Director, National Brand Partnership Management

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast. Job Summary This role on the Brand Partnerships and Engagement marketing team is responsible for the development of best-in-class partnership marketing programs that align with brand objectives and achieve business results. The role will sit on the Partnership Management team and plays a lead role in the development and execution of our National Partnership Portfolio. This individual will work with numerous internal and external partners to collaborate and deliver all partner contractual assets, manage partner relations, build activation plans, identify adjacent partnerships to execute a national strategy, monitor program performance, recommend optimizations, support Partnership Engagement and more. The role will manage multiple partnerships and projects simultaneously and act as a subject matter expert to various cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in partnership marketing across various properties and talent, excel in a fast-paced environment, have unmatched leadership and collaboration skills, a strong strategic mindset with the ability to clearly articulate that vision aligned to business goals, problem solve, swift intentional decision making and proven successful agency team management experience.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Lead management & activation plans for the entirety of the National Partnership Portfolio, currently inclusive of NASCAR, NBA, WNBA and Team USA
• Work collaboratively and partner with numerous internal and external stakeholders to develop programs and assets, ensuring alignment with company objectives and program calendars
• Management and oversight of a new Basketball Vertical with various partnerships inclusive of, but not limited to, NBA, WNBA, Unrivaled, numerous talent and media partnerships
• In depth collaboration with Director of Local Portfolio and Engagement and lead strategic vision for how National portfolio influences local portfolio execution
• Build LA28 Enterprise Strategic Approach and stand up OlyPara Program Office ahead of a domestic Games cycle; intentionally manage significant, temporary expansive responsibilities and growing team
• Lead contract negotiations of all partnerships within the National Portfolio
• Lead and upskill an already high-performing team
• Manage leadership relationships with external partners, internal partners and external agency team
• Thorough understanding of competitive landscape
• Manage program budgets
• Coordinate with agency partners to secure various third-party approvals for marketing materials going to market
• Monitor and ensure delivery of assets across various contractual requirements
• Review marketing materials and provide collaborative feedback as the subject matter expert to ensure authenticity
• Analyze performance and share learnings to improve performance against KPIs; ability to develop and present executive summary reports from various campaign/program specific reports and sources
• Support all program needs as requested, including planning, strategy and engagement
• Integrate the brand into areas of consumer passion that are identified as opportunity segments for the company
• Support execution of annual partner summit
• Comfortable working weekends as needed
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Other requirements:

• Experience and ability to excel in a large, fast-paced, complex environment
• Flexible and an ability to adapt to changing conditions and challenges
• Ability to apply a solution-oriented approach; proven problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and proven attention to detail
• Works well under pressure and tight deadlines; strong time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at once and deliver results
• Proven self-starter that is willing to take initiative, make timely decisions and handle various management styles
• Strong team player
• Agency management experience and proven ability to inspire agency performance
• Ability to demonstrate consumer-first mentality
• Experience in developing and executing marketing strategies; has an understanding of the creative development process
• Ability to travel as needed, particularly on weekends

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Customer Experience (CX); Marketing; Collaboration; Collaborating; Work Collaboratively

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

10 Years +