Sponsorship Manager
Growe is seeking a Sponsorship Manager to identify, negotiate, and manage sponsorship agreements with sports clubs, leagues, esports teams, and content creators/influencers aligned with brand strategy. The role focuses on developing and executing sponsorship activation plans that maximise brand visibility and ROI across both traditional sports and digital/esports channels.
The successful candidate will manage sponsorship budgets, ensuring spend aligns with marketing objectives and delivers measurable results. They will build and maintain relationships with sponsored entities, agencies, and other stakeholders, and coordinate with Marketing, Legal, and Compliance to ensure sponsorship contracts meet gaming/betting regulatory requirements. This position requires tracking and reporting on sponsorship performance metrics and staying current on industry trends to identify new opportunities. Representing the company at sponsored events, matches, and activations will also be part of the role.
- Identify, negotiate, and manage sponsorship agreements with sports clubs, leagues, esports teams, and content creators/influencers aligned with brand strategy.
- Develop and execute sponsorship activation plans that maximise brand visibility and ROI across both traditional sports and digital/esports channels.
- Manage sponsorship budgets, ensuring spend aligns with marketing objectives and delivers measurable results.
- Build and maintain relationships with sponsored entities, agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate with Marketing, Legal, and Compliance to ensure sponsorship contracts meet gaming/betting regulatory requirements.
- Track and report on sponsorship performance metrics (reach, engagement, brand lift, conversion).
- Stay current on sports, esports, and influencer marketing trends to identify new opportunities and build relationship management.
- Represent the company at sponsored events, matches, and activations as needed.
- 3–5 years of experience in sponsorship management, brand partnerships, or marketing, ideally within sports, esports, entertainment, or gaming/betting industries (required).
- Proven track record of experience in the iGaming industry (required).
- Proven track record negotiating and managing sponsorship contracts and budget (required).
- Experience with both sports properties (clubs/leagues) and esports or influencer marketing (required).
- Familiarity with the regulatory environment of the betting/gaming industry is a must (required).
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field (required).
- Solid Excel/PowerPoint skills (required).
- Experience with sponsorship management tools (required).
- Advanced English proficiency for international partner relations (required).
- Advanced Spanish proficiency (required).
- Strong existing network of partners across LatAm is a must (required).
- Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills (required).
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities (required).
- Genuine passion for sports, esports, and gaming culture (required).
- Highly organized, able to manage multiple sponsorship relationships and deadlines at once (required).
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail for tracking ROI (required).
- Proactive and results-driven, comfortable operating in a fast-paced, regulated industry (required).
- Collaborative team player who works well across departments (required).
- Health & Wellness Focus
- Global Medical Coverage
- Growth Opportunities
- Benefits Programs (compensation for the gym/stomatology/psychological service & etc.)
- Performance-Driven Rewards
- Dynamic Work Environment
Growe is a business advisory and services group operating in the iGaming and entertainment industries. Headquartered in Warsaw, it combines strategic vision with hands-on expertise to help businesses navigate the sector, enter new markets and achieve sustainable growth. Its capabilities span business and brand strategy, market research, marketing solutions, IT customisation, organisational structuring and talent management. The company focuses on launching new iGaming brands worldwide and turning challenges into competitive advantages for its clients.