Senior Licensing Manager – Maternity Cover

The Premier League

Senior Licensing Manager responsible for licensing program management and key licensee relationships at the Premier League. Facilitating high-quality product development and commercial performance.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead day to day relationships and contract management across Premier Leagues Licensees – including but not limited too – PUMA, Topps, Avery Dennison, Football Manager and Rezzil.
Work with licensees to set and track clear commercial objectives for each season that support driving revenue growth and performance.
Ensure all contractual rights and obligations are delivered across the licensee portfolio.
Provide regular royalty and revenue updates with clear performance insights and recommendations to the Director of Commercial Development and Chief Commercial Officer.
Work with licensees and internal brand teams to shape product roadmaps, ensuring high quality, innovative outputs that align to the Premier League brand.
Identify potential new product categories and licensing opportunities across growth areas.
Day to day management of the licensing team, ensuring effective delivery of product approvals and partner management.
Support Licensing Managers to achieve their objectives aligned to business goals.
Responsible for any relationships with external agencies, consultants and budget management for the licensing team.
Stakeholder management of key relationships between, licensees, clubs, and internal teams on anything licensing related.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Considerable experience in licensing, partnerships, sponsorship, commercial account management or a related commercial role, ideally within sport, entertainment, consumer products or a rights-holder environment.
Proven experience of managing day-to-day relationships with external partners, licensees, agencies or suppliers, ensuring a high-quality and professional service.
Experience of line managing, supporting and developing team members.
Strong understanding of contractual rights delivery, with the ability to manage obligations, approvals, performance measures and partner expectations effectively.
Commercially aware, with experience of tracking performance, analysing revenue or royalty information, and using insight to make recommendations.
Experience of supporting or delivering product, brand, licensing or partner activation projects, with a focus on quality, innovation and audience engagement.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across internal teams, Clubs, partners, licensees and external agencies.
Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritise effectively and deliver to deadlines.
Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills, including the ability to prepare clear updates, reports and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Collaborative team player with the confidence to support and guide colleagues, contribute positively to team culture and work effectively across functions.
Experience of line managing, supporting and developing team members, including setting objectives, providing guidance and ensuring effective delivery across a team.
Comfortable using Microsoft Office. and relevant systems or databases to manage partner information, approvals, reporting and performance tracking.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Lead day to day relationships and contract management across Premier Leagues Licensees – including but not limited too – PUMA, Topps, Avery Dennison, Football Manager and Rezzil.
Work with licensees to set and track clear commercial objectives for each season that support driving revenue growth and performance.
Ensure all contractual rights and obligations are delivered across the licensee portfolio.
Provide regular royalty and revenue updates with clear performance insights and recommendations to the Director of Commercial Development and Chief Commercial Officer.
Work with licensees and internal brand teams to shape product roadmaps, ensuring high quality, innovative outputs that align to the Premier League brand.
Identify potential new product categories and licensing opportunities across growth areas.
Day to day management of the licensing team, ensuring effective delivery of product approvals and partner management.
Support Licensing Managers to achieve their objectives aligned to business goals.
Responsible for any relationships with external agencies, consultants and budget management for the licensing team.
Stakeholder management of key relationships between, licensees, clubs, and internal teams on anything licensing related. 🎯 Requirements
Considerable experience in licensing, partnerships, sponsorship, commercial account management or a related commercial role, ideally within sport, entertainment, consumer products or a rights-holder environment.
Proven experience of managing day-to-day relationships with external partners, licensees, agencies or suppliers, ensuring a high-quality and professional service.
Experience of line managing, supporting and developing team members.
Strong understanding of contractual rights delivery, with the ability to manage obligations, approvals, performance measures and partner expectations effectively.
Commercially aware, with experience of tracking performance, analysing revenue or royalty information, and using insight to make recommendations.
Experience of supporting or delivering product, brand, licensing or partner activation projects, with a focus on quality, innovation and audience engagement.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across internal teams, Clubs, partners, licensees and external agencies.
Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritise effectively and deliver to deadlines.
Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills, including the ability to prepare clear updates, reports and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Collaborative team player with the confidence to support and guide colleagues, contribute positively to team culture and work effectively across functions.
Experience of line managing, supporting and developing team members, including setting objectives, providing guidance and ensuring effective delivery across a team.
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Hard Skills & Tools

contract managementcommercial account managementperformance analysisroyalty trackingproduct activationbrand managementlicensing managementstakeholder managementproject managementteam development

Soft Skills

communicationorganizational skillscollaborationrelationship buildingleadershipproblem-solvingtime managementstrategic thinkingadaptabilityteamwork