Senior Manager, Commercial Accounts (France)

Location: Onsite at an hirify.global office or stadium location in Paris, France; remote and hybrid options are not offered. The role includes up to 25% travel within the market and internationally, plus some weekend and global travel work for hosting clients. No relocation assistance is provided.

Company

National Football League (hirify.global), a professional sports league focused on football, commercial partnerships, marketing, and fan engagement.

What you will do

• Manage hirify.global sponsorship partners in France, resolve partner issues, lead renewals, and support upsell opportunities.
• Support new business by identifying local targets, market opportunities, revenue streams, and sponsorship inventory.
• Develop integrated partnership solutions with Marketing and Consumer Products teams to support sponsor objectives and hirify.global fan growth.
• Build tailored sponsorship propositions, support contractual discussions with valuation metrics, and manage local sales and activation agencies.
• Lead in-market activation and asset development for League priorities, including International Games and watch-party events.
• Oversee partnership delivery, commercial budgets, reporting, stakeholder alignment, and collaboration with finance, legal, public relations, and marketing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 7 years of experience in commercial, sales, partnerships, or agency work.
• At least 3 years of management experience.
• Fluent French and English required.
• Strong business acumen, planning, forecasting, presentation, research, evaluation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage and develop direct reports, collaborate across a complex matrix organization, and work under pressure.

Nice to have

• Sports background or experience in sports marketing, brand partnerships, consumer marketing, advertising agencies, media, or entertainment.
• League or club experience.
• Client management and sales or revenue-generation experience.
• Additional language proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person work is prioritized to support collaboration, professional connections, and organizational culture.
• Work is guided by respect, integrity, team responsibility, resiliency, and inclusive employment practices.
• Leadership expectations include developing talent, executing precisely, inspiring others, understanding the business, and thinking ambitiously.
• Benefits are provided through the hirify.global’s comprehensive employee benefits program.