Sponsorships & Partnerships Marketing Manager

Propel working with a leading trading platform who are looking to appoint an experienced Partnerships & Sponsorships Manager Marketing on a 6-month contract. This role will oversee and deliver an established sponsorship and partnerships portfolio during a transition period, with a strong focus on hands-on delivery and day-to-day activation.

Role overview
This is a delivery-focused partnerships role, ideal for someone who can step into an existing portfolio and take ownership from day one. You’ll manage key rights-holder relationships, ensure full delivery of contractual rights, and integrate partnerships into the wider marketing ecosystem while maintaining compliance and brand standards.Key responsibilities

Partnership delivery and rights management
• Oversee the delivery of all contractual rights across the sponsorship portfolio
• Act as the day-to-day point of contact for rights holders, ensuring smooth execution and issue resolution
• Track rights delivery to ensure all assets, benefits and obligations are fulfilled through to end of season
• Manage and support sponsorships across financial events, influencer partnerships and podcast collaborations
• Ensure all partnership activity aligns with compliance requirements, brand guidelines and commercial objectives
• Work with internal teams to maximise content, CRM and storytelling opportunities arising from partnerships

Events, hospitality and stakeholder management
• Plan, manage and deliver sponsored events, including golf days, from venue coordination through to on-site execution
• Manage partnership ticketing and hospitality allocations
• Coordinate guest lists, invitations, approvals and on-the-day logistics
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and rights holders to deliver a premium guest experience
• Act as a key point of contact for senior management, providing updates and reporting on partnership performance

Strategy support and future partnerships
• Support the delivery of the evolving partnerships strategy during the transition period
• Assist with evaluation, onboarding and activation planning for future partnership opportunities
• Support commercial discussions and contract negotiations, working closely with legal, compliance and senior stakeholders
• Contribute to transition documentation and handover materials for post-contract planning

Internal collaboration
• Work closely with brand, social and CRM teams to integrate partnerships into wider marketing campaigns
• Ensure partnership activity is clearly communicated across internal teams
• Align partnership delivery with broader commercial and brand objectives

Experience required
• Proven experience managing sponsorships or partnerships end-to-end, ideally within sport, financial services, media or other regulated environments
• Strong understanding of rights delivery, activation and rights-holder relationship management
• Experience delivering live events, hospitality and ticketing programmes
• Confident managing multiple stakeholders across internal and external teams
• Highly organised, detail-driven and comfortable operating autonomously
• Able to step into an interim environment and deliver immediately

If you want, I can also strip this back into a job board version, add a rate/day-rate section, or tailor it specifically for contract-first candidates.