Senior Partnerships Manager - CFCW

DEPARTMENT: CFCW Commercial

LOCATION: Stamford Bridge

CONTRACT: Permanent, Full Time

JOB FUNCTION: World class strategic partner management with a view to delivering industry-leading servicing and maximising commercial investment into Chelsea FC Women.

Main Responsibilities:

• Management of CFCW partnerships in line with their business objectives and partnership KPIs, ensuring all contractual rights are delivered in a timely manner and to the highest standard.
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of effective partner campaigns using CFCW assets and IP.
• Work with the rest of the team to deliver relevant partners’ contracted appearances with the Chelsea FC Women’s First Team.
• Manage the women’s rights component of club-wide Chelsea FC partnerships.
• Collaborate with the CFC central partnerships team to ensure alignment across club-wide partner activations.
• Support the Head of Partnerships in maintaining a culture that ensures club partners can network amongst themselves.
• Delivery of relevant partners’ activations domestically and in global markets.
• Work with the club’s monitoring agency and utilise evaluation tools to track partner return on investment.
• Track and report on the partnership servicing budget for relevant accounts.
• Work with the Head of Partnerships to build best-in-class case studies.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with all internal stakeholders.
• Develop expertise on relevant partners, their industries and competitors.
• Lead meetings with internal stakeholders, club partners, their agencies and other external parties.
• Identify relevant industry news and insights and communicate them to the department.
• Identify commercial opportunities to grow and develop club partnerships.
• Proactively identify upsell and growth opportunities across the partner portfolio.
• Create a positive team environment in which proactivity and professionalism are encouraged.

Measures of Performance:

• Delivers against business objectives and KPIs.
• Develops and maintains a healthy and proactive relationship with all partners.
• Partner activation plans and contracted rights are delivered on time and to the highest standard.
• Partnership servicing budget is tracked accurately and reported to the Head of Partnerships.

Person Specification:

• Significant experience within the sponsorship or sports marketing industry.
• Experience of account managing brands, ideally with exposure to global activation.
• A genuine interest in and understanding of women’s football and the broader women’s sport commercial landscape.
• Experience of activating brand campaigns across social media and digital channels.
• Strategic and analytical capability, with experience measuring and articulating ROI and sponsorship performance.
• Approach all partner relationships with a commercial mindset.
• A commercial, results-driven individual with entrepreneurial capabilities.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• An experienced team leader, capable of working with more junior team members.
• A proven team player who is calm, professional, and detail orientated.
• Willing to work across locations and to be flexible with working hours.
• To embody the club’s BLUE behaviours (Brave, Lead, Unity, Edge).
• To adhere to the club’s policies and procedures.
• To act as an ambassador for diversity, equality, and inclusion.
• To create a safe environment and act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults.
• To report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the HR Department.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves.

Chelsea FC is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk. We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment.

This Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.