Partnerships Manager
$71,600–$123,400 year
On-siteRunnemede, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Identify, research, and develop new partnership opportunities across sports, entertainment, media, brands, and collectibles. Build outreach materials, pitch decks, and proposals while tracking pipelines, timelines, and deliverables in CRM systems. Coordinate follow-ups, meeting preparation, and relationship management across active discussions. Drive cross-functional coordination with Marketing, Operations, Legal, and Finance to support execution, internal approvals, and launch readiness. Assist in planning live events, trade shows, athlete appearances, and auction launches, managing logistics, travel, and onsite needs. Prepare revenue projections, auction estimates, and business models for prospective partners. Maintain organized documentation, reporting, contracts, and action items while identifying process improvements as the business scales.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years in sports partnerships, marketing, sales, management experience
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong interpersonal presence
- Ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Strong attention to detail, responsiveness, professionalism, and follow-through
- Comfort interacting with executives, athletes, agents, teams, brands, collectors, and high-profile partners
- A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with willingness to jump into a variety of responsibilities
- Strong presentation and research capabilities; ability to synthesize information clearly and professionally
- Experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce and proficiency in Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, and presentation-building tools
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Sports Management, Marketing, Communications, or related field
- Ability and willingness to travel periodically for events, meetings, trade shows, and activations
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with sports, collectibles, memorabilia, auctions, partnerships, sponsorships, or entertainment industries
- Experience supporting partnerships, business development, account management, talent relations, marketing, events, or operations functions
- Highly adaptable and resourceful
- Comfortable with ambiguity and evolving priorities
- Hungry to grow within partnerships, sports business, and collectibles
- Equally comfortable building a deck, jumping on a partner call, helping execute an event, or solving operational issues
- Passionate about sports, culture, storytelling, and premium collectibles
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