[Hiring] Director of Football Trips and Experiences @Men in Blazers

Role Description

We are looking for a Director of Football Trips and Experiences to lead Men in Blazers’ football trips business from concept through launch and delivery. In this role, you will create experiences that combine live football with local culture, distinctive access, and the community that makes Men in Blazers special. You will own the trip portfolio, customer proposition, pricing recommendations, budget, sales targets, and guest experience, working closely with our travel partner. This role requires an entrepreneurial operator with direct experience developing and selling travel or sports experience products.

You should be comfortable forming recommendations, making decisions with incomplete information, and taking responsibility for the results. Experience building a new offering within a media company, community brand, or growing travel business is particularly valuable.

What you’ll do:

• Oversee the end-to-end strategy and launch for Men in Blazers Football Trips and Experiences.
• Develop a high-demand calendar of football travel experiences and itineraries combining match access, local culture, and entertainment for US fans.
• Continuously validate target customer segments and refine product offerings based on market research and performance feedback.
• Manage overall commercial targets, trip budgets, revenue forecasts, package pricing, and profitability margins.
• Establish operational thresholds for trip go/no-go decisions, sales deadlines, group sizes, and expansion opportunities.
• Lead partner and supplier relationships across clubs, venues, and operators to secure unique access and confirm delivery of inclusions.
• Manage end-to-end guest communications, trip execution, disruption contingency planning, and on-site host support.
• Drive commercial launch strategies alongside internal marketing, sales, content, and talent teams to maximize reach and conversion.
• Align annual operational plans and key financial parameters with leadership while retaining autonomous decision-making authority.
• Establish a commercially viable trip portfolio launched on schedule with hit booking, revenue, and profitability targets.
• Cultivate high guest satisfaction leading to repeat bookings and a sustainable, scalable operational model.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in developing, launching, and selling consumer travel products, hosted group trips, sports hospitality, and/or premium fan experiences.
• 5+ years of leadership experience overseeing cross-functional internal teams and external partners while remaining hands-on day to day.
• Ability to manage multiple team members and partners across the country, especially during non-traditional work hours (evenings and weekends).
• A track record of owning commercial outcomes, including pricing, budgets, revenue, and contribution margin.
• Practical experience with itineraries, ticket access, accommodation, transport, supplier relationships, and guest service.
• Experience working with a third party travel operator or specialist fulfillment partner.
• Sound commercial judgment and the ability to make tradeoffs, negotiate effectively, and act decisively.
• Deep understanding of the American soccer community, what inspires them to travel abroad, and how to capture their imagination.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to turn complex plans into clear customer information and actionable recommendations.
• Willingness to travel internationally and work selected evenings and weekends around trips and experiences.

Company Description

Men in Blazers is the No. 1 Soccer Media Network in the U.S. With a wide reach and a diverse, vocal fan base, we engage with teams, players, celebrity fans, and brands we love, to share our passion for soccer across the nation. Using humor, emotion, intelligence, and to-the-minute pop cultural aptitude, we provide fans with unique content that breaks down the biggest stories in the game in ways that are authentic, meaningful, and compulsively entertaining.