Manager, Global Sponsorships

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Title and Summary

Manager, Global Sponsorships

Advance Sponsorships Marketing beyond the experience, by delivering results at scale, through innovation, sensory, content and partnerships. Help develop and implement platform-specific integrated programs in golf, rugby, soccer, F1 and/or other passion platforms for B2C, B2B2C, and B2B. Bring creative thinking and a social-forward mindset to uncover new and innovative ways that will bring our sponsorships to life for customers and cardholders.
Role:
• Support day to day management of all contractual rights and assets, e.g. football (soccer), golf, rugby, F1 – including liaising with Priceless team on consumer packages, Global Consumer Marketing team on multisensory for activations, and B2B Marketing teams for the latest product & services to showcase at events
• Develop sell-in decks for various sports properties, in support of passion cards and asset utilization, in partnership with the B2B Marketing and Priceless teams
• Liaise with regions and market sponsorship and consumer marketing teams on usage of global sports properties for local creative (OOH, social, etc.)
• Support Director of Global Sponsorships in coordination of global sports campaigns—including creative strategy process, launch plans, social calendars, and dissemination of the content across regions/markets, in partnership with the Global Digital and Brand teams
• Liaise with sports marketing agency for social tracking tools (e.g. Hookit) and provide monthly reporting across all sponsorships with recommendations for regions
• Track sell-in requests and monetization for select global sports properties
• Support planning, financial tracking, and branding of activations and hospitality across football, golf, and other properties
• In partnership with the Environmental Sustainability team, support coordination of measurement pilots with regions and provide quarterly report recapping results
• Ongoing sustainability roundtable meetings with sponsorship property lead and properties to gather progress in reducing carbon emissions
• Update monthly sponsorships sustainability report for Mastercard executives
All About You:
The ideal candidate for this position should:
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with both global, cross-functional and agency teams
• Ability to work effectively in a global environment – may require early/late calls due to multiple time zones, provide customized deliverables per hub or market-specific needs
• Be skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly
• Advanced skills with PPT & Excel to create high-quality presentations
• Have a proficient understanding of sponsorship rights management and experiential marketing
• Experience in marketing strategy
• Agency experience preferred

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $124,000 - $199,000 USD