Manager, Partnership Activation Manager, Clients and Markets, 12 month FTC/Secondment

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Job description

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We are seeking a strategic and driven Partnership Activation Manager to join the Experiential team on a maternity cover basis, working directly with the Sponsorship team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual passionate about delivering impactful client engagement programmes and shaping memorable experiences for C-Suite executives.

You will play a pivotal role in fostering long-term relationships, driving measurable business outcomes and managing the firm's hospitality assets and various client engagement programmes from end-to-end. This is all about working with our experienced marketing managers and event professionals to bring the best of our brand to life using our programmes, content, and experiential assets through the medium of business sponsorships and owned events.

You'll focus on key relationships and the areas of highest priority for the firm including major partnerships with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Team GB, Paralympics GB, Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), and McLaren. You will also manage high-profile corporate hospitality assets such as Wimbledon, Queens and RFU England home games, alongside unique client experiences like the Olympics lightbox experiences and social impact collaborations (e.g., Cook for Good and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust). The role demands exceptional organisational skills, the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and a keen eye for detail.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

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Key Responsibilities

Partnerships Activations:

• Lead the activation of major partnerships and a diverse portfolio of events, including memorable client experiences, sponsorship activations at Alliance and sporting events
• Oversee full end-to-end management, from strategic concept development and creative execution to technology integration, production and financial reconciliation
• Manage event sponsorship logistics, including contract administration, supplier negotiation and comprehensive project planning
• Coordinate event registration processes, communications and provide on-site delivery support across UK locations
• Manage project budgets, including forecasting, invoice tracking and identifying cost savings
• Collaborating with marketing leads on communication plans and ROI
• Manage multiple internal and external teams, delegating responsibilities to ensure project objectives are met
• Complete all necessary health and safety and risk assessment documentation
• To be a source of best practice for all event queries across sponsorship activations and firm-wide events

Client engagement programmes:

• Design and execute memorable and impactful experiences to engage priority client accounts, acting as the UK point of contact for Global programmes and facilitating engagement with key events like Olympics and Winter Games
• Support firm-wide initiatives and social impact collaborations, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives

Corporate Hospitality:

• Manage all UK hospitality ticketing and assets, overseeing the end-to-end ticket application process
• Ensure QRS efficiency to align with the firm's entertainment thresholds
• Familiarity with Monday platform for ticket applications and inventory management
• Regularly corresponding with LCSPs, Business Industry Leaders, CRE's, QRS, and C&M leadership
• Manage the shared mailbox, ensuring timely responses to ad-hoc queries
• Maintain relationships with approved corporate hospitality providers, including commercial aspects such as contracting, QRS, TPRM, and BRMS

Stakeholder Relationships:

• Work closely with multiple Partner stakeholders, providing recommendations and insights to ensure objectives are met
• Regularly present to C&M leadership on corporate hospitality inventory and post-event data analysis

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Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience in event management, sponsorship activation and corporate hospitality
• Proven experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously within a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional organisational skills and a meticulous eye for attention to detail and a driven approach to delivering under pressure
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with C-Suite executives and senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, contracts, and supplier relationships and proficiency in relevant technology platforms (e.g. Monday, Cvent, CrowdComms)

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Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Clients and Markets

We bring together capabilities and best practices from around the globe to deliver relationship development activities, marketing and corporate affairs, whilst our operations team is focused on ensuring we're constantly improving what we do.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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"Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. Bringing your individual skills and experience, and sharing your specialist knowledge, is how you'll make a far-reaching impact." - Deloitte employee

"We're in the process of transforming the way we do resourcing, to future proof our offering. It's exciting and there's never been a better time to join us." - Jhon, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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