Youth sports offer important life lessons that propel kids toward meaningful futures, including a sense of family and community. GameChanger by DICK’S Sporting Goods works to connect families via live video streaming of games, scorekeeping and team communication tools for more than half a million teams. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City intent on improving youth sports for all and developing our own teammates.

OVERVIEW:

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community-building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Position:

The Chief Commercial Officer will be responsible for unifying and elevating all commercial functions, including marketing, brand, business development, advertising, and creative, into a cohesive strategy that fuels GameChanger’s long-term growth. This executive will build and lead a high-performing organization that drives acquisition, engagement, monetization, and market visibility, while aligning closely with product, engineering, and operations to deliver a world-class customer experience.

What You’ll Do:

• Unify the commercial org across marketing, brand, BD, creative, and partnerships under a single, coherent growth strategy.

• Lead go-to-market execution that spans top-of-funnel awareness through to retention, monetization, and lifetime value expansion.

• Build and scale the commercial team, including hiring and empowering strong functional leaders with clear accountability.

• Develop the monetization strategy across multiple revenue streams: subscriptions, advertising, partnerships, and new ventures.

• Oversee brand development and product marketing to drive acquisition, deepen engagement, and support retention.

• Drive operational alignment across commercial, product, engineering, and customer support teams.

• Represent GameChanger externally with key partners, investors, and brand advocates, and internally as a core member of the executive team.

• Act as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and executive team, helping shape company-wide direction and priorities.

Who You Are:

• Executive-level ownership of revenue and commercial performance, ideally at $100M+ scale.

• Experience building and scaling integrated commercial teams.

• Deep fluency in brand and performance marketing tied to acquisition and retention.

• Experience leading or collaborating closely on sales, ad monetization, or partnership growth.

• Proven success building or evolving a go-to-market strategy that delivered meaningful business results.

• Comfort operating in tech-forward, consumer-facing environments.

• Experience in subscription-based or media monetization models.

• Background in sports, youth, family, or mission-driven brands.

• Exposure to community ecosystems and multi-stakeholder audiences.

• Track record in M&A, licensing, or platform partnerships.

• Strong cross-functional collaborator who thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environments.

• Transparent, proactive communicator with high EQ and cultural awareness.

• Coach and mentor to senior talent; able to build trust and lead through influence.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a “roll up your sleeves” attitude.

Perks:

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology

• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

• Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development

• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly

• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe

• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.

• Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.

• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.

• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Family building benefits offered through Progyny.

• DICK’S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*DICK'S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect us from compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com and/or [email protected]. If you receive communication from any other domain, please be cautious, as it is likely fraudulent.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.