Director of Partnership Strategy
Two Circles
Director of Partnership Strategy
Two Circles
Sports marketing and data consultancy
Two Circles · Kansas City, United States · — · Posted 2026-10-29
Salary: USD 80,000–125,000
Workplace: on_site
Department: Account Management
We are Two Circles. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 900 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are almost 1000 people, based out of 14 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.
Our Rights Management division acts as a commercial sales resource for iconic sports and entertainment brands globally. A pioneering rights-sales capability, successfully marketing the unique emotion of sport to drive commercial results for rights-owners and record impact for brands.
We have led and closed over $3bn in sponsorship rights for some of the world's biggest sports properties, including recent record-breaking deals for UEFA Women’s Football, Mercedes Formula 1, Arsenal Football Club, the Kentucky Derby, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Reign and more.
We aim to optimize revenues for our clients while allowing each to avoid the long-term fixed costs associated with maintenance of large in-house sales teams. We are focused on solving problems and not selling assets, and we are ambitiously expanding our clients, geographies and our sponsorship sales team.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
We're looking to hire a Director of Partnership Strategy who will work with an NFL client to support their sponsorship team through the implementation and execution of a sales support remit.
Who you are:
-Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant experience in a sports, marketing, partnerships, sales or business development setting and a track record of building strong internal & external relationships.
-Strong understanding of the sports industry, and particularly the sponsorship environment.
-Experience working within a team setting and balancing multiple projects/responsibilities/deliverables for our client at once is crucial for the role.
-Ability to demonstrate an understanding on how to operate within a sponsorship sales process and a clear understanding to why brands buy sponsorship.
-Analytical mindset to illustrate to brands why sponsorships can support a brand’s objectives.
-Ability to understand a client’s position and able to articulate ideas and views to support those positions through development of sales materials and strategies.
-Self-starting attitude, adaptable, and a problem-solver.
-Eagerness to join an entrepreneurial organization where every working day is different
-We're keen on good levels of emotional intelligence and a passion for sport!
What you'll be getting up to:
-Overseeing team of specialists, lead the execution of Two Circles’ sponsorship strategy relationship with an NFL Club, coordinating across multiple internal teams and working closely with our client to deliver an effective strategy and support process, spanning sales materials and commercial insights.
-Contribute to the go-to-market strategy for our client, using sponsorship acumen to help shape engagement and sales tactics in tandem with our client partners.
The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of Two Circles in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.
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Sports marketing and data consultancy
Two Circles provides sports marketing and data consultancy that helps rights-holders, broadcasters, and sports organisations grow commercial value by focusing on fan engagement. It uses fan behavior data from ticketing, retail, digital, and social channels to build predictive models that guide messaging, targeting, and how rights are packaged and priced, while offering end-to-end services in sponsorship, media rights, digital campaigns, content production, and fan activation. The company differentiates itself by pairing strategic advice with hands-on execution at scale through platforms like Courtside 1891 for live production and Kore Intelligence for audience insights, and by growing through acquisitions such as Spring Media and Kore. Its goal is to help clients unlock more value from their fan audiences through evidence-based, multi-channel campaigns.
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