Role Overview The Director of Content Strategy is responsible for defining and executing Fantasy Life’s company-wide content strategy, ensuring content drives growth, engagement, and revenue while remaining scalable, disciplined, and performance-driven. This role owns content performance and manages the content operating budget, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently to support sustainable growth and profitability. The Director of Content Strategy oversees content strategy across written, premium, social, video, and Guillotine Leagues content. They are accountable for KPIs, sponsorship integration, and distribution strategy, and manage the Video team from a strategic and performance standpoint, while dedicated video leadership oversees day-to-day production and execution. This is a senior leadership role designed to bring focus, structure, and accountability to how content is created, distributed, and monetized across the business. Core Responsibilities Content Strategy & Ownership - Own the end-to-end content strategy across Fantasy Life and Guillotine Leagues. - Define content priorities, franchises, and formats aligned with business goals. - Ensure all major content initiatives are built around full-time creators and scalable formats. - Maintain consistent voice, tone, and quality standards across all branded content. - Oversee Guillotine Leagues content strategy with a focus on: - - Growing the platform - Increasing user engagement - Enhancing the overall user experience through content Performance, KPIs & Analytics - Own content KPIs across all formats and platforms, including: - - Engagement and audience growth - Conversion to premium Product - Sponsorship and branded content performance - Platform-specific benchmarks (written, social, video) - Use performance data to guide content decisions, prioritization, and investment. - Establish clear expectations and accountability for teams and creators. Sponsorship & Branded Content Integration - Oversee the strategy and execution of branded and sponsorable content. - Partner closely with Sales to ensure content supports advertiser and partner objectives. - Ensure integrations are thoughtful, high-quality, and scalable. - Balance monetization opportunities with editorial integrity and audience trust. - Ensure branded content has a distinct look, feel, and promotion strategy. Video Strategy Oversight (Not Production) - Provide strategic leadership and performance oversight for video content. - Set expectations for: - - Output and cadence - Platform-first optimization - Audience growth and engagement - Alignment with content franchises and sponsorship goals - Partner with the Video Lead, who owns production, showsheets, and execution. - Ensure video content supports broader business objectives, including content licensing. Distribution & Promotion Strategy - Own how content is packaged, prioritized, and distributed across platforms. - Partner with Social and Marketing to ensure content reaches the right audience in the right format. - Ensure platform-specific optimization across social, video, and owned channels. - Treat distribution as a core part of content success—not an afterthought. Budget & Resource Ownership - Own the content operating budget in partnership with Finance. - Make tradeoff decisions to balance quality, scale, and profitability. - Ensure content strategy improves margins and efficiency over time. - Oversee contractor usage and resource allocation to support sustainable growth. Team Leadership & Operations - Lead and manage full-time writers, editors, and content support staff. - Establish clear output expectations for in-season and offseason production. - Guide contractor strategy and usage, including decisions around retention and replacement. - Improve processes to eliminate bottlenecks and competing deadlines. - Lead organizational change required to improve focus and performance. Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work closely with - - Sales on sponsorship strategy and promotion - Marketing and Social on distribution and growth - Product to align content with tools, features, and user behavior - Analytics to ensure performance clarity and accountability - Serve as the connective tissue between content creation and business outcomes. Ideal Background - Senior content leader with experience scaling digital media or creator-led brands. - Strong understanding of content monetization and sponsorship integration. - Proven ability to manage teams against clear KPIs. - Comfortable operating at the intersection of content, revenue, and analytics. - Strategic, decisive, and execution-oriented.

Description Sprout Social is hiring a Sr. Director of Strategic Operations and Program Management to build and lead a critical new function that drives execution excellence across the company’s highest priority initiatives. Why join Sprout’s People team? Sprout’s People team champions a strong, inclusive culture by ensuring teams have the talent, programs, and operating support they need to achieve ambitious goals. Our work sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and organizational effectiveness, partnering closely with leaders to turn priorities into meaningful, measurable outcomes. About the Role Sprout Social is building an enterprise PMO to bring greater rigor, clarity, and accountability to how our most important cross-functional initiatives are executed. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will serve as the operational engine behind Sprout’s top company-wide priorities. You will translate strategy into action by designing the infrastructure, operating rhythms, and decision frameworks that ensure initiatives move from planning to results with speed and focus. This is not a traditional PMO role centered on schedules and status reporting. You will act as a trusted advisor to executive leaders, pressure testing initiative design, identifying and removing blockers, and helping leaders make informed trade-offs. You will be equally comfortable building frameworks from scratch and rolling up your sleeves to drive progress day to day. From day one, you will operate at both the strategic and operational levels, shaping how initiatives are scoped and prioritized, surfacing systemic issues that slow execution, and serving as a thought partner to senior leadership on where the organization should focus next. What You’ll Do Build and scale the enterprise PMO - Establish the operating model, core rituals, and tooling to manage Sprout’s top six cross-functional company priorities - Create clear, lightweight visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed without unnecessary bureaucracy - Design measurement and reporting systems that provide genuine insight into initiative health and execution effectiveness - Use data to inform prioritization and resource allocation by analyzing effort versus impact, velocity, and cross-initiative dependencies - Partner closely with initiative owners to surface trade-offs, remove blockers, and accelerate decision making - Codify how Sprout executes major initiatives, iterating on what works and evolving the model as the business scales Drive execution of critical company initiatives - Own end-to-end program management for six high-stakes, cross-functional initiatives - Translate executive vision into executable plans with clear ownership, milestones, and success metrics - Track leading and lagging indicators to identify early warning signs and course correct before issues escalate - Provide portfolio-level oversight by identifying patterns across initiatives, distinguishing systemic issues from one-off challenges, and advising on sequencing, integration, and resourcing - Anticipate dependencies and conflicts across initiatives and run effective operating rhythms to maintain momentum - Distill complex, multi-threaded work into clear updates, decisions needed, and next actions for senior leaders Partner on strategic planning and organizational effectiveness - Partner with the CPO and executive leadership team on annual and long-range strategic planning - Connect company strategy to day-to-day execution, ensuring leaders and teams have a clear line of sight to priorities and outcomes - Identify organizational friction points and capability gaps that slow execution, and design interventions that improve velocity - Develop frameworks and tools that strengthen decision making and execution effectiveness across the organization - Evolve from managing the initiative portfolio to helping shape it by making recommendations based on capacity, dependencies, and strategic value Manage and develop the function - Hire, coach, and develop one direct report to support program management execution - Build a scalable operating model and determine when additional program management capacity is needed as the company grows What You’ll Bring - 12+ years of experience in strategy, operations, program management, or management consulting, including 5+ years in a leadership role - Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional, high-stakes initiatives from strategy through execution - Deep experience building programs, operating rhythms, and execution frameworks in ambiguous, fast-moving environments - Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including designing measurement frameworks and translating insights into action - Exceptional communication skills and executive presence, with the ability to partner credibly with C-suite leaders Preferred qualifications - Experience in high-growth technology or SaaS environments - PMO or program management certification (PMP, PgMP) - MBA or relevant graduate degree - Experience in organizational design, change management, or organizational effectiveness - Background in management consulting, internal strategy, or enterprise PMO roles - Experience supporting executive or board-level strategic planning How You’ll Grow Within 3 months: - Build strong relationships with senior leaders and initiative owners - Take ownership of major initiatives already in flight - Establish core success metrics and operating rhythms for the PMO Within 6 months: - Provide consistent, high-quality portfolio visibility and insights to executive leadership - Lead planning and prioritization cycles with a clear execution lens - Establish the PMO as a trusted partner in how Sprout executes strategy Within 12 months: - Be indispensable to how Sprout turns strategy into results - Build systems and rhythms that materially improve execution effectiveness across the company - Continue evolving the function through innovation, insight, and strong operational leadership This timeline represents an ideal progression and may evolve based on business needs and priorities. Our Benefits Program We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product, and culture. We invest in our team with a comprehensive, competitive benefits program: - Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium BCBSIL medical, dental (high/low plans), and vision (Eyemed) insurance for you and your eligible dependents. - Premium Mental Health Support: Full, free access to Modern Health for you and your dependents, including coaching, therapy sessions, and digital wellness resources. - Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on your first 6% of contributions (a 3% total match). - Financial Security: 100% employer-paid Life and Disability insurance for your peace of mind. - Flexible Paid Time Off: A flexible PTO policy, supplemented with additional company-wide Rest & Recharge days throughout the year. - Paid Parental Leave: Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents to support you in expanding your family. - Annual Lifestyle Stipend: A $1,000 USD annual Lifestyle Spending Account to spend on your physical, mental, and financial well-being. - Work From Home Support: A one-time $550 USD stipend to set up your home office, plus a monthly $50 USD stipend for internet. - Giving Back: 16 hours of paid volunteer time annually, plus a $100 annual match for your charitable donations. - Additional Financial Perks: Access to pre-tax commuter benefits, subsidized child/eldercare (Care.com), discounted pet insurance (Figo), and no-cost personalized financial wellness support through Your Money Line. *This list is for informational purposes only. Benefit offerings are discretionary and subject to change and do not constitute a contract or guarantee of benefits. Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including whether you’re located in Zone 1 or Zone 2, as well as relevant experience and skills. In the United States, we have two geographic pay zones. For this role, the expected base pay ranges for new hires are: - Zone 1 (CA, NY, WA): $237,600.00-$297,000.00 USD annually - Zone 2 (All other US states): $216,000.00-$270,000.00 USD annually The listed ranges represent earning potential in this position. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent, and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed. Base pay is only one element of an employee's total compensation at Sprout. Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan. Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit). Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution. Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays. We have outlined the various components to an employee’s full compensation package here to help you to understand our total rewards package. Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity- race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Because Sprout Social is a federal contractor, we affirmatively recruit individuals with a disability and protected veterans. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our latest DEI Report. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at accommodations@sproutsocial.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. We'll do all we can to ensure you're set up for success during our interview process while upholding your privacy, including requests for accommodation. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster and (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement. 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This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description We are in search of a dynamic Corporate Development leader! Operating as a thought partner and trusted advisor, the Director of Corporate Development will provide clients with deep expertise and guidance across a full spectrum of corporate finance matters. Playing a pivotal role in the development and management of client relationships while overseeing a diverse array of client projects, the Director, Corporate Development will lead a small team in delivering expeditious and high-quality execution on strategic and financial analyses (modeling and FP&A), presentation creation, industry research etc., with the ultimate goal of driving successful outcomes for our clients. - Project management: - In partnership with the client, develop and implement financial and corporate strategies. - Leads the end-to-end project management, work plan development, process and project execution. - Manage Embarc team members and client team to deliver on project goals in a timely and resource-efficient manner. - Effectively communicate across all stakeholders. - Drive optimal outcomes for all stakeholders, while meeting and/or exceeding client expectations. - Building a relationship with the client as a trusted advisor: - Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with client leadership and key staff. - Identify opportunities where Embarc's financial and strategic services may accelerate the client's strategic plan and align with their key business objectives. - Acts as a thought leader and trusted advisor to client's key leadership. - Execution: - Develop and prepare audience-appropriate materials, including investment memorandums, reports, presentations, financial models etc. - Ensure all work products meet Embarc's high standard of quality. - Provide updates and presentations to senior client leadership and Embarc leadership to enable decision-making. - Talent Development: - Provide strong leadership in the recruitment, training and development of top-quality talent. - Build morale, motivate and instill productivity and teamwork. - Create and promote a positive and supportive work environment. - Creates a culture of continuous improvement for processes, systems, data, training, people, etc. Qualifications - Minimum of 7 years of experience with private equity, investment banking, transaction services, transaction-focused corporate development, strategic finance, management consulting, or a related field. - Minimum of 2 years of experience in M&A and fundraising leading full-cycle transaction execution. - A mix of in-house corporate/strategic finance experience with a background in management consulting, investment banking or PE / VC. - Experience working with start-up organizations. - Experience running a M&A and/or capital raise process from start to finish. - Proven capabilities in project management, including ability to manage multiple projects independently. - Proven success with independently developing presentations and other communication materials for executive leadership, external partners, and the Board of Advisors. - Excellent oral and written communication skills with an ability to develop audience-appropriate communications and complex issues in a simple and easy to understand manner. - Superior statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis skills, including advanced financial modeling, market research, strategic valuation and financial analysis. - Demonstrated strengths with financial accounting, capital markets, and M&A concepts. - Proven ability to structure analysis efficiently, ensuring accurate conclusions in a timely manner. - Demonstrated success with cultivating strong relationships with clients, potential targets, and leveraging third-party relationships to source deals. - Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with both internal and external cross-functional teams. - Demonstrated excellence with presenting to diverse stakeholders (including C-Suite, Board of Advisors, and external targets). - Proven ability to maintain excellent attention to detail and accuracy. - Demonstrated success with building and improving processes and promoting quality. Benefits - Competitive compensation plus semi-annual performance bonuses. - 401(k) with immediate vesting and employer match after one year. - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. - Unlimited vacation time and paid sick leave. - Short-term disability insurance. - Three team offsites per year, for connecting, recharging, and growing together.

• Responsible for the creation and development of omni-retail strategies driving toward your clients goals using data driven, customer centric decision making. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, the client, and other stakeholders to integrate customer insights into overall client strategies, optimize retail channels, and develop effective retail campaigns and initiatives. • Assume full responsibility for managing your client: the entire meeting lifecycle (client preparation, communication, timeline updates, agenda creation, etc.), development and maintenance of project management (defining project scope, goals, deliverables, etc.) and timelines. • Communicate with external partners to gather information, influence decisions and address complex problems by consulting with other pillars, promoting collaboration and ensuring objectives are met. • Maintain, update and audit platform items and lead your client set in the basic operational requirements of retailers. • Efficiently communicate sales trends, competitive insights, and creative solutions to brand challenges, tactfully handle ad hoc client questions, and maintain a proactive approach, ensuring positive client perception and support for the team. • Collect and analyze market and industry data, staying current on omni retail trends, competitors, and industry developments to identify opportunities for improvements to enhance efficiency and the client and team experiences. • May have responsibility to provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to a team of employees, managing work assignments, financial responsibility, providing assistance and instructions as needed, and ensuring their successful performance. • Present data-driven recommendations with tact and accountability, while monitoring and analyzing performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and implementing effective solutions. • Able to handle the impact of errors on the company’s prestige, relationship, and end results by being responsible for the profitability, revenue, margin, etc. for your client set.