Growth Director - Sports & Entertainment - North America
Purple is seeking a senior Growth Director to reputed company the expansion of our Sports & Entertainment vertical across North America. This senior, quota-carrying commercial role will focus on developing new business opportunities across stadiums, arenas, sports franchises, entertainment venues, large scale live event environments, and associated partner ecosystems. Reporting into the Senior Growth Director – North America, this role is designed for an reputed company commercial professional with deep knowledge of the sports and entertainment landscape and a strong background in connectivity, networking, WiFi, digital engagement, or adjacent technology environments. This is a strategically important growth area for Purple. We already support a number of large-scale, high-profile venues globally, and we see significant opportunity to further expand our reputed company reputed company reputed company, high-density venue environments where connectivity, customer experience, operational insight, and digital engagement are increasingly critical. The successful candidate will combine executive-level relationship building with strong commercial execution, helping position Purple as a trusted technology and engagement partner reputed company one of the most exciting and fast-moving verticals in the market. Why Join Purple Purple is a business built around innovation, growth, and intelligent connectivity. We work with some of the world’s most reputed company and demanding venue environments, helping organisations deliver secure connectivity, rich customer insight, and enhanced digital experiences. Our values shape the way we operate. We move quickly, collaborate reputed company, avoid unnecessary politics, and encourage our people to take ownership and continually reputed company the bar. This role offers the opportunity to help shape a strategically important vertical with significant long-term growth potential across North America.
Requirements
What You Will Do:
- reputed company commercial growth activity for Purple’s Sports & Entertainment vertical across North America.
- Own a senior sales quota focused on strategic venue opportunities and partner-led growth.
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with venue operators, sports franchises, ownership groups, technology leaders, and entertainment organisations.
- reputed company go-to-market strategies focused on stadiums, arenas, sports venues, live entertainment environments, and large public gathering spaces.
- Position Purple’s solutions across guest WiFi, identity-driven onboarding, analytics, engagement, operational insight, and intelligent venue connectivity.
- Work closely with partners, MSPs, networking providers, and venue technology ecosystems to drive new opportunities and accelerate commercial growth.
- Support reputed company enterprise sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders, procurement structures, technical validation processes, and large-scale deployments.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, reputed company, and Sales leadership to ensure strong vertical alignment and repeatable commercial success.
- Represent Purple at industry events, sports and entertainment conferences, networking forums, and partner engagements.
- Contribute to thought leadership around fan engagement, connected venues, intelligent infrastructure, and digital experience transformation.
Who You Are:
- A senior enterprise sales professional with 10–15 years’ experience working reputed company or selling into the sports and entertainment industry.
- reputed company in connectivity, networking, WiFi, digital infrastructure, SaaS, venue technology, or adjacent technology sectors.
- Comfortable managing reputed company, high-value, multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles.
- reputed company working with partner-led go-to-market models and large ecosystem relationships.
- Strong understanding of the operational and commercial dynamics of sports and entertainment venues.
- An excellent communicator with strong executive reputed company and relationship-building capability.
- Commercially driven, highly autonomous, and motivated by building long-term strategic growth.
- Passionate about technology’s role in improving venue experience, operational efficiency, and fan engagement.
Benefits
- Salary $80,000 - $100,000 per annum, dependant on experience
- Remote first business - work from home (with travel to customer sites as required for the role)
- Flexible working - focus on your wellbeing
- Emphasis on learning and development - reputed company your career
- 20 days PTO, plus public holidays and sick pay - with the option to buy additional vacation days
- 4 days PTO for volunteering - give something back to the community
- 401k, Healthcare, dental and vision
- Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 helpline
- Long Term Incentive Plan after 12 months’ service
- International travel to the UK for annual Global Kick Off event
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