President, Dragons Elite Athletics

Job Description

Job Description

ABOUT US  

Dragons Elite Athletics: 

Dragons Elite Athletics is a forward-thinking, performance-driven organization revolutionizing the youth elite training and fitness industry. We are a team of passionate leaders, certified coaches, and former athletes dedicated to the long-term development of youth athletes, providing them with the tools to achieve success in sports and life. Dragon Way; our unique development methodology, sets us apart by focusing on athlete growth and development, from college scholarships to professional sports careers. 

Black Dragon Capital: 

Black Dragon Capital LLC (BDC) is a unique growth-oriented private equity firm focused on investing in areas where information technology is enabling the disruption of industries by allowing a faster, better and more economically compelling way to solve industry issues.  We seek to benefit from a diverse perspective combined with high performance operating and investment executives. We hire and promote based on merit, without bias, and make a genuine effort to ensure we have a diversified team that aligns with the diversity of our portfolio companies and their clients. We intend to maintain over 65% of our team members as culturally or gender diverse, and we work hard to foster a supportive and welcoming workplace. Bringing a leadership and advisory group of successful entrepreneurs, former operators and deal making experience, Black Dragon’s team has a track record of building market leading companies, driving above market returns and accelerating growth and profitability through its distribution connections, strategic advice, and active participation within our investments, primarily in financial technologies, eCommerce, and sports and media technology markets. 

Who we are looking for: 

Dragons Elite Athletics is looking for an entrepreneurial, highly motivated, detail oriented professional to join our growing team as President of Dragon Elite Athletics. As a key member of the team executive, this individual will be an integral member of a growing team of hard-working and experienced professionals. The candidate will work closely with the Founder and CEO and other key management leaders.  The ideal candidate will have been a former President. or senior executive in the Sports, Athletics or a similar high intensity customer driven industry, with a strong sales and marketing and revenue background. You will need to be able to look at the big picture with an entrepreneurial mindset, as well as have high energy and high-performance track record. The candidate will have a strong operational background of managing the leadership function of a company and experience working with professional investors (VC/PE) and related expectations.   

What you will be working on: 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Strategic Direction: Defining long-term vision, goals, and policies. 

• Operational Leadership: Managing day-to-day business operations and ensuring efficient performance. 

• Financial Oversight: Directing budgets, approving expenditures, and ensuring financial stability. 

• Board Liaison: Working closely with the board of directors to report on performance and align on strategy. 

• Team Management: Appointing, mentoring, and leading high-level staff. 

• External Representation: Acting as the company's spokesperson and managing key relationships 

About You: 

We are looking for an individual with a strong operational operating background who has experience dealing with venture capital and/or private equity and their  expectations.    

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance required.  

• MBA preferred. 

• Prior experience in sales and/or leadership efforts in a startup company preferably with a customer and financial services background. 

• Experience as a senior leader in a role such as CEO, CRO, VP of Sales and Marketing Business Development  

• Excellent leadership, negotiation, management, problem solving and interpersonal skills. 

• Ability to work strategically, but also hands-on problem solving. 

• Track record of building innovative, creative, and collaborative teams.  

• Strong desire to lead from a strategic and tactical perspective in all aspects of day-to-day company operations.  

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES 

• Hardworking 

• Hands On 

• Motivated 

• Inspirational 

• Driven 

• Open minded 

• Collaborative 

• Well educated 

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