Brand Partnerships Lead - Sponsorships & Activations

Shield AI; Los Angeles (CA); Sur place; USD 155 000 - 233 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Résumé du poste

Shield AI in Los Angeles is seeking a Brand Partnership Lead to own and grow our partnership and sponsorship portfolio across sports, military community, and industry partners. You will manage deals, activations, and deliverables from sourcing to renewal, working with Legal, Finance, Creative, and Events to ensure rigor and accountability.

The role requires 10+ years of marketing and 4–6 years in brand partnerships, with strong Excel and Asana skills. Travel for events is expected as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years marketing experience with 4–6 years in brand partnerships or sponsorships.
• Experience sourcing, negotiating, and closing partnership agreements with Legal.
• Experience managing partner relationships and contracted deliverables across a program year.
• Experience owning a partnership budget, including forecasting, actuals, and closeout.
• Strong Excel skills and managing purchase orders, invoices, and reconciliation with Finance.
• Strong working knowledge of Asana for planning, assigning, and tracking work.
• Experience managing event or activation logistics, including shipping, installation, or on site production.
• Experience defining partnership metrics and delivering post activation recaps.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent programs with fixed public facing deadlines.

Responsabilités

• Lead outreach, define deal terms and deliverables, and partner closely with Legal and Finance to move agreements through signature.
• Manage active partnerships throughout the full contract lifecycle, serving as the primary day to day contact for partners, track contracted rights and deliverables, and ensure both Shield AI and external partners meet their obligations.
• Build program plans, workback schedules, and deliverable trackers in Asana, coordinating across Creative, Communications, Events, Legal, Finance, and external stakeholders to keep work on track and aligned to public facing deadlines.
• Lead partnership activations from planning through execution navigating logistics including shipping, installation, on site production, talent coordination, and partner schedules.
• Travel to key events, oversee day of execution, and close out assets, invoices, and recaps.
• Ensure all public facing partnership work aligns with Shield AI brand standards and applicable data handling and export control requirements.
• Own the partnership budget and build forecasts in Excel to track committed and actual spend, reconcile purchase orders and invoices with Finance, and proactively flag risks or overruns with a recommended path forward.
• Measure and report on partnership performance to define success metrics for each partnership, gathering results after activations, and provide the Director of Brand and Creative with regular visibility into spend, deliverables, and outcomes to inform renewals and future investments.
• Partner with the creative studio to deliver partnership assets to submit clear briefs with scope, partner specifications, and deadlines, and help prioritize work so assets are delivered on time and to standard.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Budget forecasting

Contract negotiation

Event logistics

Asana

Excel

Formation

Outils

Asana

Excel

Description du poste

Shield AI in Los Angeles is seeking a Brand Partnership Lead to own and grow our partnership and sponsorship portfolio across sports, military community, and industry partners. You will manage deals, activations, and deliverables from sourcing to renewal, working with Legal, Finance, Creative, and Events to ensure rigor and accountability.

The role requires 10+ years of marketing and 4–6 years in brand partnerships, with strong Excel and Asana skills. Travel for events is expected as needed.