Senior Manager, Partnership Sales; Denver Summit FC

Position: Senior Manager, Partnership Sales (Denver Summit FC)
# Senior Manager, Partnership Sales (Denver Summit FC)## •### @The Legends Way Posted  on 10/8/2025
• Full-time##

Job Description
** LEGENDS GLOBAL
** Legends Global is the premier partner to the world's greatest live events, venues, and brands. We deliver a fully integrated solution of premium services that keeps our partners front and center through our white-label approach.

Our network of 450 venues worldwide, hosting 20,000 events and entertaining 165 million guests each year, is powered by our depth of expertise and level of execution across every component feasibility & consulting, owner’s representation, sales, partnerships, hospitality, merchandise, venue management, and content & booking of world-class live events and venues.

The Legends Global culture is one of respect, ambitious thinking, collaboration, and bold action. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can be authentic, make an impact, and grow their career.

Winning is an everyday thing at Legends Global. We have the best team members who understand every win is earned when we come together as one unified team. Sounds like a winning formula for you. Join us!
** LEGENDS & DENVER SUMMIT FC
** The newest women’s professional soccer franchise has joined forces with Legends Global, in a multi-year partnership to drive commercial revenue and global brand partnerships for the club. This collaboration seeks to provide Denver’s passionate fanbase with exceptional experiences and propel Denver Summit FC to unprecedented heights in women’s soccer. Denver Summit FC has announced its plans to build the first purpose-built sports and entertainment district for professional women’s sports in the heart of Denver – the largest overall investment in a women’s professional sports team in history.
** THE ROLE
** The Senior Manager, Partnership Sales will act as a high-level individual sales contributor, helping to identify, source, negotiate and close new partnerships. They will connect directly with brand decision makers on a regular basis to increase market awareness and solicit new partnership engagements. The ideal candidate possesses a strong passion for women’s sports, soccer, sales development, and positive enthusiasm for collaboration with teammates.  

The role will be primarily responsible for driving new business development and will be based on location in Denver. The ideal candidate has a strong background in soccer or women’s sports and has a wide network of brand contacts in the Denver-region and nationally.
** ESSENTIAL DUTES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
*** Become immersed in Summit FC’s brand and mission to create, package, and sell solution-based naming rights and partnerships while meeting and exceeding team revenue goals.
* Work with partnerships team to manage key category development and platform ideation for new partners.
* Secure and conduct partnership development meetings with potential clients by leveraging relationships as well as cold outreach.
* Research and identify industries and organizations to solicit partnerships.
* Be accountable for annual revenue goals, pipeline management and growth goals.
* Individual contributor yet strategic thinker to drive long-term partner opportunities, while executing against short-term go-to-market sales strategies.
* Self-starter who likes to develop and build partner opportunities from the ground up.
* Leverage network, relationships, and cold outreach to identify potential new partnerships.
* Create newsworthy innovative partnerships that pioneer new categories, inventory, campaigns/platforms, and/or partner integrations.
* Develop a deep understanding of target partner categories.
* Stay ahead of sponsorship/marketing trends and knowledge of the soccer & women’s sports marketplace, bringing innovative ideas to enhance partnership offerings.
* Ability to prospect through extensive company and executive research for strategic market engagement.
* Ability to construct a brand prospect pipeline and creative outreach plan (via targeting and qualifying leads. through calls and referrals) for potential opportunities with regional, national, and international companies.
* Ability to…