Senior Account Manager (Soccer Partnerships) (Financial Services Client)

Overview

Octagon is recruiting a Senior Account Manager to support a financial services client's global soccer partnership portfolio, covering clubs, leagues and federation properties. The role combines sports, entertainment and experiential marketing, with programme planning, activations and measurement at its core. It is hybrid, with three office days a week across several US offices.

What you'll do

• Help plan, deliver and measure the client's club partnership programmes day to day.
• Draft strategic plans, activation recommendations, budgets and competitive documents, and support client scopes of work.
• Contribute to the client's FIFA programme, coordinating clients, agency teams, partners and vendors.
• Work with the Experiences team to develop and run activations that support client goals.
• Maintain budgets, status reports, inventory tracking and meeting notes.

What you need

• Five to seven years of experience developing integrated brand campaigns, ideally within global sport.
• Clear written and verbal communication, adapted for different audiences.
• A track record of building relationships with agencies, clients, vendors and properties.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• A valid US passport and willingness to travel 20–45% domestically and internationally, including weekends or holidays.

Schedule

East Coast working hours are required. Weekend or holiday work may be needed as business demands.

Pay

The base range is $65,000 to $75,000.