate, driven group of innovators within the social sports industry. We are looking for natural leaders with an all-hands-on-deck, not afraid to roll up their sleeves, kind of attitude.

If youre ready to embark on a career that will impact your life and your community while having lots of fun in the process--keep scrolling!

All Sports Products

  • Responsible for overall product quality control
  • Be accountable for quality across all youth and adult products
  • Curate appropriate league experience to match league needs
  • Manage the development and presentation of staff and volunteer training
  • Assure quality control and strength of programs through site visits and serve as a site lead for programs whenever necessary
  • Spearhead league audits & evaluations
  • Develop relationships with current and future league & bar venues
  • Track the needs of each site including improvements
  • Sport team merging & scheduling

Part-Time Staff Management

  • Manage all part-time staff, including Sports Commissioners
  • Identify opportunities to develop skill sets with individual team members
    • Meet regularly to coach and teach all part-time staff
    • Actively pinpoint stretch assignments to provide real-time opportunities for learning
    • Foster an environment of praise, and constructive feedback for improvement
  • Act as escalation contact for part-time staff members
  • Handle new team member screening & onboarding
  • Recruit, hire, schedule and evaluate excellent part-time talent to run our leagues and events
  • Lead initiatives for engagement and support- including pre-season training, mid-season check-ins, and end of season celebrations
  • Provide staff & volunteer feedback, review & analysis
  • Responsible for a strong and exciting office culture
Customer Service

  • Resolve any emerging problems that our customers might face with accuracy and efficiency
  • Anticipate and provide proactive solutions to prevent problems from arising in the future
  • Act as escalation point for player, parent, partner, and volunteer inquiries

Public & Private Relationship Management

  • Develop relationships with current and future league venues
  • Track the needs of each site including improvements
  • Obtain permits for current and new locations
  • Facilitate partnerships with community organizations, sponsor bars, neighborhoods, and potential funders

Fundraising & Development

  • Support youth program funding opportunities
  • Execute fundraising activities with the support of league hosts
  • Expand Kids Foundation activations leveraging part-time staff

Qualifications

MUST-HAVES

  • Minimum of 4-8 years of professional experience
  • Ability to work nights and weekends
  • Can marshal resources effectively and comfortably navigate a fast-paced, ever-changing environment with minimal supervision
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Dynamic personality interested in working in, and contributing to, a fun and active sporting environment

WOW US WITH ...

  • Experience in sport or event management and/or business development capacity
  • Proven ability to manage a team
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Job Tags

Part time, Work at office, Night shift, Weekend work,

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