To support our Legal & Compliance Division, FIFA is looking to recruit an innovative and solution driven person as a Senior Legal Platform Manager.

Your duties

• Primarily responsible for the success of the FIFA Agent Platform and liaising with its developers, administrators and key users
• Designing and managing the internal processes necessary for the agent licensing procedures administered by FIFA
• Leading the remote delivery of the football agent web exam across all FIFA member associations
• Creating IT solutions for the modernisation and improvement of football and match agent licensing systems administered by FIFA
• Continuously training and educating staff of member associations on the use of the FIFA Agent Platform and using their feedback to improve the exam delivery
• Managing licensing applications through the FIFA Agent Platform (e.g. processing applications, responding to external inquiries, communications, processing payments and insurance requirements)
• Leading the department’s activities in assessing the FIFA Transfer Matching System and FIFA Agent Platform data
• Leading legal and IT projects relating to the activities of football and match agents
• Investigating compliance with FIFA regulations and reporting the findings to the relevant departments
• Drafting circulars and legal and IT correspondence for member associations and external parties
• Handling legal disputes between member associations, clubs, players, coaches and agents in the FIFA dispute resolution system

Our requirements

• Degree in sports law and management
• Advanced academic and professional experience in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning systems
• Minimum of ten years’ combined experience in sports law and dispute resolution systems, football stakeholder management and project management
• Certification in and extensive experience of project management: experience of working on software development projects would be an asset
• Experience and knowledge of football dispute resolution procedures or case management incl.  the international football transfer market
• Good understanding of FIFA’s regulations resp. football regulatory framework, sports technology and eSports fields
• Technical expertise in IT, the FIFA Transfer Matching System, Jira, SharePoint and Confluence tools and MS Office
• Fluent in English, any other FIFA language would be an asset
• Critical judgement skills, committed to ethics and transparency in sport
• Great attitude and ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure and attention to detail
• Alert, quick to respond, service-oriented
• Proactive and curious mindset