Director, Partnership Marketing

Position: Director, Partnership Marketing – Full Time/Exempt

Department: Corporate Partnerships

Reports to: Vice President, Partnership Marketing

Location: Arizona Cardinals (Tempe, AZ)

Format: In-person

The Arizona Cardinals Football Club is a professional football team within the National Football League (NFL). We compete in the National Football Conference (NFC) West division and call State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, our home.

As one of the oldest pro football franchises in the U.S., the Club has established itself as a sport and cultural hallmark within Arizona, as well as a trailblazer for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives and firsts around the League. Our vision is to build a leading sports organization that competes for championships, drives business results, creates loyal fans, develops proud employees, and inspires hope in our community.

We are relentless in our pursuit of greatness on and off the field, while positively impacting our people, our fans, and our community.

If you want to join an organization that values putting the team first, doing what is right, growing with positivity, valuing every voice, while driving performance, we would love for you to join our team. Learn more about the Arizona Cardinals and see what’s happening here.

The Director of Partnership Marketing will lead key corporate partnership relationships and department functions as assigned by the Vice President. This includes management tasks for all Club corporate partnership accounts as assigned and direct management of assigned staff. The candidate will need to play a significant role in long‑term planning, including initiatives geared toward operational excellence, act as ambassador and liaison for the business development department, with other Arizona Cardinals departments, stadium entities, clients and contractors while advancing a culture of excellence and a positive, passionate and creative work environment.

Our ideal candidate will be a leader, proactive problem solver, possessing a strong work ethic. This role includes working all the Arizona Cardinals home games, long hours, irregular schedules, weekends, early mornings, late‑nights and holiday assignments. A good attitude and a commitment to teamwork is a must.

• Directly manage several of the Club's largest corporate partnerships
• Assist the VP of Partnership Marketing with strategic planning, budget management, inventory management and day-to‑day business operations
• Accountability to management sponsorship CRM and inventory system
• Respond timely to any sponsor requests and questions
• Assist with maintaining records of all asset implementation including ticket logs, costs, promotions, artwork deadlines and due dates, events/functions, and communications
• Supervise, manage and execute corporate partner annual recaps and action planning meetings to document sponsorship ROI
• Supervise and manage the planning and execution of Club related sponsorship events
• Develop strong business relationships with existing and potential corporate partners
• Effectively communicate across all areas of the company including but not limited to sales, marketing, broadcast, community relations, foundation, ticketing, finance, and football operations departments
• Work closely other internal departments to implement partnership programs and assets
• Work closely with the business development sales team to manage corporate partnerships, and to ensure that current partners receive superior service and comprehensive fulfillment and execution of all contractual elements
• Manage, train, and support the professional development of Partnership Marketing colleagues to ensure consistent, high‑quality performance
• Additional duties as assigned

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited four‑year University or College; bachelor’s degree in marketing, management, or communications preferred
• Experience: At least eight (8) years of account management and sports marketing experience
• Skills in client service or account management with an emphasis in professional sports team or with a…