Deadline for applications is 23:59 on 07/03/2025. We're looking for a Partnerships Manager to join our growing team at London City Lionesses. If you have the aspiration, drive, and qualifications to join our Club, please apply by 7th March. The London City Lionesses are part of the Kynisca group, setting a vision and building an infrastructure in which all the players and staff can thrive. Owned by Michele Kang, our vision for Kynisca is to: 1. Become the most pre-eminent sports organisation in the world; 2. Have a high-performance culture of winning on and off the pitch; 3. Train women as women; and 4. Motivate and inspire the next generation of girls and women. Role Purpose: The role of the Partnerships Manager is to work closely with the Commercial and Marketing Director focused on generating revenue through innovative partnerships with like-minded brands. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with passion for growing women’s football and experience creating partnership value for club and brand. This is a new position within the business, so the responsibilities are not set in stone. We need someone who can jump in, get things done and work with the team to shape the future of the club. Responsibilities: Partnership Sales: With support from the wider commercial team, create a pipeline of potential brands whose values and brand goals align with London City Lionesses. Lead outreach to brands, finding innovative ways to initiate conversations. Prepare and deliver commercial presentations with the wider commercial team. Lead the negotiation process through to deal finalisation with all key internal and external stakeholders. Track sales pipeline and provide forecasting updates to club leadership Lead renewals process with partners Partnership Management: Oversee the day-to-day management and delivery of contractual partnership rights across a selection of key partners. Work with the Brand & Marketing manager to create marketing and activation plans for selected club partners. Collaborate with partners to create and deliver innovative and engaging ways to drive partner satisfaction and achieve clearly defined partner objectives including running annual partner planning workshops. Ensure Club Partners’ contractual assets are delivered in full, holding meetings with internal departments to ensure contracted assets are delivered on time and to the highest possible standard. Measure effectiveness of partnership activations. Develop and maintain excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to help deliver innovative activations on both Matchdays and non-Matchdays Qualifications & Training: Desirable: Degree level or equivalent in business development course Knowledege, Skills and Experience: Essential: Previous experience in working in a partnerships or sponsorship role A demonstrated love for women’s football, and commitment to the growth of the game Demonstrated solutions focused and able to work under pressure with own initiative Track record of excellent relationship building. The postholder should be open to travel and working weekends and weeknights (mainly to attend football matches). Desirable: A good understanding of digital marketing CRM experience Hands on partnership activation experience Characteristics: Passionate about women’s football and broader women’s sport culture. Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to deal with matrix stakeholders & ambiguity. High standards of personal integrity and EQ. Comfortable and able to work on own initiative Has a learning mindset; is keen to continue their self-development and keep up to date with best practice and learning opportunities Continually seeks to improve efficiency and performance Seeks out and embraces new ways of thinking and working – not afraid to fail. Professional, confident, self-motivated and enthusiastic A positive, bright and energetic demeanour Numerate and data-driven with a strong attention to detail Resilience and perseverance We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification from London City Lionesses. Safeguarding Statement: London City Lionesses and Academy are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment. This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists, as such it is exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore all convictions including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS should be declared. Equality Statement: We are an equal opportunities employer. The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.