Microsoft · 8 hours ago
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Sports Partnerships
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$131K/yr - $252K/yr
5+ years expMicrosoft is building a Frontier marketing organization that focuses on establishing diverse partnerships and delivering measurable outcomes. The Director of Strategic Partnerships, Sports Partnerships will lead a team to execute impactful storytelling and technology implementations, while managing external relationships and partnership objectives.
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Responsibilities
Team management and people leadership
Manage external relationships with sports organizations ensuring effective delivery of partnership objectives
Collaborate with internal engineering teams or agencies to deliver transformational technology with the partner
Develop activation plans to drive awareness of partnership and build product consideration/adoption through storytelling and tech engagement
Execute against rights and assets within partnership agreements
Manage the development and execution of partnership campaigns and activations from briefing to partner engagement to delivery and reporting
Develop briefs
Establish and maintain work back schedules
Manage creative reviews
Facilitate internal and partner approvals
Deliver assets to channels on time
Support reporting and insights delivery
Execute optimizations
Report on partnership activations and campaigns, mapping activities to key KPIs (key performance indicators) and identifying opportunities for optimization and greater impact
Drive visibility internally of partnerships and establish regular cadence of engagement to ensure companywide utilization
Manage a complex budget ensuring adherence to all targets compliance with procurement policies, and efficient use of resources
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 5+ years experience in sponsorship activation, integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience
OR equivalent experience
Preferred
Experience managing partnerships or sponsorships, particularly within the National Football League (NFL) and/or Formula 1 (F1)
Team management or people leadership experience
Campaign development and execution experience with a focus on measurable impact analysis
Works with a customer-centric mindset, prioritizing the audience's needs
Proven track record in project management, navigating varying priorities, tight timelines, organizational alignment, measurement, and accountability
Skilled in communicating and collaborating with internal and external executives
Excellent communication, storytelling, creative, and influencing skills
Ability to manage ambiguity with persistent drive, guiding workgroups towards consensus and meaningful outcomes
Experience solving complex business challenges, remaining optimistic and motivating teams to stay focused throughout the process
Ability to operate and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, both independently and as part of a team
Excellent attention to detail, coupled with the ability to maintain a high-level view
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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