Partnership Sales Executive

BACKGROUND

Rangers Football Club, formed in 1872, is one of the world’s longest established and most successful clubs, having won 55 League titles, 34 Scottish Cups, 28 League Cups and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972.

Few clubs can match Rangers for history, heritage, and tradition, and it resides in the top 10 strongest football brands according to the YouGov UK Brand Index.

Playing at the iconic 51,700 seat Ibrox Stadium and benefitting from a world-class 37-acre training facility, the club has been a leading light in Scottish, British and European football for decades.

The club benefits from a famously loyal support and the high volume of season ticket uptake means the club features in the top 19 average attendances in Europe. It is estimated that Rangers has a global fanbase of 4m, half of which are based in the UK.

JOB TITLE: Partnership Sales Executive                        

REPORTING LINE: Head of Commercial Partnerships 

DEPARTMENT: Commercial

LOCATION: Ibrox Stadium        

CONTRACT: Permanent, Full Time

THE ROLE

Rangers Football Club are delighted to be seeking an additional Partnership Sales Executive to join our commercial partnerships team.

Rangers recently reported record breaking commercial revenue and we are looking for the right candidate to continue and accelerate our pace of growth.

Partnerships acquisition is at the heart of this role and you will be required to deliver and structure commercial partnerships in a way that meets the club’s revenue ambitions.

This is a target driven role which will require a proactive approach towards creating and delivering partnerships.

To achieve excellence in this role, you will be supported by a partnership management team and in-house teams such as marketing, content and insight.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively contact businesses, brands and individuals to sell a range of sponsorship and partnership packages as identified by the commercial team.
• Conduct detailed research and actively identify brands to contact.
• Manage diary effectively to contact brands and arrange meetings to sell a range of partnership packages.
• Arrange face to face meetings and present to brands using a variety of different presentation formats.
• Assist in producing engaging sales decks to meet a brand’s specific objectives.
• Responsible for ownership of individual sales pipeline and ensuring all leads are actioned and up to date.
• Responsible for meeting sales targets identified and set by the Head of Commercial Partnerships
• Actively consider new approaches to sponsorship and partnerships and new inventory to maximise sales.
• Prepare, maintain and present regular sales updates.
• Any other duties and responsibilities considered appropriate by the senior commercial team.

THE CANDIDATE

The candidate attributes include:

• Confident individual with a background in a fast-paced sales environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to make outbound approaches. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build relationships with clients and internal stakeholders. 
• A background in the sports industry is desirable but not essential.
• A passion for sales and achieving targets.
• Excellent organisational and account management skills.
• The ability and flexibility to work Rangers’ home matches is a key component to this role.

LATEST CLOSING DATE: SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2025

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

EQUALITY & INCLUSION 

At Rangers Football Club we are ambitious about diversity and inclusion. If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Rangers Football Club also welcomes applications from suitably qualified members of the armed forces family.

GENERAL INFORMATION 

The candidate must keep up to date with new methods and undertake any necessary internal or external training sessions in accordance with club Policies and Procedures.