Senior Partnership Account Manager

↬ Aston Villa Football Club 

Employer ········· Aston Villa Football Club
City ························· London 🇬🇧
Type ······················· Full time
Salary ··················· Attractive Remuneration Package

Job Description

*Department: **Sales & Activations  

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week, (including Matchday Working Evenings and Weekends)

Contract Type: Full Time

Salary: Attractive Remuneration Package

Location: Brock House, 19 Langham Street, London, W1W 6BP

Closing Date: 22 October 2023

1. The Department

The partnerships department is responsible for acquiring and managing the commercial partners of Aston Villa Football Club. The partnership management team are the gatekeepers for delivering partnership rights and therefore work closely with all areas of the Football Club. The team works at a fast pace and due to the nature of delivering partnerships activations across a broad spectrum of brands, working days and projects will be extremely varied.

2. The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Partnership Account Manager to join an ambitious partnerships team. The role will be responsible for managing and developing some of the clubs most high valued partners as well as being a strategic leader helping develop the team.

You will have the ability to drive partners forward and create best in class activations and case studies. The ideal candidate will be proactive and take responsibility to ensure their partners are managed to the highest possible standard and must be comfortable demonstrating and leading on areas of partnership management such as onboarding, rights delivery, reporting, budget management, relationship building and renewal practices.

For further information about the Role, please see the Role Profile.

Is this you? 

The Person

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, have a passion for working with big brands in a fast-paced environment and will be an excellent relationship manager with an acute attention to detail. You will have experience successfully managing partnerships and building best in class servicing processes.

You will lead by example, champion the Partnerships team both internally and externally and act as ambassador for Aston Villa Football Club.

As part of your application, please ensure you upload your CV and Cover Letter.

Right to Close Vacancy Posting Early

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received.

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and fully support The FAs Football Leadership Diversity Code.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Club. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Club. For more information, please see Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website | AVFC - Safeguarding

We are committed to the principle of equality and equal opportunities in employment and have been accredited with the being Disability Confident Committed. We will actively promote equality and equal opportunities in our business to ensure that individuals receive treatment that is fair and equitable and consistent with their relevant aptitudes, potential skills and abilities. Employees will be recruited and selected, promoted and trained on the basis of objective criteria.

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