You will own and lead executive-facing sports marketing advisory programs, shaping global sponsorship portfolios and governance frameworks while driving growth for a leading advisory practice.

Executive-level advisory across global sports and entertainment portfolios
Strategic portfolio design, governance, and performance measurement
Leadership of transformative sponsorship investments and client relationships

Job Description

Responsibilities

Executive Client Leadership & Strategic Advisory
Serve as the executive strategic advisor to C-suite clients across global sports, entertainment, and sponsorship portfolios.
Lead enterprise-level partnership strategies that align sponsorship investments with broader corporate growth, brand, commercial, and business objectives.
Advise executive leadership on investment decisions involving global rights holders, major sporting events, media partnerships, athlete/celebrity endorsements and emerging sponsorship opportunities.
Lead executive presentations, board-level recommendations, and strategic planning sessions that influence high-value investment decisions.
Provide counsel on complex partnership negotiations, governance structures, contract strategy, and long-term portfolio optimization.
Build enduring executive relationships with senior client stakeholders, rights holders, governing bodies, agencies, and strategic partners.
Practice Leadership & Business Strategy
Define and execute the strategic vision, service offerings, and long-term growth strategy for OSA's Sports Marketing consulting practice.
Identify new market opportunities, industry trends, and innovative consulting capabilities that strengthen OSA's competitive position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in sports marketing, sponsorship strategy, management consulting, brand consulting, or agency leadership.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale global sponsorship strategies for Fortune 500 companies, international rights holders, or leading consulting organizations.
Extensive experience advising executive leadership teams and C-suite stakeholders on complex commercial partnerships and strategic investments.
Proven experience building, leading, and growing high-performing consulting teams and business units.
Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, revenue targets, profitability, and business performance.
Deep understanding of global sports, media, sponsorship, entertainment, and consumer marketing ecosystems.
Exceptional executive presence with outstanding communication, negotiation, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead organizational change across complex global environments.
Experience in global football strongly preferred.

Preferred

Experience in global football strongly preferred.
International business experience and cultural fluency strongly preferred.
Multilingual strongly preferred.
Love of sport.

On Board Experiential

On Board Experiential (OBE) is a global award-winning, experience-led agency that believes an experience is any way a brand engages people. From proprietary events and pop-up retail to interactive technology and cut-through content (+ everything in between) — we help the world's leading brands make an impact. More than "just another agency," we are a team that solves the unsolvable, across the globe — and we're always ready to play. Visit our website to learn more.

Founded in 1995

Los Angeles, California, USA

210 employees (70 in marketing)

www.obexp.com

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