Chief Revenue Officer
Location: Madrid, Spain or London, UK
Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer
Contract Term: Full-time, Permanent
About Hexagon World Series:
Hexagon World Series (HWS) is a leading global, team-based professional padel circuit governed by the International Padel Federation (FIP). The series features eight mixed-gender teams, the world’s top players, and celebrity-owned franchises, each competing across a global series of events that celebrate padel’s position at the cross-section of sport, culture and entertainment.
Built on the success of the annual Hexagon Cup, which launched in 2023, HWS is designed to accelerate the global growth of padel by engaging sports fans through high-stakes, elite-level competition. Beyond the professional circuit, HWS is expanding its ecosystem by investing in padel club licensing and ownership, while scaling its amateur league platform operated in partnership with Playtomic, the world’s leading app for racket sports.
Role Objective:
Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) will be responsible for defining and delivering the global commercial strategy for Hexagon World Series.
As a key member of the executive leadership team, the CRO will oversee all revenue-generating functions across the Series, including media rights, partnerships, sponsorship, ticketing and hospitality, merchandise, licensing, and emerging revenue streams.
The CRO will also ensure alignment between Series, team, and ecosystem-wide commercial strategies, unlocking value across franchise teams, events, and the broader participation platform (Playxagon).
Responsibilities:
- Develop HWS commercial strategy: Define and implement a best-in-class global commercial strategy across all revenue streams, positioning HWS as a premium sports and entertainment property.
- Deliver revenue growth: Lead execution of the commercial strategy, ensuring delivery against revenue targets and long-term business plan objectives.
- Media, broadcast & digital rights: Oversee the development and monetization of global media rights, including broadcast, streaming, and digital distribution strategies in collaboration with content and media teams.
- Partnership & sponsorship strategy: Develop and execute a global partnership and sponsorship strategy, including category creation, rights frameworks, pricing models, and long-term partner value creation.
- Sponsorship sales leadership: Lead global sponsorship sales efforts across key markets (Europe, Americas, Mid East), ensuring consistent pipeline development, deal execution, rights fulfillment, and performance tracking.
- Ticketing, hospitality & event revenues: Oversee innovative ticketing and premium hospitality strategies for HWS events, maximizing fan engagement and revenue through best-in-class experiences.
- Merchandise & Licensing: Develop merchandise strategy and expand licensing opportunities, including gaming, and other IP-driven revenue streams.
- Team commercial integration: Work closely with the Head of Team Operations to ensure alignment between league and team commercial strategies, enabling franchise value growth and differentiated team propositions.
- Membership & community monetization: Oversee development of fan engagement and membership models, including integration with Playxagon to drive participation-based revenue and long-term fan loyalty.
- Drive global reputation: Position HWS as a leading commercial property in global sport, recognized for best-in-class experiences in partnerships, fan engagement, and revenue generation.
- Data-driven growth: Implement analytics and insights frameworks to optimize pricing, sponsorship valuation, and revenue performance across all verticals.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Marketing, Events, Competition, and Digital teams to ensure commercial opportunities are maximized across all touchpoints.
Experience:
- Proven executive leadership experience in a global sports league, media company, or sports/entertainment property.
- 15+ years of experience in commercial leadership roles, including sponsorship sales, partnerships, and revenue strategy.
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling global revenue streams across multiple verticals.
- Strong experience in media rights, digital distribution, and content monetization.
- Track record of developing innovative sponsorship and partnership models.
- Experience working across international markets and managing global commercial teams.
- Background in high-growth or emerging sports properties strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with racket sports, padel, or participation-based sports ecosystems is a plus.
Required Skills:
- Deep expertise across sponsorship, partnerships, media rights, ticketing, licensing, and commercial strategy.
- Strategic thinker with strong execution capabilities and a results-driven mindset.
- Exceptional leadership and team-building skills, with experience managing high-performing global teams.
- Strong financial and analytical acumen, with the ability to drive revenue optimization through data.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across senior executives, partners, and investors.
- Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset, with a willingness to challenge traditional sports commercial models.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Passion for sport and strong interest in contributing to the global growth of padel.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Hexagon World Series is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We believe diversity strengthens our organization and enhances our ability to innovate and grow the sport globally.
