Head of Commercial Partner Acquisition, The FA

Location: Wembley, London, United Kingdom

Closing date: until filled 

Overview:

The Football Association is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. Its remit is both to protect and to develop the game. It grows participation, promotes diversity and regulates the sport for everyone to enjoy. The FA consists of staff based at both Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park, as well as home-based staff. The FA’s Management Team, working together with The FA Board, Council and staff, aims to deliver an effective and professional organisation for the greater good of English football.

The Head of Commercial Partner Acquisition will be responsible for creating and maximising revenue streams as part of the sponsorship and partnership development team, and in line with the overall sponsorship and commercial strategy.

 

Key Accountabilities:

• Plan the development, structure and ultimately the marketing, sale and negotiation of the future FA sponsorship programmes across the England teams, FA Cup, WSL, Wembley and other FA properties.

• The key focus of this role will be attracting and signing new commercial partners. This includes the negotiation, management, and development of sponsorship and commercial assets for The FA’s key properties.

• Developing a strategy for commercialising The FA’s properties outside of the UK, driving revenue from sponsorship, promotional partners, media, digital and mobile rights.

 

Essential Skills: 

• Modern and strategic approach to creating and structuring commercial partnership sales programmes.

• Demonstrable experience and a proven track record in creating, negotiating and renewing sports rights sales along with an ability to help quantify tangible success and ROI on behalf of the partner.

• Demonstrable experience of identifying and securing high value brand partnerships.

• Experience of building, inspiring, leading and managing a team and setting high standards of performance.

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