
General Manager - Fever Originals at Fever
LondonFull-timeFOs (UK)Posted 29 days ago
Apply with PipelineAbout the Role
<div class="content-intro"><p>Hey there! <br>We’re <a href="https://feverup.com/">Fever</a>, the world’s leading tech platform for culture and live entertainment.</p>
<p>Our mission? To democratize access to culture and entertainment. With our proprietary cutting-edge technology and data-driven approach, we’re revolutionizing the way people engage with live entertainment. <br><br>Every month, our platform inspires over 300 million people in +55 countries (and counting) to discover unforgettable experiences while also empowering event creators with our data and technology, helping them scale, innovate, and enhance their events to reach new audiences. </p>
<p>Our results? We’ve teamed up with major industry leaders like Netflix, F.C. Barcelona, and Primavera Sound, presented international award-winning experiences, and are backed by several leading global investors! Impressive, right? </p>
<p>To achieve our mission, we are looking for bar-raisers with a hands-on mindset who are eager to help shape the future of entertainment!<br><br>Ready to be part of the experience? </p>
<p>Now, let’s discuss this role and what you will do to help achieve Fever’s mission.</p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Who you'll work with<br><br></strong>You will join one our <strong>London </strong>office to work in teams and directly interact with our partners, providers, and venues.<br><br>In this role, you will help Fever grow its pipeline of original events in the region. To do so, you will manage and grow a team of Project Managers, Producers, and other types of profiles, while working together with all departments of Fever, from Marketing to Operations.<br><br>The team you’re about to join (and lead) consists of people that are motivated, young, and fun. On top of having multicultural backgrounds, people in the team are all top profiles: McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Rocket Internet, Uber, Amazon, Google, KKR, Cirque du Soleil, PSG, Roland Garros.<br><br><strong>What you'll do<br><br></strong>As a <strong>General Manager for UK + IE</strong>, you will create and lead a team to develop, launch and manage events, from A to Z. You will be responsible for the region’s P&L, team development, development of local connections in the industry and represent Fever across all cities you will be managing. Together with the other departments, you will define the strategy to grow the business in your region and define the scalability of events to all our other markets, working hand in hand with other General Managers and the company’s leadership. <br><br><strong>In this role, you'll:</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Build and manage the team for the UK and Ireland </strong>(Project Managers, Producers, Location Scouters, etc) that will be generating growth for the countries within the scope</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ensure individual team members are effective in achieving their quality and revenue goals on a quarterly basis, by <strong>auditing their work and performance </strong>on a regular basis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Define the strategy of the region</strong> for its growth by ensuring maximum sales performance, customer excellence, and operational quality of our events, to meet quarterly and annual regional goals in all KPIs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Manage the local portfolio of experiences</strong> based on data analyses, ensuring Fever’s penetration in the local market </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Develop and maintain a very high level of relationship</strong> with senior stakeholders from major entertainment and real estate companies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Manage big local partners</strong> and ensure our local network keeps expanding </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Negotiate and close business deals </strong>with partners</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Define and support the scalability of our experiences</strong> in other cities (opportunity for travel)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Report performance</strong> on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Provide coaching, mentoring, and feedback</strong> to local team members </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Execute detailed analysis </strong>of business opportunities and processes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Represent Fever</strong> at local events and conversations<br></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Qualifications</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Project management / startup or consulting background</strong> (9y+ experience)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>MBA </strong>from top-tier school preferred</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Fluent</strong> <strong>English</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Strong analytical and organizational skills </strong>with large team management experience</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Solution-focused</strong>, identifying problems and defining solutions with an entrepreneurial spirit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Experience managing complex projects</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Strong verbal and written communication skills</strong>, with strong skills in creating and developing relationships with C-level executives</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Ability to influence/persuade</strong> all levels of staff</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Able to coordinate and audit</strong> all different internal and external teams to guide them to success in all achievements</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Extensive networking skills </strong>and ability to make partnerships happen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Advanced commercial acumen</strong> - ability to understand counterparty, find leverage and negotiate high value deals with favourable terms for Fever</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Curious and keen to push boundaries</strong> and try new concepts while being in contact with the top management - very high visibility and exposure both internally and externally</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Able to handle large amounts of work </strong>and parallel work-streams</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>This is not a position for an event production background</strong></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><strong>What you'll get</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All job positions at Fever in the<strong> United Kingdom</strong> include the following perks:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Attractive compensation package consisting of base salary and the potential to earn a significant bonus for top performance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Opportunity to have a real impact in a high-growth global category leader</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Health and Dental insurance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Competitive pension plan contribution</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wellhub membership</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CycleSaver</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">28 working days as annual leave</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">40% discount on all Fever events and experiences</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Work in a location in the heart of London, with possible travel across our markets</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Responsibility from day one and professional and personal growth</span></li>
</ul>
<p><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Our hiring process</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A 30 min video call with one of our Talent Acquisition Managers, to better understand your career plan, assess cultural fit and answer any questions you may have</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A 60 min online test with three topics: logic, analytics, and written understanding<br></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A 30 minute conversation with your Hiring Manager to understand in more detail the position/team etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A 45 min video call with your future manager + another FO manager, including questions about your profile and a business case presentation (to be prepared in advance)</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">On average our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within a week.<br></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>Thank you for considering joining Fever. We cannot wait to learn more about you!</p>
<p>If you want to learn more about us: <a class="c-link" href="https://newsroom.feverup.com/en-US/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://newsroom.feverup.com/en-UKI/208389-goldman-sachs-asset-management-leads-227m-investment-in-live-entertainment-tech-startup-fever" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">Fever's Blog</a> | <a href="https://tech.eu/2023/02/02/fever-raises-110-million-in-new-round-at-1-8-billion-valuation" target="_blank">Tech.Eu</a> |<a class="c-link" href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/04/data-driven-events-discovery-and-planning-startup-fever-raises-35-million-led-by-rakuten/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/04/data-driven-events-discovery-and-planning-startup-fever-raises-35-million-led-by-rakuten/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">TechCrunch</a></p>
<p>Fever is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workspace where everyone's background and ideas count. Our main goal is to find the best possible talent regardless of place of birth, racial or ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, religion, opinion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, marital status, age or caring responsibilities. We encourage everyone to apply!</p>
<p>If you require any kind of accommodation during the selection process please contact our Talent team so we can help you by providing a welcoming and seamless journey.</p>
<p>If you want to know more about how Fever processes your personal data, click here <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cIzPP7QJGht5LAGKkRGQP8fxh-Z4Mfph2JhGSvhd8zM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.y7rpsj7nzave" target="_blank">Fever - Candidate Privacy Notice</a></p></div>