Manager, Partnership Marketing

Job Summary
The Manager, Partnership Marketing serves as the primary owner of assigned corporate partner accounts, responsible for day-to-day relationship management, execution of contractual deliverables, and activation planning. This role ensures best-in-class partner service while supporting revenue growth, retention, and cross-functional execution across partnerships, events, and e-commerce initiatives.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
  • Serve as a point of contact for corporate partners, leading day-to-day communication, planning, and execution of partner programs.
  • Own execution of contractual deliverables across events, digital, content, broadcast, and retail channels, ensuring high-quality fulfillment.
  • Lead planning and execution of event activations, hospitality, and fan experiences, with support from partnerships team and direction from Director, Strategic Partnerships.
  • Support renewal strategy development and identify upsell and incremental revenue opportunities within existing partnerships.
  • Support Director, Strategic Partnerships with initiatives across e-commerce, merchandising, and licensing as needed, including executional and partner-facing deliverables.
  • Own development and maintenance of sales creative materials used for partner proposals, renewals, and presentations.
  • Collaborate with partnerships team to ensure accurate pipeline tracking and internal sales reporting systems.
  • Support coordination of Friends & Family Program execution and support partner integration into broader commercial initiatives.
  • Lead coordination and alignment of on-site retail execution, including event support and vendor coordination as needed for USA Swimming Championship level events.
Other Duties:
  • Support partner reporting, recaps, and performance measurement ROI.
  • Own value-in-kind fulfillment, tracking, processing, distribution, reconciliation, and coordination with finance team and internal stakeholders.
  • Provide lead on-site support for partner activations, retail execution, and fan experience programming at marquee events.
  • Other duties, as assigned.
Required Skills & Abilities:
  • Strong relationship management and client service skills.
  • Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple accounts, deadlines, and event-driven priorities.
  • Analytical mindset with ability to support reporting and performance insights.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, CRM systems, and presentation tools.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
  • Strong leadership and management skills.
Education & Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, sports management, business, or related field.
  • 3–6 years of experience in sports marketing, sponsorship, events, or account management.
  • Experience in partnership marketing, client services, or commercial sports environment preferred.
  • Understanding or experience of National Governing Bodies (NGB’s) structures, roles, and objectives in relation to the Olympic Movement and athlete relations.
Physical Requirements:
  • Must be able to travel, both domestically and internationally, up to 20% of the year.
  • Must be able to lift up to ten (10) pounds.
  • This position works in an office setting in the USA Swimming headquarters office in Colorado Springs, CO; must be willing to relocate to Colorado Springs, CO, or the surrounding area.
Salary & Benefits:
  • Salary range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000 annually.
  • Bonus Eligibility: Based on company performance, this position may be eligible for an annual target bonus of 7.50%
  • Benefits available include:
    • Medical, dental, and vision
    • Company paid short-term and long-term disability
    • Company paid group term life and AD&D insurance
    • Paid Parental leave
    • Paid Family Medical Leave
    • 401 (k) safe harbor match after 1 year of service
    • Profit sharing contribution after 2 years of service
    • EAP
    • PTO
    • 15+ paid holidays
    • Relocation Assistance
**This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries that USA Swimming believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting, that it might be willing to pay for the posted position. USA Swimming expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would USA Swimming consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.

Anticipated Application Deadline: May 31, 2026

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
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