Global Partnerships LEAD in Blackburn

About the Role

This role is responsible for maximising the strategic, commercial and content value of Science in Sport's portfolio of global partnerships, teams, athletes, ambassadors and performance relationships. It goes beyond servicing sponsorship agreements, turning partnerships into active marketing assets that build the brand, strengthen credibility in elite performance, create high-quality content, reach relevant communities and contribute to commercial growth. Working within the Global Marketing Operating System, the postholder connects partnerships into the wider marketing engine so that rights, access, athletes, events, expertise and stories are systematically converted into content and activation opportunities distributed through owned, earned, partner and paid channels globally. The role works particularly closely with Brand & Strategy, the Content Studio, Audience Growth, Marketing Operations, Science & Performance, Commercial and regional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Take operational ownership of priority partnerships, maintaining a deep understanding of contractual rights, obligations, deliverables and restrictions and building outstanding day-to-day relationships with rights holders, teams, athletes and representatives.
• Develop an annual activation plan for every major partnership, identify under-utilised rights and incremental opportunities, and move the organisation from partnership servicing to partnership value creation.
• Develop a clear content and asset plan for every major relationship, spanning athlete access, performance stories, science and education, product usage, photography, short- and long-form video, social, interviews, events, appearances, retail, PR and community activation.
• Work closely with the Content Studio to create a forward pipeline of content rather than relying on reactive activations, briefing it sufficiently early to maximise access and production efficiency.
• Map sporting calendars, competitions, championships, athlete moments, partner events, product launches, retail opportunities, content capture, PR moments, community activations and science and education opportunities into the Global Marketing Calendar.
• Create a clear annual activation brief for every Tier 1 strategic relationship covering why it is held, who it enables the brand to reach, what has been bought, what will be created, how value will be distributed and what success looks like.
• Create a consistent global framework for assessing partnership performance across brand value, content value, community value and commercial value, moving beyond impressions and reach to assess content yield, partner amplification, audience access, product adoption, customer acquisition
• Retail support, revenue influence and ROI or return on objectives.
• Produce regular performance reviews with clear grow, maintain, renegotiate or exit recommendations, using measurement to inform future investment decisions rather than justify historic spend.
• Assess the global sports and performance landscape to identify opportunities that strengthen strategic priorities, evaluating strategic fit, audience, rights, content potential, global relevance, commercial potential and cost
• And support negotiations and renewals with clear valuation and investment recommendations.
• Manage partnership budgets and monitor investment against agreed outcomes, coordinate product, logistics, education, sampling and performance requirements, and represent Science in Sport professionally with athletes, teams, rights holders and partners globally.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Significant experience managing major sports partnerships, sponsorships or rights-holder relationships.
• Strong understanding of sponsorship rights, contracts, negotiation and value exchange.
• Excellent understanding of how partnerships generate content and marketing assets.
• Experience developing integrated activation programmes across digital and physical channels.
• Strong commercial and financial judgement, including ROI and return-on-objectives assessment.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong understanding of sport, athletes and elite performance environments.
• Confidence operating with major global brands, rights holders, teams, athletes and agents.
• Strong planning, project-management, budget and performance-reporting capability.
• Experience working across international markets.

Workplace

• Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.
• Occasional travel required.

Salary

• Up to £60,000 per annum

Benefits & Perks

• On-site gym
• Cycle to work scheme
• Product discount
• Birthday day off
• Pension with employer contribution at 4%

The Application Process

Science in Sport Group is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and strives to cultivate an inclusive workplace, and it fully supports reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to provide an inclusive and welcoming recruitment experience.

About the Company

Science In Sport Group is a world leader in sports and performance nutrition, operating two highly regarded brands: SiS, which combines world-class science and innovation to provide optimal performance nutritional solutions for professional athletes, sports and fitness enthusiasts and the active lifestyle community, and PhD Nutrition, a premium active-nutrition brand with over 20 years of research and development. The two brands sell through the phd.com and scienceinsport.com digital platforms, third-party online marketplaces including Amazon, as well as extensive domestic and international retail distribution.

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