Manager, Brand Partnerships

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company

hirify.global operates a consumer delivery platform and is expanding its brand partnerships capability across Australia and New Zealand.

What you will do

• Lead hirify.global’s portfolio of major partnerships across sport, entertainment and culture.
• Develop annual strategies and turn sponsorship rights into integrated campaigns, customer propositions and experiential activations.
• Lead physical and live-event activations from concept development through production and delivery.
• Build relationships with partners, agencies and internal Brand, Creative, PR, Growth, DashPass, Sales and Operations teams.
• Measure brand and commercial impact, optimize activation and investment, and identify opportunities to unlock additional partnership value.
• Manage and develop one direct report while helping establish standards and operating rhythms for Brand Partnerships in ANZ.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in brand partnerships, sponsorship, experiential marketing or a related field.
• Experience managing high-profile sports, entertainment, cultural or major-event properties.
• Strong understanding of sponsorship rights, rights optimization and negotiating additional opportunities.
• Experience leading large-scale integrated activations from strategy through execution and measurement, including physical or live events.
• Ability to manage multiple partnerships, agencies, stakeholders, deadlines and live deliverables while maintaining high execution standards.
• Comfort with travel and working outside standard business hours when required for major events and activations.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across a growing Brand Partnerships capability in Australia and New Zealand.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners and agencies.
• Support hirify.global’s presence in sport, entertainment and culture through high-profile, multi-year partnerships.