The Manager, Partnership Activation is responsible for the service, activation, implementation and fulfillment of Club corporate partners at Levi’s® Stadium. This position is responsible for building relationships with partners and activating contracts. The position oversees 12-15 small to medium-sized partner accounts which may include 2-3 larger accounts.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Serves as primary contact and technical project manager for onboarding of new partners, providing post go-live support
• Manages partnership activations inclusive of rights/marks/status, entitlements, promotions, media (television, radio, online, print), signage, hospitality/suites, 49ers Foundation/community opportunities, special events and other assets.
• Rollout concierge program for all assigned Levi’s® Stadium partners which includes the development of a long-term relationship between the Club and its partners.
• Communicates upcoming events, team information and activation opportunities with partners across multiple channels including monthly e-mail updates.
• Facilitates partner activation at games, marketing events and other team-controlled initiatives or the equivalent.
• Creates annual end of season partnership recaps (video or other presentation format) that assist in the valuation of each partnership which includes a thorough understanding of each partner’s objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Abilities and Skills:

• Establish credibility through timely, responsive and truthful interactions.
• Skill at building agreement and cooperation toward a common vision or goal.
• Creative and innovative; the ability to see alternatives and solutions.
• Ability to initiate, design, plan, execute, monitor and evaluate outcomes of a project or initiative.
• Ability to achieve planned objectives through completing relevant tasks and focus.
• Organizational skills with the ability to manage time effectively, while balancing and prioritizing multiple or competing tasks.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree and at least 5-7 years’ relevant work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Suite including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience in sports, event and/or entertainment sponsorship required.
• Experience with Photoshop preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

The employee will be sitting in a typical office environment the majority of the time and may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions.

The employee is frequently required to sit, use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

This position may require the employee to work extended hours, weekends and/or holidays.

Travel:

15% of local travel time expected for this position. 5% of travel time expected for the position both intra and interstate occasionally requiring overnight stay.