Two Circles
We are Two Circles, the four-time Sport Industry Agency of the Year and the only company to be named in The Sunday Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies four years in a row (2022-25). We are a sports marketing, data and technology company. We work with the biggest sporting organisations, brands and individuals across the sports industry, including the Premier League, NFL, ECB, F1, UEFA and Wimbledon. Working as an extension of their commercial teams, we help them grow direct relationships with fans to drive business growth. Data is at the centre of our approach. It starts with helping clients to get a better understanding of their customers and fans, and deliver insights that influence top-level decision making. From there, we develop and integrate data technology solutions that harness the latest in data visualisation and machine learning, create award winning content to grow audiences, and provide digital marketing and rights sales services that grow revenue across ticketing, premium, sponsorship and media. Our creative approach and innovative ideas stand us out from the crowd. In doing so, we break down the traditional barriers between sporting organisations and their customers. We currently have a growing team of over 1,000 Two Circlers based in the UK, across Europe, North America and Australia. Our Legal Team plays a key role in this fast paced, high growth and entrepreneurial organisation at the heart of the sports industry, enabling the business across all clients, teams and geographies. This hire of a newly created role as Legal Counsel (Media Rights) provides significant scope for career growth and personal development, with every day providing new opportunities to have a direct impact on cutting edge sports and media matters, working with some of the world's leading sports rights holders. Responsibilities Supporting legal aspects of Two Circles' global media rights work on behalf of leading international sports rights holders, advising on high profile media rights agreements and relevant regulatory/commercial issues Acting as the primary legal point of contact on media rights for Two Circles' women's football projects, embedded in cross functional teams (insights, sales, distribution and broadcaster servicing) to support rights holders across the full media rights cycle Developing wide expertise as a generalist in house counsel and advising colleagues across other areas of law as required (including commercial contracts, data protection, IP, corporate, employment and regulatory) - we don't expect you to be an expert in all these areas but an ambition to broaden your experience will be crucial Leading impactful business change programmes, such as innovative implementation of legal tech as Two Circles continues to scale faster and further globally Qualifications 1 3 PQE (applications outside of this PQE range may also be considered) Qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Switzerland or other appropriate jurisdiction (having trained and qualified at a leading organisation) Strong commercial acumen with an ability to transfer legal knowledge into commercially and operationally oriented solutions Proactive with a strong sense of personal responsibility and with an ability to work autonomously on a wide variety of projects A demonstrable interest in the business of sport, familiarity with the sports broadcast landscape and a clear ambition to build a long term career in sport Prior experience in the sale and/or acquisition of live media rights is advantageous Experience working in house (including on secondment) or advising high growth technology/media companies and a desire to take a hands on approach for developing the business from within International legal experience in the US, Australia or mainland Europe and/or international language ability (French, Spanish or German) to a working professional standard is advantageous
We are Two Circles, the four-time Sport Industry Agency of the Year and the only company to be named in The Sunday Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies four years in a row (2022-25). We are a sports marketing, data and technology company. We work with the biggest sporting organisations, brands and individuals across the sports industry, including the Premier League, NFL, ECB, F1, UEFA and Wimbledon. Working as an extension of their commercial teams, we help them grow direct relationships with fans to drive business growth. Data is at the centre of our approach. It starts with helping clients to get a better understanding of their customers and fans, and deliver insights that influence top-level decision making. From there, we develop and integrate data technology solutions that harness the latest in data visualisation and machine learning, create award winning content to grow audiences, and provide digital marketing and rights sales services that grow revenue across ticketing, premium, sponsorship and media. Our creative approach and innovative ideas stand us out from the crowd. In doing so, we break down the traditional barriers between sporting organisations and their customers. We currently have a growing team of over 1,000 Two Circlers based in the UK, across Europe, North America and Australia. Our Legal Team plays a key role in this fast paced, high growth and entrepreneurial organisation at the heart of the sports industry, enabling the business across all clients, teams and geographies. This hire of a newly created role as Legal Counsel (Media Rights) provides significant scope for career growth and personal development, with every day providing new opportunities to have a direct impact on cutting edge sports and media matters, working with some of the world's leading sports rights holders. Responsibilities Supporting legal aspects of Two Circles' global media rights work on behalf of leading international sports rights holders, advising on high profile media rights agreements and relevant regulatory/commercial issues Acting as the primary legal point of contact on media rights for Two Circles' women's football projects, embedded in cross functional teams (insights, sales, distribution and broadcaster servicing) to support rights holders across the full media rights cycle Developing wide expertise as a generalist in house counsel and advising colleagues across other areas of law as required (including commercial contracts, data protection, IP, corporate, employment and regulatory) - we don't expect you to be an expert in all these areas but an ambition to broaden your experience will be crucial Leading impactful business change programmes, such as innovative implementation of legal tech as Two Circles continues to scale faster and further globally Qualifications 1 3 PQE (applications outside of this PQE range may also be considered) Qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Switzerland or other appropriate jurisdiction (having trained and qualified at a leading organisation) Strong commercial acumen with an ability to transfer legal knowledge into commercially and operationally oriented solutions Proactive with a strong sense of personal responsibility and with an ability to work autonomously on a wide variety of projects A demonstrable interest in the business of sport, familiarity with the sports broadcast landscape and a clear ambition to build a long term career in sport Prior experience in the sale and/or acquisition of live media rights is advantageous Experience working in house (including on secondment) or advising high growth technology/media companies and a desire to take a hands on approach for developing the business from within International legal experience in the US, Australia or mainland Europe and/or international language ability (French, Spanish or German) to a working professional standard is advantageous
Two Circles
Overview As Cyber Security Manager at Two Circles, you play a key role in keeping our systems, people and data safe from external and internal threats by focusing on incident detection, response and remediation; threat hunting; security monitoring; continual improvement and providing technical assurance for solution design and changes. This will include maintaining and improving our security posture in tandem with GRC practices and policies as they evolve to align with current and future standards and frameworks, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, as well as applicable legislation, including GDPR and UK DPA, working closely with our Legal and Privacy as well as the wider Technology team. Internally-facing, you will lead day to day cyber security operations and project based work. You will help train and upskill your fellow Two Circlers on topics such security awareness, OWASP Top 10 and Security by Design, as well as understanding and feeding into their processes and workflows, to keep good security practice on the agenda. Externally, this role will also engage with our fascinating clients as appropriate to support their security assurance needs, as well as our technology partners and suppliers to ensure their alignment with our security approach and requirements. Internally, you will be responsible for our Security Operations activities with our operational team and external partners, including Incident Response and Threat Intelligence, to ensure these are executed consistently to our standards, as well as supporting Continual Security Improvement and being the Tech Ops representative in the GRC working group. As a fast growing organisation, with multiple offices across the globe, we are on a journey to standardize our security tools and infrastructure across the group, and this role will play a key part in aligning on best practice, and delivering improvements in our security posture. Responsibilities Assuring day-to-day execution of operational security tasks across multiple areas including threat and vulnerability management, anti-virus management, security monitoring etc. Helping design and deliver improved security tooling across all areas of cyber security (DR design and testing, End user tooling, SIEM tooling and event ingestion etc.) Supporting the Technology team to keep information security infrastructure up to date with emerging threats and vulnerabilities, including advising on architecture and design of internal and client-facing solutions Operationalising and ensuring delivery of security policy, standards and procedures Providing technical expertise towards compliance initiatives and programmes e.g. ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Technical aspects of vendor and partner security reviews Increasing the levels of understanding of Information Security with end users, leading to improved user interactions and overall experience with our team Thinking of and implementing new ways to automate and improve security across the business Protecting the data entrusted to us by our clients at all times Managing technical risks and proposing solutions and recommendations Security Operations procedures, i.e. Incident management and response Configuring, optimising and reporting with Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance modules, including Defender, Security Centre, Protection, Compliance Centre Experience of both cyber operational roles, but experience of having delivered security change projects/programmes Experience with GDPR/UK Data Protection, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 frameworks Azure security tooling including Security Centre, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, WAF, Security Lake, CloudTrail Able to understand and effectively communicate technical concepts in discussions with both technical and non-technical colleagues Broad knowledge around network technologies (especially cloud) and technical security Configuring and maintaining endpoint security technologies (AV, firewall, encryption, email protection, web filtering) Awareness of architectural principles for technical solution design, e.g. Zero Trust, least privilege RBAC, Security by Design, PAM, Segregation of Duties Data Protection and DLP Experience with the following would also be beneficial: NIST, SOC2 and additional compliance and regulatory frameworks Project Management and technical delivery Experience of, or a keen interest in, the business of sport Benefits We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package Renowned Team Days often throughout the year Summer Away Days 23 standard days of holiday (+1 Birthday, +1 for a 'Big Life Event', +1 Well-being Day, and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays) Discretionary Bonus based on company performance Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash) Mobile phone contribution Sport Challenge contribution Gym membership contribution 2x annual kit drops
Overview As Cyber Security Manager at Two Circles, you play a key role in keeping our systems, people and data safe from external and internal threats by focusing on incident detection, response and remediation; threat hunting; security monitoring; continual improvement and providing technical assurance for solution design and changes. This will include maintaining and improving our security posture in tandem with GRC practices and policies as they evolve to align with current and future standards and frameworks, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, as well as applicable legislation, including GDPR and UK DPA, working closely with our Legal and Privacy as well as the wider Technology team. Internally-facing, you will lead day to day cyber security operations and project based work. You will help train and upskill your fellow Two Circlers on topics such security awareness, OWASP Top 10 and Security by Design, as well as understanding and feeding into their processes and workflows, to keep good security practice on the agenda. Externally, this role will also engage with our fascinating clients as appropriate to support their security assurance needs, as well as our technology partners and suppliers to ensure their alignment with our security approach and requirements. Internally, you will be responsible for our Security Operations activities with our operational team and external partners, including Incident Response and Threat Intelligence, to ensure these are executed consistently to our standards, as well as supporting Continual Security Improvement and being the Tech Ops representative in the GRC working group. As a fast growing organisation, with multiple offices across the globe, we are on a journey to standardize our security tools and infrastructure across the group, and this role will play a key part in aligning on best practice, and delivering improvements in our security posture. Responsibilities Assuring day-to-day execution of operational security tasks across multiple areas including threat and vulnerability management, anti-virus management, security monitoring etc. Helping design and deliver improved security tooling across all areas of cyber security (DR design and testing, End user tooling, SIEM tooling and event ingestion etc.) Supporting the Technology team to keep information security infrastructure up to date with emerging threats and vulnerabilities, including advising on architecture and design of internal and client-facing solutions Operationalising and ensuring delivery of security policy, standards and procedures Providing technical expertise towards compliance initiatives and programmes e.g. ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Technical aspects of vendor and partner security reviews Increasing the levels of understanding of Information Security with end users, leading to improved user interactions and overall experience with our team Thinking of and implementing new ways to automate and improve security across the business Protecting the data entrusted to us by our clients at all times Managing technical risks and proposing solutions and recommendations Security Operations procedures, i.e. Incident management and response Configuring, optimising and reporting with Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance modules, including Defender, Security Centre, Protection, Compliance Centre Experience of both cyber operational roles, but experience of having delivered security change projects/programmes Experience with GDPR/UK Data Protection, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 frameworks Azure security tooling including Security Centre, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, WAF, Security Lake, CloudTrail Able to understand and effectively communicate technical concepts in discussions with both technical and non-technical colleagues Broad knowledge around network technologies (especially cloud) and technical security Configuring and maintaining endpoint security technologies (AV, firewall, encryption, email protection, web filtering) Awareness of architectural principles for technical solution design, e.g. Zero Trust, least privilege RBAC, Security by Design, PAM, Segregation of Duties Data Protection and DLP Experience with the following would also be beneficial: NIST, SOC2 and additional compliance and regulatory frameworks Project Management and technical delivery Experience of, or a keen interest in, the business of sport Benefits We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package Renowned Team Days often throughout the year Summer Away Days 23 standard days of holiday (+1 Birthday, +1 for a 'Big Life Event', +1 Well-being Day, and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays) Discretionary Bonus based on company performance Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash) Mobile phone contribution Sport Challenge contribution Gym membership contribution 2x annual kit drops