SVP, Partnerships

SVP Partnerships

The Role and What Youll Do:

This role is for a Senior Vice President will play a senior leadership role across primary functions of the agency and its delivery around the world providing leadership on key accounts including a leadership role on a global client in terms of portfolio and account team responsible for setting vision driving strategy and leading execution across a global portfolio of brand partnerships and cultural marketing initiatives. The team develops implements and manages integrated Brand Initiatives for corporate clients and business units rooted in cultureincluding sports entertainment music and business-to-business platforms.

As a senior leader this role will shape partnership strategy at the highest level oversee complex multi-market engagements and serve as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders. The SVP will lead cross-functional teams spanning marketing advertising social experiential and digital ensuring seamless integration and measurable business impact.

The position is based in New York and reports to Executive Vice President.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide executive leadership and strategic oversight of multiple high-profile client partnerships and sponsorship portfolios including complementary experiential marketing activations across Entertainment Sports and B2B verticals

Set the strategic vision and long-term roadmap for client cultural marketing programs ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and brand priorities

Serve as a senior client counselor advising on the evolving communications media and cultural landscape to drive relevance innovation and growth

Lead the development execution and measurement of partnership ROI leveraging data analytics and insights to inform strategy optimize performance and demonstrate impact against KPIs

Serve as business operator with depth in analytics including margins eOiciencies burn rates and overall account profitability.

Oversee integrated account strategy including planning coordination execution and performance evaluation across all partnership initiatives

Act as the central point of connectivity across all partnerships-focused work between 160over90 and clients globally maintaining visibility across regions teams and workstreams

Partner closely with integrated account leadership and senior agency counterparts to ensure cohesive cross-channel delivery

Identify evaluate and pursue new partnership opportunities at global national and regional levels including pitching new platforms and leading complex negotiations

Lead high-level property talent and rights-holder negotiations managing escalations and ensuring favorable outcomes for clients

Provide industry expertise insights and forward-looking perspectives on emerging trends across sports entertainment music fashion and technology

Oversee execution at marquee events campaigns and activations ensuring operational excellence while maintaining strategic focus

Collaborate with client-side teams and external agency partners (advertising media PR etc.) to drive fully integrated marketing programs

Contribute to departmental leadership by shaping thought leadership best practices and strategic frameworks both internally and externally

Be a motivational accountable and inspiring people leader developing senior talent fostering collaboration and building high-performing teams

You Have These:

15 years of senior-level experience in partnership sponsorship or cultural marketing within an agency or client-side environment

Deep understanding of lifestyle and cultural marketing with expertise across sports esports music entertainment talent and media ecosystems

Proven ability to develop and lead large-scale integrated partnership strategies with measurable business outcomes

Executive-level client relationship management experience including C-suite and senior stakeholder engagement

Strong Big Idea sell-in experience with the ability to translate strategy into compelling narratives and platforms

Extensive experience negotiating complex partnership and sponsorship agreements

Operational understanding of live events experiential marketing and large-scale activations

Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively while driving disciplined execution

High proficiency in data analytics and performance measurement with the ability to interpret insights guide decision-making and communicate results to clients and internal leadership

Strong leadership communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence across organizations

Ability to manage complexity prioritize and lead in a fast-paced environment

Willingness to travel for key client meetings and activations

How we work:

WME Group is at the center of sports media entertainment and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration develop our future talent and build on relationships across leadership peers and teams we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Dont meet every single requirement We are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency the rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications knowledge skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages which include base rate along with as applicable short- and long-term incentives growth and developmental opportunities and robust benefits such as health care retirement vacation and other paid time off and additional offerings.

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