Senior Vice President, Partnerships

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$200K/yr – $225K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

You will own the strategic direction of the Partnerships discipline, shape cross‑functional collaboration, and mentor a sponsorship-focused team while delivering client-ready work and external thought leadership.

Own the direction of partnerships and sponsorship strategy
Manage client relationships and multi-disciplinary project workstreams
Develop thought leadership and internal/external SME capabilities

Job Description

Responsibilities

Set the strategic vision for the Partnerships discipline.
Guide the team in goal setting and professional development timelines.
Raise the external profile of the Agency, while serving as an internal Sponsorship subject matter expert, spearheading creation of thought leadership and as a resource to other areas of the business.
Represent Momentum as a sports & entertainment sponsorship SME, providing industry expertise and thought leadership to internal and external stakeholders.
Serve as a client confidant, mapping to senior-level contacts for Agency clients.
Foster cross-departmental collaboration, regularly communicating with counterparts in relevant areas across the business including, Business Leadership, Research, Data & Analytics, Strategy and Finance.
Create an environment that facilitates mutual respect and partnership across functions, and facilitates innovative thinking, appropriate risk taking, open lines of communication and regular performance feedback.
Management and mentoring of all direct reports. Fostering an environment of mutual respect and partnership, strategic thinking, appropriate risk taking, open lines of communication, on-going performance feedback, professional development, and adherence to agency policy.
Represent Momentum as a sports & entertainment sponsorship SME externally, providing industry expertise and thought leadership to internal and external stakeholders
Lead junior and senior team members on sponsorship consulting projects and client deliverables in conjunction with business leadership team, including cross-departmental collaboration, where necessary.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Preferably in Marketing, or a related field of study.
Advanced degree (MBA or JD) preferred.
12 years+ of client leadership/client management and sponsorship experience (on the brand or property side)
Sports, Music and/or Entertainment Sponsorship experience.
A successful track record of client-focused or growth-focused revenue generation.
Agency, or property-side experience strongly desired
Exceptional relationship and influencing skills
Strong negotiation experience on partnership and sponsorship deals
Experienced in strategic thinking and ability to see, articulate and drive to the big picture
Passion and solution-oriented approach to problem solving

Momentum Worldwide

People are no longer satisfied with simply "hearing" a brand's message. Now it's the actual experiences we have with a brand that define its relevance—emotionally, socially and when it's time to buy. That's why Momentum Worldwide helps brands imagine, create, curate and manage their Total Brand Experience. Our job is to create meaning and connections for our clients and their brands.And in today’s world, where people demand corporate transparency and increased sustainability, this approach-redefining all the ways people experience a brand in action-is more important than ever. We integrate sponsorship, shopper, design, technology, social, promotions, PR, digital, entertainment and more in a total brand experience for the modern consumer. Quite simply, our job is to help brands flourish – and we do this as one global agency (within the IPG family of agencies) with 30 offices on five continents and more than 1,300 amazingly talented people—all of us working together, eager to invent, challenge the norm and set the world on fire. To make that possible, we hire people who are ravenous for ingenuity and impatient with the status quo. The biggest asset we have is our talent, and we take that seriously. And it helps that our company works with some incredible brands such as American Express, Coca-Cola, Mondelez, Microsoft, Walmart and William Grant & Sons to name a few.Join us! You could be a member of a growing team of people who love to imagine, concept, create, sculpt, sing, emote and dream in the interests of our clients and communities. We think it’s a special kind of calling. You should answer.

Founded in 1987

New York, New York, USA

1.3K employees (441 in marketing)

www.momentumww.com