Manager, Partnership & Brand Solutions

The Buffalo Sabres are hiring a manager to bring research and data into the club's corporate partnerships and content work. The job is based at KeyBank Center and sits between the Strategy and Analytics team and the Corporate Partnerships team.

Much of the work is helping sell and report on sponsorships. You value categories and assets, find prospects, benchmark the rate card, run consumer and brand research, and build proposals and presentations. You also run the midseason and end-of-season recaps for partners and add to the executive dashboards that track partnership numbers.

On the content side, you audit digital content and marketing, spot content that could carry a sponsor, and estimate what it is worth. Each year you produce a State of the Team analysis on fan growth, consumption, and outlook. You also review the club's research and measurement vendors and recommend changes.

The pay is $65,000 to $75,000 a year, with medical plans, a 401(k) match, and paid time off. Some nights and weekends are needed for Sabres and Bandits games.

• Run category and asset valuations, prospect research, and rate card benchmarking
• Build data-backed proposals and presentations with the Corporate Partnerships team
• Direct partner measurement and the midseason and end-of-season recaps
• Contribute to executive dashboards that track partnership numbers
• Audit digital content and marketing and estimate the value of sponsorable content
• Produce the annual State of the Team analysis of brand health
• Manage custom research projects with internal tools and outside vendors
• Review the vendor stack and recommend research and measurement tools

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, or equivalent additional experience
• 3 to 5 years in sports analytics or corporate partnerships
• Expertise with research tools such as YouGov and Placer.ai and media measurement platforms such as Nielsen Sports and Zoomph
• Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools, Tableau preferred
• A record of turning raw data into findings that help revenue teams
• Able to work nights and weekends as needed for Sabres and Bandits games