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Partnership Operations Manager

Bath UK Commercial Team Reports to CEO

About the Role

Were looking for a Partnership Operations Manager to help us deliver great work for our brand partners.
This role has a start date of early July 2026 is available to cover a 14-month maternity leave period and is likely to continue until early September 2027.

The Partnership Operations Manager is all about making things happen. Youll take the lead on turning partnership deals into well-run high-quality campaigns - keeping everything on track making sure everyone knows what theyre doing and ensuring we deliver what weve promised.

Youll work closely with teams across the business - commercial production creative social and finance - so being organised and a clear communicator is turn our experienced team members will provide excellent insight to working effectively in a commercial environment and theyll be plenty of opportunity to learn from and collaborate with others.

If you enjoy juggling projects working with different teams and seeing campaigns come together from start to finish this could be a great fit.

What Youll Be Doing

Running Campaigns

• Plan and manage the delivery of branded content campaigns.
• Keep timelines deliverables and teams on track.
• Make sure everything goes out to a high standard and on time.
• Develop and manage a calendar of commercial deals campaign launches and renewal cycles.

Working with Partners

• Support the team in managing key partner relationships
• Join client calls and help shape realistic plans
• Turn agreements into clear workable plans for internal teams

Keeping Things Moving Internally

• Be a key member of the Central Intelligence Department (CID) evaluating and prioritising bespoke sales proposal requests while contributing commercial and partner insights to shape high-quality revenue-driving materials for the commercial team.
• Liaise closely with the commercial production creative social and finance teams.
• Make sure everyone has what they need to deliver (briefs assets timelines).
• Help keep communication clear and consistent across teams.

Tracking Performance

• Look at how campaigns perform and share useful insights.
• Keep an eye on audience feedback and engagement.
• Use what you learn to help improve future campaigns.

Improving How We Work

• Help refine our processes and project management tools.
• Keep track of campaign schedules launches and renewals.
• Support the finance team with forecasting and planning.

What Were Looking For

• Youll be based from our Bath office; our working hours are 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
• Strong organisational skills - youre good at keeping lots of moving parts under control.
• Experience managing projects or campaigns.
• Comfortable working with different teams and stakeholders.
• Confident using spreadsheets and tools like Trello.
• Clear communicator both internally and with clients.
• A good sense of what makes a campaign run smoothly.

Nice to have:

• Interest in cycling or triathlon.
• Experience in media content or partnerships.

About Us

At Play Sports Network (PSN) we run some of the worlds biggest cycling and triathlon YouTube channels including GCN GMBN GTN and EMBN.

We work with leading brands to create content that our audience genuinely enjoys - and this role plays a big part in making that happen.