Sponsorships Manager Portugal

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At Entain,

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive, and detail-oriented sponsorship professional to support the activation and delivery of partnerships in Portugal. This role is focused on turning agreed sponsorships into high-quality, well-executed programmes that strengthen brand visibility, build local relevance, and deliver measurable impact. The ideal candidate is a strong operator who can coordinate multiple stakeholders, manage timelines and budgets, and ensure every activation is delivered smoothly and to a high standard. They are comfortable working cross-functionally, solving issues quickly, and keeping projects on track from planning through execution and post-campaign review. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Own the end-to-end activation and delivery of sponsorship partnerships in Portugal, ensuring programmes are executed on time, on brand, and to a high standard. 

• Translate agreed partnership rights into clear activation plans, including timelines, deliverables, roles, and operational requirements. 

• Coordinate internal stakeholders across brand, media, digital, PR, legal, finance, procurement, sales, and external agencies to ensure smooth execution. 

• Work closely with rights holders, agencies, promoters, and event organisers to manage activation details and ensure all agreed deliverables are fulfilled. 

• Manage campaign and event logistics, production timelines, approvals, and asset delivery across multiple projects simultaneously. 

• Track budgets, invoices, and project spend carefully, ensuring strong financial control throughout execution. 

• Monitor activation performance against agreed KPIs, gather results and feedback, and support post-campaign evaluations. 

• Identify operational risks early, troubleshoot issues quickly, and maintain momentum across fast-moving projects. 

• Ensure all sponsorship activity is delivered in line with brand guidelines, governance requirements, and local market needs. 

• Capture learnings from each activation and help improve ways of working, executional quality, and future partnership planning. 

• Proven experience in sponsorship activation, events, brand partnerships, experiential marketing, or campaign delivery roles. 

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders at the same time. 

• Experience coordinating internal teams and external partners to deliver campaigns or events with consistency and attention to detail. 

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where plans evolve and issues need to be resolved quickly and calmly. 

• Good understanding of how sponsorship activations connect to brand objectives and consumer experience. 

• Strong organisational discipline, including budget tracking, approvals management, and process follow-through. 

• Collaborative working style and ability to build effective relationships across functions and with external stakeholders. 

• Analytical mindset, comfortable tracking results, gathering feedback, and turning learnings into improvements. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to keep stakeholders aligned and projects moving forward. 

• Fluency in Portuguese and English. 

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

You’ll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes, join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

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