Location: UK-based, flexible (1–2 days/week in office) · OTE: £80,000 · Type: Full-time
About Sportworks.ioSportworks.io sits at the intersection of sport and technology. We're a platform built for the commercial teams inside sports organisations - helping rights holders prospect, pitch, and manage partnerships faster and smarter than ever before.
We operate in one of the most exciting, fast-moving spaces in the market right now: the point where the multi-billion-pound world of sports sponsorship meets a technology landscape that's evolving by the week. If you love sport, and you're energised by how technology is reshaping the way organisations work, you'll feel at home here.
We're a focused, dedicated team moving very quickly - and we're building the people who will define this category.
The RoleWe're looking for a Partnerships Sales Manager to own commercial relationships across the sports rights holder landscape - driving new business and deepening the partnerships we already have. This is a front-line commercial role for someone who knows the sponsorship world inside out and wants to bring genuinely category-leading technology into it.
You'll join as one of the foundational members of the team. That means real ownership, real impact, and a clear runway to grow into a senior leadership position as the business scales - if your performance takes you there.
This is not a role for someone looking to coast. We're a startup operating at pace, and we need someone ready to roll their sleeves up, push hard, and get stuck in.
What you'll do- Build, manage, and convert a pipeline
- Full commercial cycle end-to-end: prospecting, pitching, negotiating, and closing
- Develop trusted relationships with sponsorship and commercial decision-makers across the industry
- Represent Sportworks where it matters - hospitality at games, networking events, and industry conferences
- Feed market insight back into the business to shape product and commercial strategy
- Think beyond your own remit, contributing to how we commercialise and scale the company as a whole
- Multiple years' experience working directly inside a sports rights holder, in a commercial or sponsorship-facing role
- A deep, practical understanding of how sports sponsorship works and how commercial teams operate day to day
- A solid grasp of technology and a genuine curiosity about how the landscape is moving
- A business-minded, entrepreneurial operator with a commercial instinct that extends across the whole business, not just their own role
- Someone who thrives in an intense, fast-growing environment and is hungry to push hard and build something
- UK-based, able to attend the office 1-2 days per week in London and travel regularly to meet clients and attend industry engagements
This is a chance to get real depth - not just in a single role, but across an entire business. As one of the foundational team, you'll see how every department connects, learn the fundamentals of scaling a company, and build the kind of cross-company knowledge that's hard to get anywhere else.
For the right person - hungry, commercial, and ambitious, there's enormous room to grow, become a genuinely important part of the organisation, and develop into leadership as we scale.
What's on offer- On-target earnings of £80,000 (with uncapped commission potential)
- A foundational role with a path to leadership
- Front-row exposure to building and scaling a business at the cutting edge of sport and tech
- Flexible working, with regular client travel and industry engagements
