HotelPlanner Tour Tournament Business Manager

The Tournament Business Manager will join the HotelPlanner Tour team and support the continued development of tournaments across the Tour. The role involves working closely with a portfolio of third-party tournament promoters to help them develop events that are commercially sustainable, operationally effective and deliver a great experience for players and stakeholders. It is a varied, highly collaborative position combining event management, commercial thinking, relationship management and business planning.

• Build and manage day-to-day relationships with an allocated portfolio of third-party tournament promoters, developing a detailed understanding of each tournament's objectives, opportunities and challenges.
• Support promoters in developing clear, practical event business plans with defined priorities and actions.
• Act as a key link between tournament promoters and teams across the European Tour Group.
• Review event performance and identify opportunities to strengthen commercial sustainability and support future development.
• Work alongside the HotelPlanner Tour Commercial Manager to develop commercial recommendations for promoters, and provide commercial and operational input into tournament budgets and planning.
• Monitor progress against agreed business plans, identifying and escalating significant risks or barriers where required.
• Coordinate expertise from across the European Tour Group to support the successful development and delivery of allocated tournaments.
• Help ensure event plans align with relevant Group requirements, governance and HotelPlanner Tour objectives.
• Facilitate clear, effective communication between promoters and internal stakeholders, navigating different priorities and relationships to keep plans moving forward.
• Share insight, learning and good practice across the Tournament Business team.
• Help improve promoter onboarding, business planning tools and ways of working.
• Bring practical insight from the portfolio of events to help shape the continued development of the HotelPlanner Tour tournament model.

• Comfort operating at the intersection of sport, events, commercial development and stakeholder management.
• Relevant experience within sports marketing, business development, commercial operations and/or event management.
• Strong operational and commercial event experience.
• Knowledge or experience of the sports business environment.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the confidence to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to identify opportunities and translate them into practical recommendations.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to balance several priorities at once.
• A proactive, adaptable approach and the confidence to operate effectively when circumstances or priorities change.
• Experience working internationally and with people from different cultures.
• Fluency in English.
• The flexibility and willingness to travel extensively throughout the year.

• Additional languages would be an advantage.

• Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in the office.

The European Tour group is one of the world's pre-eminent golf organisations, responsible for running the DP World Tour, The Staysure Legends Tour and the HotelPlanner Tour, and organising the Ryder Cup alongside the PGA of America. The group promotes diversity, equality and inclusion, matching business needs with candidates' skills and experience. It offers an opportunity to work at the heart of the HotelPlanner Tour, developing relationships with tournament promoters and helping shape successful professional golf events across an international calendar.