Manager, Global Partnerships Strategy
The National Football League
| Company | The National Football League |
| Category | Sales |
| Location | New York |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
The Manager of Global Partnerships Strategy plays a central role in supporting the NFL’s Global Partnerships organization through conducting strategic analysis, preparing business plans, and managing detail-oriented communication materials (e.g. presentations, briefs, models). The role partners closely with leaders across Sponsorship, Consumer Products, Gaming, International, and Finance organizations to support the League’s Commercial businesses by analyzing data, developing compelling communications, and improving decision-making through comprehensive research.
This individual will leverage core analytical skills and strategic thinking to bring together data, market intelligence, financial analysis, and structured problem-solving to influence decision-making across the Global Partnerships portfolio. The role offers exposure to senior leadership while providing opportunities to influence the future direction of the NFL’s commercial revenue.
Example initiatives might include:
Supporting forecasting and analysis to inform the long-term and annual strategic planning across Global Partnerships
Summarizing and analyzing deal terms for new partnership and licensing opportunities
Building business cases for international and category expansion through detailed research
Developing executive-level analyses and presentations to inform strategic negotiations for commercial partnerships
Creating market assessment presentations across key industries, prospective partners, and international markets
Helping identify new revenue opportunities across Sponsorship, Consumer Products, Gaming, and Licensing
Success in this role requires the ability to quickly shift between business areas while maintaining a deep understanding of the NFL’s Commercial ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Business Analysis
Support annual business planning and long-range forecasting across core revenue-driving departments
Conduct market research, category assessments, and competitive analysis across the Sports and Entertainment landscape including clubs, leagues, and top entertainment IP
Create business cases (e.g., models, presentations) to build support for new commercial opportunities across new channels, categories, and international markets
Build data-based and well-researched financial models and scenario analyses to help contextualize and influence decision-making across the business
Translate complex data into insights and actionable recommendations leveraging Excel and other data visualization programs (e.g., Tableau, R)
Insights Support
Own modeling and scenario analyses around annual business planning and long-range planning in collaboration with NFL Finance
Partner with Consumer Insights to create materials (e.g., presentations, briefs) to communicate key insights/trends from focus groups, surveys, and market intelligence affecting the NFL Commercial businesses
Leverage derived insights to build compelling data-backed storylines to help influence Strategic Leadership’s decision-making
Maintain category intelligence across priority industries for the NFL and its partners, including financial market research and trends impacting NFL partner investment decisions
Growth Initiatives:
Support strategic projects by building key materials to communicate the opportunity for new revenue growth opportunities for NFL Sponsorship business globally
Attend cross-departmental working groups focused on League-wide strategic initiatives (e.g. International Expansion, Innovation, Flag Football Development) to aggregate insights, opportunities, and considerations that will shape the League’s Commercial Strategy
Support International commercial teams in interpreting market data, dynamics, and feedback to problem-solve and develop new and relevant selling stories
Executive Communications
Develop executive presentations for League leadership, ownership m