Senior Account Manager (Sports Partnerships) (Payment Services Client)
About The Position
As a Senior Account Manager within Octagon’s Client Services team, you will play a key role in managing a high-profile, long-term partnership between a global brand and a professional golf tour, while also supporting projects across an integrated, multi-vertical account team. In this role, you will support day-to-day partnership management across a dynamic golf portfolio, including year-round programming, asset planning and utilization, execution of a tournament title sponsorship, and management of ambassador partnerships. Opportunity to contribute across our client's broader sports portfolio will also be a need. You will combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, ensuring the brand’s objectives are seamlessly integrated into high-impact sponsorships, tentpole events, and partner initiatives. This position requires strong client leadership, operational excellence, and the ability to navigate a complex, multi-stakeholder environment—including co-brand partners, inter-agency teams, and cross-functional internal teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant sponsorship and/or agency experience
- A strategic problem solver with demonstrated ability to work as part of a team to solve problems efficiently and independently
- Strong organizational and leadership skills, with a dedication to developing talent underneath and around you
- Experience delivering integrated sponsorship activations and campaigns
- Outstanding project management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously and produce quality work within strict timelines
- Exceptional financial competence, including building, managing, and reconciling budgets
- Superior verbal and written communicator - able to scale and adapt communications for different audiences to optimally and succinctly articulate agency positioning and expertise
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word)
Nice To Haves
- Proven experience in golf sponsorship industry preferred, but not required
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day operations of the client’s golf, and broader sports, sponsorship portfolio
- Build and cultivate strong relationships with clients, properties, talent, and vendors
- Lead consumer activation planning and execution for a tentpole event sponsorship, including vendor management, client approvals, and oversight of on-site staff
- Collaborate with partner marketing teams to develop and execute co-marketing programs, including oversight of sponsorship assets and partner communications/approvals
- Manage talent, including coordinating ambassador appearances, contracting non-ambassador talent and on-site handling
- Lead client and partner status calls, providing updates, tracking progress against deadlines, and defining next steps
- Provide POVs and strategic recommendations for activation concepts and partnership opportunities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution
- Oversee key program elements from planning through execution
- Manage budgets, finance trackers, and program reconciliations
- Develop key deliverables, including activation plans, recaps, project timelines, and asset trackers
- Stay engaged with industry news, develop POVs and client recommendations as needed
- Supervise and support junior team members, including oversight of work quality and career development
- Ensure quality control across all deliverables and client-facing materials
- Support additional account needs and special projects as assigned
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
