Manager New Ventures Operations

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership teamwork responsibility and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches parents and volunteers organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community-building potential or building cool products is your sport GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first dynamic tech company based in New York City and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

About the Role
We are looking for a Manager New Venture Operations to help build and operationalize strategic corporate innovation within GameChanger. You will partner closely with the Head of New Ventures to translate strategy into structured execution driving cross-functional coordination and operational rigor across Strategy Product Engineering Go-To-Market Finance Legal and CX.

In the near term you will support the Head of New Ventures — ensuring the right inputs processes and communication are in place to support decision-making and business growth. Over time you will evolve into an independent operator managing workstreams and daily execution as opportunities scale into businesses. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguous zero-to-one environments and can bring structure without slowing things down.

What You’ll Do

Operationalize New Ventures Department

• Build structure processes and operating rhythms that support new venture strategy and business growth

• Lead cross-functional coordination across Strategy Product Engineering GTM Finance Legal and CX — ensuring alignment and momentum

• Develop and maintain operational documentation (playbooks FAQs internal guides) that enable teams to move quickly and consistently
  

Drive Program and Project Execution

• Lead planning and program management for key initiatives — including timelines dependencies and stakeholder accountability

• Track deliverables across workstreams identify blockers and step in to unblock and ensure forward progress

• Support the Head of New Ventures in decision-making by gathering inputs synthesizing information and ensuring clear follow-through on decisions

• Drive communication and alignment by cascading context decisions and updates across teams to reduce silos and increase velocity

Establish Operating Rhythms

• Help define and build reporting to track performance operational health and key business metrics

• Contribute to and manage lightweight operating cadences — standups status updates trackers documentation

• Prepare materials for leadership reviews and ensure decisions are captured and actioned
  

Who You Are

• 4–7+ years of experience in operations project management or similar hands-on roles within a fast-moving organization

• Demonstrated experience working across Strategy Product Engineering CX and Go-To-Market teams with the ability to influence without direct authority

• Background in consumer tech SaaS or sports tech

• Track record of building structure from ambiguity — setting up workstreams processes and execution plans in new or undefined environments

• Comfortable operating as an individual contributor initially with the interest and capability to take on people leadership as the business grows

• Data-oriented with comfort working with metrics reporting and light analysis; experienced building structured datasets from unstructured sources

• Clear organized written and verbal communicator — able to synthesize complexity and keep multiple teams aligned

• Experience in 0-1 startup or corporate innovation environments

• Experience with Notion or similar knowledge-management tools for process documentation and cross-functional collaboration

• Exposure to corporate or enterprise environments — particularly in navigating structured stakeholder expectations

• Able to travel to our New York City HQ on a monthly basis

Perks:

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished modern office in Manhattan NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• Technology stipend - $4000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology.

• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

• Monthly physical mental wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly.

• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe.

• Full health benefits - medical dental vision prescription FSA HRA HSA and coverage for family/dependents.

• Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard with an immediate company match.

• Life insurance - basic life supplemental life and dependent life.

• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Family building benefits offered through Progyny.

• DICK'S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.

The target salary range for this position is between $130000 - $150000. This is part of a total compensation package that includes incentive equity and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience internal pay equity and other relevant business considerations. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.

* DICK'S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect the company from significant compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place we are unable to hire in AK DE HI IA LA MS MT OK and SC.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

Our Interview Process & AI

We recognize that AI has become a common part of everyday life and professional work and its use continues to evolve rapidly. Our perspective on AI in the hiring process will evolve as well. At this time we ask that candidates please refrain from using AI tools during interviews and assessments as we want to see your authentic self. We will clearly indicate if and when AI use is acceptable in the process. If you have any questions or need accommodations we're here to help. Thanks for helping us keep the process fair and secure for everyone!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com or [email protected]. If you receive communication from any other domain please be cautious as it is likely fraudulent.

What We Do

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership teamwork responsibility and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches parents and volunteers organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com. If you receive communication from any other domain please be cautious as it is likely fraudulent.

Why Work With Us

We take pride in a culture of inclusion and collaboration. We are empowered to try new approaches and take ownership of the success. We have a vision and attract the talent to support it. We’re growing rapidly and we’re looking for people that want to learn and grow quickly with us. We value work-life balance.

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