Senior Manager, Business Operations

ABOUT LIV GOLF

The LIV Golf League is the world's only global golf league featuring 13 teams, a 14-tournament schedule, and many of the world's best golfers. Launched in 2022, the League was designed to expand the sport on a global level and create new value within the golfing ecosystem while enhancing the game's societal impact. A landmark investment by LIV Golf also launched The International Series, a set of 10 enhanced events sanctioned by the Asian Tour, with elevated prize funds in world-class destinations, offering a pathway for leading professional and amateur golfers from around the world into the LIV Golf League.

Only four years into operations and with tournaments across North and Latin Americas, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe, LIV Golf remains committed to developing the sport at every level and exposing more people to the positive virtues of the game through its unique blend of intense competition and entertainment.

LIV Golf is owned and operated by LIV Golf Investments whose vision and mission are centered around making holistic and sustainable investments to enhance the global golf ecosystem and unlock the sport's untapped worldwide potential.

HISTORY

LIV Golf launched in 2022 as an eight-event Invitational Series with tournaments across the U.S., Europe and Asia. 2023 saw the first official season of the LIV Golf League, establishing the sport's first professional golf teams captained by many of the game's most decorated superstars competing in 14 events around the world.

The format respects golf's history and traditions with updates for modern-day sports fans; three days, 54 holes, no cut, shotgun start, and simultaneous team and individual competitions, offering a faster tournament that drives engaging storylines and offers an immersive fan experience. The League's award-winning events, each wholly owned and operated by LIV Golf and broadcast to over 500 million homes worldwide, showcase world-class competition within a family-friendly environment. Music entertainment, live concerts and a festival-style atmosphere play a signature role with LIV Golf, a two-time winner of the World's Best Golf Event from the World Golf Awards and a Sports Business Awards Finalist for Sports Event of the Year.

LIV Golf continues to expand its reach by bringing the League to new and returning markets featuring some of the most iconic venues in the world. It has also introduced free agency to professional golf, integrating end-of-season player promotion and relegation, team trades and off-season roster movement that drive year-round fan engagement, embraced by many of the world's most popular sports.

Away from the entertainment on the course, LIV Golf is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of the communities it visits through its ground-breaking social impact and sustainability strategy, 'Potential, Unleashed.' Named a 2024 Most Impactful award winner by Front Office Sports for utilising its platform to make a positive impact off the course, the League is committed to giving back and improving the world through golf.

ROLE OBJECTIVE/THE TEAM

Stinger Golf Club (The Team) is the proudly South African team participating in the global LIV Golf League. With the first LIV event to take place in South Africa in March 2026, Stinger GC is on an exciting growth trajectory – including establishing a year-round brand and commercial footprint in its home market.

The Business Operations Manager will play a pivotal role in establishing this business footprint - driving the Team's off-field efficiency, productivity, and strategic performance. Partnering closely with the Team General Manager, this position acts as a key operational lead – managing key projects and taking responsibility for translating vision into execution, optimising processes to ensure commercial and brand success.

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE WILL BE BASED IN SOUTH AFRICA

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Supporting the Team General Manager and Team Operations Director to lead the execution of the Team Strategy, delivering commercial revenue growth, operational excellence, and compliance with League standards.

• Project management: Turning ideas into actionable plans, managing stakeholders, and driving execution across sponsorship, fan engagement, digital innovation, events, infrastructure, and broader business development areas.

• Managing and coordinating time, tasks, and resources efficiently to meet project goals.

• Building and maintaining a comprehensive Team Project Plan, capturing key milestones, launches, and deliverables.

• Establishing and tracking KPIs, creating data-driven reports and insights to support performance management and League reporting requirements.

• Supporting the evaluation of new business opportunities and partnerships, including financial and strategic impact assessments.

• Stakeholder reporting, including preparing meeting materials, consolidating updates, and actioning follow-up items.

REQUIRED SKILLS/WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU

• 6-10 years' experience in project or event management with direct accountability for business outcomes.

• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies and operating models.

• 4+ years' experience applying data-driven insights to develop and deliver project plans, operating models, and go-to-market strategies.

• A background in high-growth or dynamic organisations, ideally within sports, entertainment, or media.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organisation.

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

• Willingness to travel internationally (20%+).

YOU WILL THRIVE HERE IF

• You are a proactive self-starter with an ambitious spirit, able to work on multiple workstreams effectively and at pace, independently or collaboratively as required

• You are detail-oriented, confident, and take full ownership of projects.

• You're a strategic thinker who enjoys solving complex problems and challenging the status quo.

• You bring positive energy and composure under pressure, maintaining focus on long-term objectives.

• You have a solution-oriented mindset, able to balance detail with big-picture thinking.

• You demonstrate professionalism, discretion, and emotional intelligence in every interaction.

• You're motivated by impact, collaboration, and performance, and thrive in an environment that values innovation and pace.

• You have strong communication skills (written and verbal).

LIV Golf is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees.

We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, race, ethnicity, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations where we operate. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organisation, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeships.

LIV Golf Investments makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.