Vice President, Partnership Management and Solutions

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is one of the fastest-growing professional sports leagues in the U.S., powered by 16 clubs and a deep roster of the world’s best players, and built on record-shattering fan, media and commercial growth. Now in its 13th season, the league’s momentum continues to accelerate, with viewership and attendance numbers growing rapidly, social media fandom on the rise, team valuations massively increasing and new top sponsors investing in the NWSL brand.

This unprecedented growth in audience, media reach, and franchise value reflects the NWSL’s expanding fan base and increasing dominance in the sports-media landscape and popular culture. The future of the NWSL is now — and we’re looking for world-class talent like you to help us continue the momentum.

The Vice President, Partnership Management and Solutions will report to the SVP, Partnerships and Business Development, serving as a key thought partner in continuing to build and scale the foundation established across the NWSL’s commercial organization.

This person will lead the development and execution of best-in-class strategies to grow, activate and retain our partnership portfolio. With a sharp commercial mindset and a passion for delivering strategic value, this leader will ensure the following things are true: (1) our partners are deeply aligned with our mission and fully supported in achieving the NWSL’s and their business objectives, (2) our business development team is equipped with creative partnership solutions that are actionable.

This role requires a sophisticated relationship builder internally and externally who brings both business acumen, big ideas and a white-glove service ethos, capable of leading a high-performing team and representing the league at the highest levels.

• Commercial Growth: Create incremental opportunities within existing and future partnerships; collaborate with organizational leaders to identify high-impact opportunities that enhance the overall commercial strategy.
• Team Leadership: Lead, inspire, and develop a talented team of partnership professionals, setting high standards for collaboration, performance, and culture.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as a trusted senior liaison to partner leadership, ensuring deep top-to-top relationships and strategic integration.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely internally across marketing, media, operations, events, sporting, human resources, community, legal, and finance to deliver seamless partner activations, and develop strategic partnership solutions.
• Data & Insights: Drive the use of performance analytics and insights to analyze and assess inventory and asset value, partnership success, inform strategy, and continuously improve organizationally.
• Media Amplification: Enable maximization of revenue against O&O platforms and drive incremental investment in media partner channels to further increase strategic value of property and extend NWSL integrated campaigns.

• Visual Storytelling: Oversee development of presentation materials to align with larger NWSL brand representation while also integrating impactful visuals and customization by partner.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in integrated, cross-channel partnerships, partnership management, account leadership, or related roles within sports, entertainment, or high-growth consumer brands.
• Proven record of securing, retaining, and expanding multimillion-dollar partnerships, with measurable success in renewal rates, average partnership tenure, multi-year revenue growth, and upsell conversion.
• Expertise in developing sponsorship assets, marketing platforms, and customized partner activations that drive measurable ROI, deliver against partner KPIs, and advance league-level growth priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to support business development teams by creating clear and compelling league narratives, data-backed insights, and research-driven proposals that enhance the league’s commercial value proposition.
• Skilled in building and executing partner retention strategies grounded in exceptional service, innovative…