National Basketball Association

Senior Project Manager, Partnerships

National Basketball Association$120K — $135K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of project or account management experience in sports, publishing, or digital advertising
  • Proven ability to juggle multiple programs with tight deadlines
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for leading calls with partners
  • Familiarity with project management tools like AirTable, Figma, and Slack
  • Exceptional attention to detail and a proactive problem-solving approach
  • Capability to create and manage complex timelines and ensure accountability across teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead project management for sponsor partnerships from initiation to completion
  • Coordinate kickoff calls and manage follow-up actions post-meeting
  • Track deliverables, budgets, approvals, and asset delivery throughout projects
  • Facilitate ongoing communications and updates between internal and external stakeholders
  • Monitor project metrics to ensure they meet predefined KPIs
  • Compile and manage wrap-up reports to ensure client satisfaction
  • Support the RFP process with relevant updates for cross-team visibility

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • Employee wellness programs including mental health support
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Annual discretionary performance bonus
  • Flexible working environment with remote options
Full Job Description
WORK OPTION: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.

ABOUT THE ROLE

NBAT2 is looking for a highly organized Senior Project Manager, Partnerships to join our growing Integrated Marketing & Sales team. This role involves day-to-day project management, stakeholder coordination and proactive problem-solving to help drive successful project outcomes. The Project Manager will be integral to the success of our client partnerships - coordinating the development and on-time delivery across the business.

Acting as the connective tissue that keeps every internal stakeholder aligned, you'll work closely with Sales, Marketing, Creative, Production, Talent, Social, Legal, and Finance. The ideal candidate has a strong command of project management fundamentals, thrives in fast-paced media, start-up environment, and communicates with clarity and confidence across all levels of an organization, as well as external clients.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Post-Sale Program Management
  • Lead internal project management across all active sponsor partnerships from start to finish:
    • Work with Sales to coordinate the internal and external kickoff call (KOC) processes, building KOC decks and help manage post-KOC recaps and next steps
    • Build and manage both all project timelines with all key stakeholders
    • Track all deliverables, budgets, content and legal approvals, and final asset delivery, and more
    • Own and lead day-to-day communications and updates between all parties including external & internal status calls and processes
    • Monitors programs while in process to ensure they hit agreed upon KPIs and metrics
    • Build and maintain wrap reports per program - working with Integrated Marketing and Sales to ensure client satisfaction


Pre-Sale Support
  • Support the RFP process - ensure that all pitches are being updated with relevant pre-sale activity for cross-team visibility
  • Assist in building timelines and pre-pro documents close to project commitment to ensure a smooth transition to production


WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Required
  • 5-7 years of project or account management experience, ideally in sports, publishing or digital advertising
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent programs with competing deadlines and stakeholders
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable leading external partner calls and managing internal stakeholders
  • Experience with project management and collaboration tools (AirTable, Figma, SharePoint, Slack, Google Suite, etc.)
  • Exceptional attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
  • Ability to build and maintain complex timelines and hold cross-functional teams accountable to them


COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

$120,000 - $135,000 base salary, commensurate with experience. Competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, commuter benefits and unlimited PTO. The company operates with a hybrid in-office experience.

Salary Range:

$120,000-$135,000

Job Posting Title:
Supplemental Staff

Employees currently are eligible to receive an annual discretionary performance bonus, awarded at the sole discretion of the Company and subject to any terms and conditions set by the Company. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company-sponsored employee benefit programs: medical; dental; vision; life/AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; fertility and family-forming assistance; wellbeing allowance; educational assistance; mental health coaching/therapy; tax advantaged accounts such as HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs; a 401(k) retirement plan; and time off benefits that include vacation, sick time, and personal days.

About National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams. It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. The NBA was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York City. The league's revenue comes from ticket sales, merchandise, sponsorships, and media rights. The NBA has a global following and is broadcast in over 215 countries and territories.
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Size
1,100 employees
Industry
Founded
1946

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