About the Role
NBAT2 is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Partnerships to manage day-to-day projects, coordinate stakeholders, and solve problems to ensure successful project outcomes and client partnership delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead internal project management for active sponsor partnerships from start to finish.
- Coordinate internal and external kickoff call processes, including KOC decks and recaps.
- Build and manage project timelines with all key stakeholders.
- Track deliverables, budgets, content and legal approvals, and final asset delivery.
- Own and lead day-to-day communications and updates between all parties.
- Monitor programs to ensure they meet agreed-upon KPIs and metrics.
- Build wrap reports per program, ensuring client satisfaction.
- Support the RFP process by updating pitches with relevant pre-sale activity.
- Assist in building timelines and pre-production documents for a smooth transition to production.
Requirements
- 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.
Skills
- Project management
- Stakeholder coordination
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Time management
- Budget tracking
- Client relations
- RFP support
- Cross-functional team leadership
Location
- Remote (one day per week)
- New York
- New Jersey
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 - $135,000
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Annual discretionary performance bonus
- 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 (HSA, healthcare/dependent care FSAs)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Vacation time
- Sick time
- Personal days
About the Company
- The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball.
- The NBA operates five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League.
- The NBA has a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages.
- NBA Digital's assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.
- The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally.
- NBA Cares is the NBA's global social responsibility platform, partnering with community-based organizations to address important social issues.
Equal Opportunity
- NBAT2 is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.
- The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace. Any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations will be discussed for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.
