Partnership Development Director

Two Circles

Partnership Development Director managing high-profile sponsorship deals for clients globally at Two Circles, a sports and entertainment marketing business.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best.
We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow.
Our Rights Management division acts as a commercial sales resource for iconic sports and entertainment brands globally.
A pioneering rights-sales capability, successfully marketing the unique emotion of sport to drive commercial results for rights-owners and record impact for brands.
We have led and closed over $2.5bn in sponsorship rights for some of the world's biggest sports properties, including recent record-breaking deals for UEFA Women’s Football, the All Blacks and Mercedes F1.

Requirements

What you’ll need

In this role you will lead high profile sponsorship deals on behalf of premium rights holders globally.
You will be required to pro-actively source and engage potential sponsors on behalf of clients across a range of categories and geographical regions; select and qualify prospects, securing in person meetings and build relationships
You will manage and build trusted relationships with decision makers at global brands around the World
Build relationships and influence senior business decision makers across different sectors and markets across the world.
Successfully execute competitive processes, resulting in the negotiation and conclusion of high-profile sponsorship deals.
We'd like the successful candidate to have a track record of delivering multiple sizeable sponsorship deals with premium global rights holders in sport or entertainment.
We're looking for high levels of influence and persuasion, and experience in negotiation.
We'd love you to have experience working across different countries, cultures and time zones

Benefits

Comp & perks

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B2B Two Circles is a company specializing in growing the value of sports through a deep understanding of fans. They develop and implement strategies to enhance direct-to-consumer and business-to-business revenue streams, focusing on fan relationship growth, media, sponsorship, and marketing partnerships. Their services are powered by advanced strategy, insight, sales, marketing, content, data, and technology. Working with leading sports properties globally, Two Circles aims to drive commercial success in the sports industry. Their global team operates out of nine international offices, supporting a mission to improve the future of sports. Partnership Development Director 🔥 1 hour ago 🏢🏡 London – Hybrid ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 👔 Director 🇬🇧 UK Skilled Worker Visa Sponsor Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best.
We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow.
Our Rights Management division acts as a commercial sales resource for iconic sports and entertainment brands globally.
A pioneering rights-sales capability, successfully marketing the unique emotion of sport to drive commercial results for rights-owners and record impact for brands.
We have led and closed over $2.5bn in sponsorship rights for some of the world's biggest sports properties, including recent record-breaking deals for UEFA Women’s Football, the All Blacks and Mercedes F1. 🎯 Requirements
In this role you will lead high profile sponsorship deals on behalf of premium rights holders globally.
You will be required to pro-actively source and engage potential sponsors on behalf of clients across a range of categories and geographical regions; select and qualify prospects, securing in person meetings and build relationships
You will manage and build trusted relationships with decision makers at global brands around the World
Build relationships and influence senior business decision makers across different sectors and markets across the world.
Successfully execute competitive processes, resulting in the negotiation and conclusion of high-profile sponsorship deals.
We'd like the successful candidate to have a track record of delivering multiple sizeable sponsorship deals with premium global rights holders in sport or entertainment.
We're looking for high levels of influence and persuasion, and experience in negotiation.
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Hard Skills & Tools

Sponsorship SalesDeal StructuringMarket AnalysisProspect QualificationCompetitive Process Execution

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsInfluencing SkillsNegotiation SkillsCommunication Skills