Partnerships Marketing Manager

Microsoft; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks a partnership marketing manager to drive engagement and awareness through strategic campaigns. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sponsorship activation, project management, and integrated marketing, with a passion for delivering measurable impact. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to manage complex relationships and budgets effectively.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in sponsorship activation and integrated marketing.
• Proven track record in project management and campaign execution.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage external relationships and partnership objectives.
• Develop activation plans to drive product awareness.
• Execute partnership campaigns from briefing to reporting.

Skills

Sponsorship activation

Integrated marketing

Event management

Communication

Project management

Customer-centric mindset

Creative skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Job description

Responsibilities (Text Only)

1. Manage external relationships with culturally relevant organizations ensuring effective delivery of partnership objectives.
2. Collaborate with internal engineering teams or agencies to deliver transformational technology with the partner.
3. Develop activation plans to drive awareness of partnership and build product consideration/adoption through storytelling and tech engagement.
4. Execute against rights and assets within partnership agreements.
5. Manage the development and execution of partnership campaigns and activations from briefing to partner engagement to delivery and reporting.
6. Develop briefs.
7. Establish and maintain work back schedules.
8. Manage creative reviews.
9. Facilitate internal and partner approvals.
10. Deliver assets to channels on time.
11. Support reporting and insights delivery.
12. Execute optimizations.
13. Report on partnership activations and campaigns, mapping activities to key KPIs and identifying opportunities for optimization and greater impact.
14. Drive visibility internally of partnerships and establish regular cadence of engagement to ensure company-wide utilization.
15. Manage a complex budget ensuring adherence to all targets.

Qualifications (Text Only)

1. Strong and proven sponsorship activation, integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience.
2. Partnership or Sponsorship management.
3. Campaign development and execution experience with a strong focus on measurable impact analysis.
4. Possesses a strong customer-centric mindset, prioritizing the audience's needs.
5. Proven track record in project management, navigating varying priorities, tight timelines, organizational alignment, measurement, and accountability.
6. Natural leadership qualities, capable of helping, educating, and influencing stakeholders, vendors, and agencies.
7. Skilled in communicating and collaborating with senior internal and external executives.
8. Excellent communication, storytelling, creative, and influencing skills.
9. Strong ability to manage ambiguity with persistent drive, guiding workgroups towards consensus and meaningful outcomes.
10. Passionate about solving complex business challenges, remaining optimistic and motivating teams to stay focused throughout the process.
11. Ability to operate and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, both independently and as part of a team.
12. Excellent attention to detail, coupled with the ability to maintain a high-level view.
13. Experience in the Sports industry is preferable.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.