Manager, Event Special Projects, Sponsorships
Deel
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Own cross-functional event initiatives that do not sit within a single region, partner program, or experiential track
- Act as the accountable owner for high-complexity or net-new projects
- Drive alignment across Events, Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, and Leadership
- Take initiatives from concept to execution and retrospective
- Lead Deel’s sporting event sponsorship initiatives, including:
- Sponsorship event strategy and activation planning
- Hospitality, suite, and VIP guest programs
- Executive and customer hosting
- Manage external partners including teams, leagues, venues, and agencies
- Ensure events align with brand, audience, and business objectives
- Partner with global and regional event leads to unblock initiatives that span teams or markets
- Step in as additional leadership support during high-stakes or time-sensitive moments
- Share best practices and learnings across the events organization
- Support ad hoc strategic initiatives tied to company priorities (e.g., new markets, executive programs, flagship moments)
- Pilot new formats or approaches that may later scale into formal programs
- Bring structure and accountability to initiatives that would otherwise remain fragmented
- Own budgets, contracts, and vendor management for assigned projects
- Define success metrics appropriate for sponsorships and special initiatives
- Capture insights and document learnings for future use
Requirements
- 7-10+ years of experience in events, sports marketing, sponsorships, or experiential marketing
- Able to move fast, make decisions, and execute with urgency, especially on high-visibility initiatives with tight timelines
- Proven experience leading non-standard, high-profile initiatives
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and influencing across teams without direct authority
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and executive audiences
- Strong project management and communication skills
- Calm, organized, and adaptable in fast-moving environments
Benefits
- Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
- Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
- The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementevent strategysponsorship activation planningvendor managementbudget managementsuccess metrics definitioninsight captureretrospective analysishospitality program managementexecutive hosting
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsadaptabilitydecision-makinginfluencingcalmness under pressureurgencycollaborationstrategic thinking