Excel Sports Management

Excel Sports Management

Vice President, Brand Marketing

New York, New York, United States · Exec

No sponsorship$200k-$225kDetected 117 days ago
NegotiationFinancial ModelingExcelLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • As VP, Group Account Director, you are the senior-most business steward across a portfolio of high-value client relationships.
  • You operate upstream, advising senior and executive client stakeholders, identifying transformational growth opportunities, and aligning the agency's capabilities to solve complex business challenges.
  • You will oversee a diversified portfolio of strategically important accounts, with a primary focus on leading large-scale partnerships across major sports leagues and.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as executive business lead across your client accounts.
  • Develop and champion multi-year partnership visions tied to enterprise-level objectives.
  • Own revenue targets and growth strategy across assigned accounts.
  • Lead expansion planning across new markets, business units, and capabilities.
  • Identify whitespace opportunities and drive cross-sell integration.
  • Manage the business of the business-including agreements, pricing strategy, profitability oversight, long-term deal structuring, and commercial negotiation-to ensure sustainable, scalable growth.
  • Partner closely with Operations leads to align business ambition with operational feasibility.
  • Ensure financial models, staffing, and delivery infrastructure support growth plans.
  • Lead and mentor Senior Account Directors and Account Directors and support their ability to mentor Account Managers and Account Coordinators.
  • We focus on team chemistry, collaboration, strong relationships, valuable networks, and ambitious ideas to deliver innovative solutions that keep our clients and agency ahead of the curve.

Requirements

  • 14+ years of experience in agency, sponsorship marketing, or brand leadership roles.
  • Proven success driving substantial revenue growth and retention.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with leagues/teams across NBA, NHL or MLS a plus

Compensation

  • The pay range for this position is $200,000 - $225,000 per year.

Benefits

  • You define partnership vision, shape enterprise-level strategy, and ensure our work drives measurable commercial impact for a bluechip client.
  • Maintain executive-level visibility into client health, competitive positioning, and category evolution.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

Visa & Work Authorization

  • 14+ years of experience in agency, sponsorship marketing, or brand leadership roles.

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