Partnership Lead

• Provide leadership and direction for partners and suppliers within the portfolio, ensuring a high standard of delivery and relationship management
• Act as the senior interface between partners and internal teams across the Club to ensure alignment and effective delivery of partnership objectives
• Be a thought leader creating and managing integrated campaigns spanning digital, content, experiential, and product-led activations that drive fan engagement and brand impact
• Develop and deliver best-in-class partnership activation strategies and marketing campaigns aligned to partner objectives and the Club’s wider commercial strategy
• Collaborate with internal teams including marketing, digital, content, media, and events to deliver integrated partnership programmes
• Maintain a strong understanding of the global sports sponsorship landscape and identify emerging trends that could benefit the Club
• Continuously assess partnership rights and activation opportunities to identify areas to enhance value and unlock incremental revenue opportunities
• Implement research and measurement frameworks that demonstrate return on partner investment (ROPI)
• Translate campaign performance and insights into compelling reporting and storytelling for partners and internal stakeholders
• Support departmental budgeting processes and manage activation budgets where required
• Due to the nature of the industry and the role, some out-of-office hours work would be required from time to time including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays
• Support the Club in achieving its overall objectives, including EDI

What you will bring

• Proven experience in partnership activation or sponsorship management within sport, entertainment, media, agency, or brand environments
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to build trusted partnerships internally and externally
• Strong project management skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Proven experience operating in a fast-paced and high-profile commercial environment
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify opportunities to maximise partnership value
• Proficient understanding of the global sports sponsorship landscape, including key growth markets such as Asia and North America
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative partnership programmes that deliver measurable impact
• Elevated level of experience working with commercial contracts and managing partnership budgets to maintain partnership portfolio profitability
• Ideally would have experience working in Web3 and/or Crypto partnerships
• Experienced in Microsoft Office, CRM asset management, and financial budget systems

Safeguarding & Recruitment Statement

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. The Club follows a Safer Recruitment process for all roles. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to proportionate background, DBS, and reference checks as required for this role.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and will make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process to support candidates with disabilities or specific needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments so that we can ensure you have a fair and positive experience.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications or due to business needs, so early applications are encouraged.