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Senior Partnership Manager (m/f/d)

Köln, Berlin
Full-time
Permanent employee

Hey!

Imagine amateur football finally had the platform it deserves.
Every weekend, millions of people write their own personal football stories – on pitches, in clubs and on the sidelines. We believe this passion deserves a digital home too.
That's exactly what we're building every single day.
I'm Tabea – and I'm looking for someone who wants to help push our mission forward.
Is that you? Let's find out together.

Main information

  • Start: from August 2026
  • Location: Cologne/ Berlin
  • Workload: Full-time
  • Team: Brand Partnership

Is this a match?

  • Location: You’ll be based at our office in Cologne (Belgisches Viertel) or Berlin (Mitte) and should be on site at least twice a week.
  • Experience: You have 6–8 years’ experience in key account management and feel confident in your role.
  • Languages are no problem: You speak German and English fluently.
  • Your connection to football: You're genuinely interested in amateur football and have a feel for what moves this community.
  • Start-up spirit: You prefer to play an active part in shaping things rather than just going through the motions – even if that sometimes means tackling things without a ready-made roadmap.

Your playing field

  • We have recently secured some of the biggest brands in German sport, and these partners expect professional-level execution, not administrative work.
  • At the moment, too much is concentrated in one place: strategic accounts, quality assurance and the development of the PM team all run through the Head of Brand Partnerships, creating a bottleneck.
  • Without this role, we cannot scale either the quality of our activations or the team effectively – and we’ll miss out on growth opportunities with existing partners.

How you'll make a difference

  • End-to-end management of strategic brand partnerships – from kick-off to contract renewal, ensuring the highest quality and clear KPIs
  • Independent management and development of a portfolio of strategic partner accounts (including our largest brands)
  • Professional leadership and development of a team (and associated processes) of partnership managers – with clear standards for quality and impact
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders on the partner side
  • Identifying and realising growth potential in existing partnerships – beyond the original scope

What you bring to the table

  • Brand partnerships: Proven ability to independently implement complex brand partnerships from start to finish – on time, on brief, on budget
  • Leadership qualities: You share your knowledge, inspire others and help your team improve a little every day
  • Stakeholder management: Proven ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with senior stakeholders over the long term
  • Confidence with KPIs and reports: You see figures as a tool for making decisions and measuring success
  • Partner activation: You have a keen sense of what makes for strong partner activation – and recognise what isn’t working
  • Solution-oriented approach: You come up with options, not problems
  • Impact: You’re all about making a real impact – you know the difference between a project that’s simply been completed and one that really makes a difference
  • Tools: Office 365, Keynote, Pitch, Google Sheets, Trello, Asana, Confluence, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive

Bonus

  • Background in media, brand marketing or sponsorship
  • Experience in the sport/football sector
  • Experience with mobile apps and digital platforms
  • Experience with AI-supported work

Benefits

  • Be part of it from the start – Shape how Prematch grows and transforms amateur football.
  • Competitive salary – You’ll be paid fairly and transparently.
  • Employee participation (VSOP) — directly benefit from the company’s success.
  • Three cool offices in Cologne, Berlin, and London — true startup vibes to work and grow together. Want to visit another office? We support that too!
  • Remote work — depending on your distance to the office, you work 1–3 days a week onsite and the rest flexibly remote (working from home at the start and end of the week is quite popular ????) — whatever suits you best. Tech & Product roles sometimes offer 100% remote.
  • Remote, even from afar — Whether it’s a week of sunshine abroad or a few days with family — we allow flexible work from outside your usual location.
  • Team spirit — whether in the office or at home, we use cool tools and a virtual office to keep the team tightly connected.
  • Modern IT equipment — We provide the tools and devices you need to be productive.
  • 27 vacation days per year — For your rest and to recharge. Plus special arrangements if you’re a parent, so you can better balance family and relaxation.
  • Team events at our locations — Whether after work in Cologne, Berlin, or London: we regularly bring teams together to connect and grow stronger.
  • Offsites with the whole team — Four days out of the daily grind with the entire team: trips, brainstorming, onsite collaboration, and real team spirit.

Still here? Sounds like a pretty good match.

  • Click on ‘Apply now’ – it’ll only take 2 minutes.
  • All we need is your CV. You can tell us the rest in our simple, short application form.
  • Don’t meet all the requirements? If you think you’re still a good fit – just apply