Senior Manager, Brand Marketing and Sponsorships

Pen Fed is hiring a Senior Manager, Brand Marketing & Sponsor ships to work onsite at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this role will be to plan and execute marketing and sponsorship efforts to promote the Pen Fed brand, driving brand awareness through the implementation of fully integrated marketing plans across all applicable channels. This role is also responsible for agency oversight, ensuring creative trafficking efficiency between and across departments, and maintaining creative cohesion across all brand and product marketing efforts used to promote Pen Fed and its products.

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of ten (10) years marketing experience; including but not limited to product, offer or campaign development; campaign implementation, test and learn methodology, member centric insights, competitive intelligence, and offer fulfillment and analysis.
• Minimum 2 years of direct management experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years creative agency experience; responsible for leading and managing creative projects, managing creative teams, and overseeing the process from concept through execution.
• Experience with corporate event planning and managing event marketing.
• Expert at navigating complex corporate environments with tact, professionalism, and strategic insight.
• Skilled in translating challenging or politically sensitive messages into clear, constructive conversations that preserve relationships and foster collaboration.
• Proven ability to deliver difficult news - whether to clients, executives, or cross-functional teams with empathy, poise, and a forward-looking mindset.
• Known for maintaining morale and trust, even when managing high-stakes decisions, organizational changes, or unpopular directives.
• Adept at reading the room, aligning messaging to audience expectations, and keeping projects moving despite red tape, shifting priorities, or conflicting interests.
• Demonstrated marketing & strategic analysis skills with an ability to map and understand business drivers.
• Expertise in marketing strategy and project management principles and practices.
• Excellent communications, conflict management, and negotiation skills.
• Must possess a strong work ethic and be an enthusiastic team player.
• Self-starter with the ability to work collaboratively, prioritize, and meet deadlines.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will supervise employees.

Licenses and Certifications

There are no additional certifications required.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

* Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*

Travel

Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call will be required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Assists in the development and implementation of comprehensive brand marketing and media strategies to create strong and consistent brand identity
• Oversees end-to-end brand projects from concept through execution, ensuring they are grounded in consumer insights and aligned with innovation strategies
• Proactively manages creative agency of record – monitors deadlines, creative development, and oversees all daily operations
• Manages brand sponsor ships – including contract renewals and negotiations, overseeing sponsorship strategy and communication with sponsors
• Oversees the planning and executing of marketing events and activations, ensuring smooth operations
• Develops and implements content marketing strategies to promote sponsor ships or events - create engaging cross-channel content in partnership with social media and digital teams to drive engagement
• Develops marketing calendars/annual plans and strategies to include social media, sponsorship activations, and community events
• Oversee creation and production of marketing…