Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day planning and execution for Walmart’s soccer partnerships, serving as a key champion with our partners, internal stakeholders and agency teams.
• Drive cohesive, insight-driven partnership activation strategies and integrated marketing plans across dozens of channels and business units.
• Develop strategic, inspiring briefs tied to brand and business outcomes, along with compelling presentations for senior leaders
• Activate partnership rights across media, social, creators, content, events, signage, giveaways, and hospitality, ensuring cohesive execution with channel leads
• Own day-to-day partner and agency relationships, timelines, and deliverables, aligning cross-functional stakeholders to keep work moving.
• Manage thousands of partnership assets, creating clear systems to organize, track, and maximize their value shifting brand messaging and business priorities.
• Oversee partnership and media measurement, translating performance data into recommendations and narratives for leadership to optimize and guide next steps
• Support the identification, evaluation, and internal sell-through of new partnership opportunities using internal and external data and insights.
• Develop innovative, distinctly Walmart ideas and activations that deepen fan affinity, drive engagement, and create more relevant shopping occasions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field and 3 years' experience in marketing or related field OR 7 years' experience in marketing or related field.
• 10+ years of partnership marketing experience at a major brand, property, or agency, including 5+ years directly leading sports partnerships.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including briefs, decks, and presentations to executive leadership teams.
• Direct, hands-on experience activating soccer partnerships in the U.S.
• Established working relationships across the soccer ecosystem, including leagues, clubs, talent, media partners, agencies, and governing bodies
• Experience working with major soccer media partners and platforms, including Apple, ESPN, Paramount, FOX, and NBC.

Preferred

• Leading cross-functional projects
• Marketing or related field
• Supervisory experience
• Masters: Business Administration

Benefits

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.