Vice President, Marketing Procurement - #1691653

Department: 77-893 - Subscription - Digital Acquisition Media

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - Leeds

Reporting To: Adam Knappy

You will partner closely with the Chief Marketing Officer, regional marketing leads, and finance teams to drive value, increase efficiency, and ensure our marketing investments deliver maximum ROI while aligning with DAZN’s strategic and brand objectives.

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  Global Strategy Leadership: Design and execute a global marketing procurement strategy aligned with DAZN’s growth objectives and brand vision.


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  Category Management: Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across media buying, creative and content production, influencer and social media partnerships, sponsorships, PR, and martech platforms.


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  Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with CMO, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and regional teams to understand needs, manage budgets, and ensure procurement adds value.


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  Supplier Management & Innovation: Build and manage strong supplier relationships to foster innovation, performance, and commercial benefit.


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  Governance & Compliance: Ensure procurement practices meet compliance, risk, and governance standards across markets.


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  Leadership: Ability to work with, and influence, multiple marketing teams globally to coordinate and drive tenders


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  Data & Insights: Leverage procurement analytics and performance data to drive continuous improvement and cost optimization.

• Demonstrable procurement experience with a strong focus on marketing spend in a global organization


• Proven track record managing large, complex marketing categories at scale


• Experience in RFPs, multi-supplier tenders, and working on media and marketing benchmarking and negotiations


• Previous negotiation training and/or significant hands-on experience in negotiation


• Deep understanding of the global media, digital, and creative agency landscape


• Experience within the sports, entertainment, media, or consumer tech sectors is desirable


• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior executives


• Commercial acumen and a data-driven mindset


• Demonstrated ability to deliver both cost savings and strategic value


• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.