Associate, International Games & Stadium Development (External Agency Position)

Supporting the League’s international growth agenda, this position helps manage the planning infrastructure, cross-functional coordination, and executive communications needed to enable clear decision-making across international games and stadium-related initiatives. Serving as a valued partner across workstreams, the role translates priorities into organized processes, aligned next steps, and actionable plans across internal teams, clubs, and external stakeholders.

This job posting is for a position with one of the NFL’s third-party agency partners that provides services to the NFL. The individual selected for this role will be an employee of that third-party agency and not the NFL. All compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment are handled by the agency. The assignment to provide services to the NFL will be limited in duration but may be extended for an additional period by agreement between the NFL and the agency. 

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate key League planning processes for International including the long-range plan, annual business plan, and ownership materials; support timeline management, stakeholder input, deliverable development, and review cycles to help produce clear, polished outputs.  
• Contribute to strategic and financial analysis for international game-related initiatives, including existing international games, future international game opportunities, and related League priorities.  
• Enable cross-functional alignment across internal teams, clubs, and external stakeholders, helping bring together the right partners to align on financial and business-related considerations across the International games portfolio.  
• Research and develop white space growth opportunities across the international games portfolio by gathering insights, supporting new concept development, and working with cross-functional teams to assess potential paths to execution. 
• Maintain and update the League’s overall stadium development toolkit and drive continued growth of resources for clubs. Track past stadium renovations and builds, emerging trends, League policies and guidance, and other relevant information to support club planning and League decision-making.  
• Assist with club stadium development planning by helping coordinate cross-functional input, organizing relevant League guidance, and facilitate alignment across stakeholders. 
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Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Minimum 5 years strategy and/or market research and insights experience, preferably with a management consulting or sports/events background  
• Excellent project management skills and ability to deliver against deadlines while simultaneously managing multiple projects 
• Strong abilities in presentation design (requires proficiency in PowerPoint) 
• Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience working in an international role at a sports management organization 

• Proven success in consulting, sports management, and/or international business   

Other Key Attributes / Talent Characteristics: 

• Adept communicator with the ability to create, nurture, and sustain key relationships across many different areas of businesses (with various time zones and cultural nuances) 

• Problem-solver, solution-oriented, a strategic and creative thinker 

Physical Demands: 

N/A 

Travel: 

Periodic travel required, including potential international travel aligned with games, events, club engagement, and stadium-related planning. 

Salary / Pay Range

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range. 

Benefits Information
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At the NFL, in-person work at our offices is a top priority because it allows us to collaborate more effectively, build stronger connections, and maintain the culture that drives our success. This role requires onsite presence at an NFL office or stadium location, and remote and/or hybrid working options are not offered. 

NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED.

The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. 

WHO WE ARE:

NFL Core Values:

• Respect: Everyone matters. We celebrate diverse opinions, honor hard work, and value every contribution.
• Integrity: We do what's right, even when it's tough. We hold ourselves accountable and always follow through.
• Team Responsibility: We support each other and our communities. No one is bigger than the game, and every action impacts others.
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• Think Big: We challenge the status quo, envision bold possibilities, and strive for transformative impact

WHO YOU ARE:

Talent Attributes:   What we expect for our employees:

• Embody an enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude 
• Embrace grit, free from ego or entitlement
• Excel as a relationship builder, with the ability to influence
• Eager learner, driven by passion rather than just ambition
• Encompasses an incredible work ethic with an agile mindset