New Business & Marketing Partnership Lead (Sports)

Location: Manila, Philippines; role based in the Philippines with regular travel to focus markets across Asia. Eligible employees may work remotely one day per week.

Company

The hirify.global is a global sports and media organization operating professional basketball leagues, media platforms, merchandise programs, and social-impact initiatives worldwide.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the business development strategy for hirify.global Philippines’ sponsorship and merchandise licensing partnerships.
• Identify multinational and domestic prospects, generate leads, engage senior decision-makers, and guide opportunities through negotiation and contract completion.
• Create and monetize integrated marketing programs using consumer products, media, interactive, event-based, content, and digital assets.
• Manage financial goals, sales pipelines, market research, landscape analysis, and updates for senior management.
• Build relationships with regional and global hirify.global teams, partners, and lead-generation agencies.
• Coordinate with merchandising, marketing partnerships, fan engagement, content, legal, finance, media, and other teams to deliver partner programs.

Requirements

• 15 years of international or regional sales, business development, and/or marketing experience with a globally recognized organization.
• 15 years of business development team management experience, with a proven record of delivering results and closing business deals.
• Experience securing sports sponsorship contracts or developing new business, particularly in the Philippines market.
• Strategic, entrepreneurial, and lateral thinker with experience building businesses across Asia.
• Exceptional written, verbal, visual communication, storytelling, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
• BS/BA degree required; MBA preferred. Fluency in English and proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Keynote, Excel, and Outlook required.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a matrixed global organization across regional and international business groups.
• Eligible employees can work remotely one day per week.
• Regular travel across diverse Asian focus markets is part of the role.
• Collaborate on programs connecting sports, media, consumer products, events, and digital engagement.