Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Account Manager leading the day-to-day relationship and needs of multiple commercial partner teams including brand leads, agencies, and marketing units
• Manage ongoing client engagement through meetings, conference calls, and written correspondence
• Drive all contractual deliverables and activation for clients/brands, coordinating with Partnership Marketing leadership and internal cross-functional departments to properly plan and ensure successful delivery for clients/brands
• Support delivery and execution of Partner Games-time contractual obligations and additional needs
• Help ensure all commercial partnership efforts serve to achieve immediate and long-term business goals and track against key KPIs
• Support facilitation of partners’ product integration supply rights, Value in Kind ( VIK ) obligations, and opportunities between Partner, LA28, and the USOPC
• Partner with the functional area experts within the organizing committee (e.g. Games Operations, Impact, Finance, IT, HR, etc.) to get a deep understanding of budgets and operational needs
• Support the Rights Approval Associate with partner creative and approvals via the IOC’s Track system
• Work with additional PM staff to lead projects as well as create presentations, tracking documents and other work product as needed
• Liaise with key peers/functional units at IOC, IPC, USOPC, and NGB (National Governing Bodies)

Requirements

• 5+ years of direct experience in sports business or related marketing environment
• Hands on experience developing and leading relationships with strategic partners
• Strong operational and program execution skills required
• A team player who proactively communicates with other business partners and stakeholders within other organizations to drive results
• Strong cross-functional skills, and a capacity for creativity/innovation
• Excellent presentation preparation skills and ability to work successfully with varied audiences (colleagues, business partners, collaborators, and senior members of the organization)
• Self-directed/self-starter individual with excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining a long-term, strategic lens
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Clear communicator with attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work collaboratively with individuals at all levels in the organization

Preferred

• Experience in the Olympic or Paralympic Movements is a plus.