Manager, Sports Insights & Yield

As part of the Strategic Insights & Yield team, this role focuses on monetizing NBCUniversal’s Sports inventory across Peacock and other digital platforms. The Manager will bridge Sports and portfolio monetization teams, driving yield optimization, delivering actionable insights for live sports programming, and partnering across the company to implement innovative solutions that maximize revenue. Success requires deep knowledge of sports inventory dynamics, strong analytical skills, and effective cross-team collaboration. Duties and Responsibilities Reporting & Analytics Produce and maintain Sports monetization insights, tracking KPIs such as sell-thru, capacity, demand and pricings trends to support strategic decision making. Develop dashboards and automate reporting processes in partnership with the Business Intelligence teams; investigate and resolve discrepancies. Coordinate sellout and campaign health reporting and integrate into portfolio-level overviews. Respond to ad hoc analytical requests with timely, accurate insights to support evolving business needs. Strategic Collaboration Act as liaison between Sports and portfolio monetization teams, ensuring alignment on inventory utilization, identifying cross-portfolio opportunities, and delivery optimization for campaign health especially during tentpole sporting events. Serve as Yield Optimization subject matter expert for Sports, advising on best practices and bridging portfolio strategies with Sports execution. Partner with FreeWheel and Ad product teams to influence roadmap development with a focus on live event delivery. Analyze and optimize portfolio monetization in tentpole events such as NFL and Olympics. Yield Optimization Advise on priority waterfall and yield tool setup to maximize monetization during live events. Lead dynamic yield management initiatives to optimize revenue across Sports inventory, collaborating with Planning, Finance, Ad Product, and Sales. Test Yield Optimization tools and track effectiveness for Sports; report on performance against KPIs.