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Senior Director Partnership Solutions (Ref: 197054) Jobs in North Carolina, United States at Forsyth Barnes
Title: Senior Director Partnership Solutions (Ref: 197054)
Company: Forsyth Barnes
Location: North Carolina, United States
Title: Senior Director Partnership Solutions
Location: North Carolina
Industry: Sports
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $100,000 – $140,000 + Benefits
Contact: [email protected]
Brief Overview:
We are exclusively partnering with a leading sports and entertainment organisation to appoint a Senior Director, Partnership Solutions. This is a senior commercial leadership opportunity responsible for developing innovative sponsorship platforms that connect brand objectives with premium sports and entertainment assets.
Working closely with Partnership Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Insights, and Activation teams, you will lead the creation of bespoke, insight-driven partnership solutions that help drive new business while delivering meaningful value for partners.
This is an opportunity for a strategic, commercially minded leader who combines creativity with analytical thinking and enjoys building integrated sponsorship programmes that generate long-term partnerships.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of innovative partnership concepts that align brand objectives with the organisation's commercial assets.
- Create customised sponsorship proposals, presentations, and commercial narratives for prospective partners.
- Partner closely with the Partnership Sales team throughout the sales cycle to maximise commercial opportunities.
- Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Digital, Hospitality, Community, Content, Events, Analytics, and Partnership Activation teams to develop integrated solutions.
- Identify new sponsorship assets, revenue opportunities, and monetisation strategies across the organisation.
- Utilise market research, fan insights, audience data, and industry trends to build evidence-based commercial recommendations.
- Develop pricing strategies and inventory packaging that maximise long-term partnership value.
- Support senior leadership during client pitches, negotiations, and strategic presentations.
- Ensure a seamless transition from sales to activation by collaborating with internal partnership teams.
- Continuously evaluate industry trends, emerging technologies, and sponsorship innovation to maintain a market-leading commercial offering.
- Mentor and develop members of the Partnership Solutions team while establishing scalable proposal development processes and best practices.
Required Skills/Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in partnership solutions, sponsorship strategy, commercial partnerships, brand consulting, or integrated marketing.
- Experience working within professional sports, collegiate athletics or sports agencies.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate client objectives into creative partnership solutions.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
