Website:
playstat.ai
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Company Details:PlayStat.ai is an AI-powered performance intelligence platform designed for players, academies, and tournament organisers in racquet sports. The platform transforms every match into actionable improvement through real-time scoring, AI-driven skill ratings, video analysis, and personalised insights.
Players use PlayStat.ai to understand their true skill level and track progress, while academies gain a data-driven view of each learner’s development. Tournament organisers benefit from fair, rating-based seeding that reduces guesswork.
We are based in Bengaluru, India, and aim to become the universal competitive identity layer for racquet sports across India and beyond.
Location: Bengaluru, India
Work Type: On-site
Role: Sports Management Head (Full-Time)
What You’ll Be Doing- Work closely on the business development and growth side of PlayStat.ai within the sports ecosystem
- Build and maintain relationships with racquet sports tournament organisers across Bengaluru
- Identify and onboard new tournaments onto PlayStat.ai
- Develop partnerships with academies, clubs, sports facilities, institutions, and communities
- Drive adoption of PlayStat.ai within the local racquet sports ecosystem
- Identify and develop new business opportunities across academies, tournament organisers, and other potential partners
- Generate qualified leads and manage the complete sales cycle from prospecting and product demonstrations to follow-ups, negotiations, contracting, and closure
- Take end-to-end ownership of commercial discussions, including presenting proposals, handling objections, negotiating pricing, and closing deals
- Achieve assigned sales, revenue, customer acquisition, and partnership targets
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with clients, partners, and key stakeholders
- Conduct on-ground meetings, tournament visits, and partnership discussions
- Coordinate client onboarding, product adoption, and ongoing engagement with internal teams
- Work closely with product, marketing, tech, and operations teams to ensure smooth delivery and user experience
- Gather customer feedback and market insights to support product improvement and business strategy
- Maintain accurate sales records and report pipeline, performance, and revenue updates
- Represent PlayStat.ai at tournaments, sporting events, and industry interactions
Who We’re Looking For- Prior experience in any racquet sport (badminton, tennis, squash, etc.) is preferred
- Basic understanding of sports tournaments and how they operate
- Strong communication, networking, and relationship-building skills
- A confident and proactive approach towards business development and partnerships
- Self-driven and comfortable with on-ground work and meeting potential partners
- Ability to identify opportunities, initiate conversations, and convert them into partnerships
- Passion for sports and interest in building within the sports-tech ecosystem
- Previous experience in sales, business development, partnerships, or sports-related roles will be an advantage
Why This Role MattersRacquet sports tournaments still involve heavy coordination, scattered communication, and manual execution.
PlayStat.ai is solving this by bringing structure, transparency, and real-time intelligence into every match.
As the Sports Management Head, you will play a key role in driving this transformation on the ground.
You will not simply execute tasks.
You will lead partnerships, scale adoption, and build the PlayStat.ai ecosystem across Bengaluru.
This role directly impacts how racquet sports tournaments are organised and experienced in the future.
Apply NowIf you are passionate about sports, enjoy building relationships, and want to take ownership in a fast-growing sports-tech company, we would love to hear from you.
Send your CV: sachin@playstat.ai
WhatsApp: +91 9019917489
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