Senior Partnerships Manager

We’re creating the best live music experience in the UK.

World class, planet friendly and at the heart of the local community, Co-op Live will be the biggest indoor arena in the land. It boasts smart ‘bowl’ design, cutting edge visual technology, incredible acoustics and great bars, lounges, restaurants, suites and club spaces.

Co-op Live is for everyone, that’s why you’ll find hearing loops and audio enhancements throughout the arena’s bowl design, step free access at every entrance and first class soundproofing and well thought out external lighting for our neighbours that live nearby. We’re also pledging an annual sum of £1m+ to help support national and local good causes in our community.

As well as music, Co-op Live will host everything from sports events and comedy gigs to award shows and family entertainment, effectively doubling Manchester’s live events every year.

As well as attracting the greatest acts on the planet, and being for the planet, we also want to attract the best talent to come and work for us.  Co-op Live will be a place for people to come together for good sounds, good food and good times, we want to give everyone an experience including our team. We want great people to join Co-op Live to bring a breadth of skills, diverse thinking and an innovative spirit that reflects Co-op Live.

Co-op Live: Experience being part of the best. Experience Co-op Live here

Co-op Live is part of Oak View Group, a global leader in sports and entertainment and the largest developer of new venues in the world.  OVG’s mission is to change the way business is done within the music, sport and live entertainment industry.  OVG opened their first two arenas in 2021, four are in construction (including Co-op Live) and four more announced to be built soon.

Co-op Live is an OVG joint venture partnership with City Football Group with Harry Styles as an investor and we are proud to work with Co-op as our Naming Rights Partner.

• £365m investment to create the UK’s biggest arena and one of the most sustainable venues in Europe.
• Up to 23,500 capacity
• c120 -150 events per annum – including music, comedy, family entertainment, sport and high-profile awards
• 32 bars and restaurants within the venue creating an unrivaled destination and customer experience

• Develop, maintain, and manage excellent effective partner relationships
• Create partnership strategies to manage and deliver the partnership rights
• Establish and maintain excellent internal and stakeholder management
• Produce partnership measuring tracking documents, reports and presentations

If you are ready to make a positive disruption in the live entertainment and hospitality industry and make a difference to the community apply now.

• To have a full and comprehensive understanding of all partner / supplier contractual rights to execute all rights successfully
• Plan, manage, and deliver partnership / supplier rights
• Have an in-depth understanding of partner company objectives and marketing plans for Co-op Live
• Prioritise partner rights relating to the construction timeline to adhere to project timeline and guidelines
• Plan, co-ordinate and manage partnership meetings with clear objective and outcomes
• Organise, attend / host partner related tours and meetings at; Co-op Live HQ, construction site, partner meetings and company meetings
• Assist with creating best in class presentations, creative and innovative idea strategies
• Execute all pre-opening partnership rights and plans
• Assist in the organising and hosting of the ‘Co-op Live Partner Summit’
• Manage the partnership and supplier rights within Co-op Live’s CRM
• Produce reports from the CRM and regular updates reports and presentations for monitoring partnership development / rights, present to rights holder and internally / line manager
• Identify and encourage opportunities to collaborate with other partners
• Identity and maximise new marketing / sponsorship rights that are relevant to maximise the success of our partners
• Establish excellent communication and collaboration with all internal and stakeholders
• Ensure information is being co-ordinated and managed to execute partner contractual rights

• Experienced in sponsorship and partnership account and stakeholder management
• Strong communication and engagement skills
• Committed to delivery brilliance in a positive and proactive manner
• Great work ethic, enthusiastic team member that has a can do and positive attitude
• Strong listening and communication skill
• An innovative thinker that is brave to ensure we are different
• Self-motivated and goal oriented.
• Strong team player – maintains positive energy and momentum within the team.
• Commercially astute and strategically sound; analytical, sees the big picture, strategic planner, good organisation skills.
• Comfortable handling own operational workload as well as supporting others.
• Passion for detail – impeccable standards and enjoys analytics and measurement for reporting requirements
• Extremely well-organized with the ability to multi-task effectively and work under extremely tight deadlines. Strong attention to detail is a must and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects paying high attention to proofreading, editing.
• Understanding of what Co-op Live stands for and examples of delivery
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to create and foster relationships
• Working with the Head of Partnerships, Commercial Team, Marketing and Digital Team, Premium Hospitality Team, Operational team including food and beverage department in Co-op Live
• Collaborating with external partners Diageo, Bristol Street Motors, Presenting and Suppliers,
• Key stakeholder relationships

Co-op Live is very proud of its planet friendly vibes and its commitment to sustainability.  We are powered by nature with one and a half football pitches worth of solar panels on our roof, renewable energy and low carbon technologies are just a part of our wider commitment to sustainability. 

We welcome fellow employees that will support our goal towards being carbon net neutral and helping to ensure we are one of the most sustainable arena’s in Europe.

Co-op Live is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.  

Co-op Live positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marriage and/or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or sexual orientation. 

We will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.  

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application and perform at your best, please don’t hesitate to contact us to make a request; we are here to help.