SENIOR MANAGER, PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY & ACTIVATION

Reports to: Director, Brand Strategy & Activation

Location: Greater Philadelphia Area required

Start Date: June 16, 2025

Job Description:

  • Lead the development of strategy, activation and fulfillment plans for brand clients in collaboration with the Director of Brand Strategy and Account Management

  • Manage our relationships with brand clients to ensure contract and/or retainer requirements are being met and the best quality of services are being delivered by POV (phone, email, letter, meetings) including tracking account team hours on a monthly basis

  • Work with the Account Management team to coordinate conference calls, meetings and execute all day-to-day deliverables with brand clients

  • Serve as liaison between brand clients and their partner properties and athlete relationships

  • Utilize existing internal systems and processes such as MS Office tools and Asana to streamline the development of brand strategy and execution deliverables and create insights for each of our clients to drive partnership/marketing value

  • Work collaboratively with other brand client agency partners, such as creative and media buying agencies, to build and execute creative sports marketing campaigns as needed

  • Attend sporting/special events to support the brand clients’ event planning and activation campaigns throughout the year

  • Actively participate in the growth of the agency via innovative ideas for revenue generation, brand client deliverables, and client offerings

  • Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading sports publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations

  • Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments

  • Accept other duties and responsibilities as determined by the President & CEO

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required

  • Minimum 5 years of sponsorship management and/or other sports/brand related experience

  • Proven track record of sponsorship services and activation

  • Ability to persuasively articulate value propositions to senior executives

  • Extremely strong sense of customer service

  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication and interpersonal skills

  • Strong MS Office skills – especially PowerPoint, Word and Excel

  • Ability to work independently and be self-driven within a team structure

  • Ability to attend local/regional events on a regular basis and travel (limited) as may be needed

  • Access to a reliable form of transportation for travel to off-site meetings, client events, etc. is a requirement for the position

  • Strong commitment to professional conduct and integrity

Compensation:

  • Base Salary plus discretionary bonus, Comprehensive Benefits Package offered (health, dental, etc.)

Instructions to Apply:

Please email a cover letter and resume to careers@povsportsmarketing.com with the subject line “Application for Sr. Manager (April 2025).”

 

POV Sports Marketing is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.