Strategic Partnerships & Brand Relationships Manager

Strategic Partnerships & Brand Relationships Manager
Location: Remote | Full-Time | Flexible Hours with Core Team Sync
Reports To: Founders

Summary

Our client: "We're a mission-driven brand empowering girl athletes through mental performance training — and we're ready to expand our reach. We’re looking for a relationship-driven, strategic thinker who thrives on turning connections into collaborations that amplify visibility, trust, and revenue.

This role is about more than just partnerships. It’s about people-powered growth. You'll own the ideation, outreach, nurturing, and evolution of brand relationships that elevate The Elite Competitor across multiple audiences: sports moms, coaches, and aligned organizations.

This is not a passive, reactive role. You’ll be our connector-in-chief — imagining, initiating, and nurturing partnership possibilities we haven’t even thought of yet… and then making them real."

About You

You are:

• A connector and relationship nurturer — building and maintaining meaningful professional relationships lights you up.
• Driven by collaboration and shared value — you love when both sides win and something bigger is created.
• Naturally curious about people, opportunities, and what makes them tick.
• Entrepreneurial in spirit — you don't wait for permission, you initiate, pitch, and follow through.
• Results-oriented and able to measure the impact of partnership efforts (reach, visibility, conversions).
• Energized by being the external face of a brand, while also working closely with internal teams to align opportunities with goals.

If you love sparking ideas and conversations, but also have the endurance to follow up, build trust, and create long-term impact through people — this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Brand Partnerships Strategy:
• Identify and evaluate brand-aligned organizations, influencers, podcast hosts, and thought leaders in the women’s sports and parenting space.
• Develop creative collaboration ideas (e.g. co-promotions, joint webinars, program bundles, podcast sponsorships, speaking opportunities, etc.).
• Pitch and present opportunities to prospective partners in compelling, customized ways.
• Relationship Nurturing & Management:
• Maintain active relationships with key partners and collaborators — you’ll be the consistent point of contact.
• Send follow-ups, ideas, updates, and opportunities that keep us top of mind and deepen trust.
• Build a light CRM or tracking system to organize outreach and manage ongoing connection rhythms.
• Visibility + Awareness Growth:
• Find creative ways to get our company in front of new audiences through aligned visibility plays.
• Leverage existing credibility to land collaborations with well-known brands or media outlets.
• Explore long-term partnerships where our programs can be integrated into other organizations’ offerings.
• Collaborate with Founders & Team:
• Work closely with the founders to ensure efforts align with broader brand, content, and product strategy.
• Be empowered to test, learn, and grow — this role has white space for innovation.
• Support Backend Tracking and Structure:
• Help design and build light backend systems to track outreach, follow-ups, and partnership success (may include ClickUp, CRMs, Notion, or task tools).
• Document best practices and workflows so our team can repeat and scale what’s working.
• High-Visibility Speaking Tour:
• Lead outreach to high-visibility podcast hosts, event organizers, and speaker bureaus to secure top-tier appearances for our co-founder Breanne on stages and podcasts aligned with our mission.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• 3 - 5+ years in a partnerships, biz dev, influencer marketing, or community growth role
• Experience growing a brand through strategic collaborations (especially in parenting, youth sports, or women-focused markets is a bonus)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — you’re persuasive, clear, and emotionally intelligent
• Strong organizational skills — you track relationships and don’t let things fall through the cracks
• High EQ — you’re attuned to people and know how to navigate subtle social dynamics professionally
• Comfortable working remote and independently with async communication tools

To Be Considered, Please Submit:

- Your resume or portfolio

- A short Loom or written summary sharing what excites you most about this opportunity and outlining a recent example of a strategic partnership or brand collaboration you initiated and saw to fruition, including results realized

- Links to any past projects, campaigns, or partnerships you’ve helped structure or close

What Makes This Role Unique

You’ll be joining a small, mighty, fast-moving team led by two visionary co-founders. Christina (a big-ideas Creator/Mechanic) and Breanne (a deeply attuned Trader) are clear on their superpowers — and equally clear that this relationship-building space is not their zone. They’ll support you with context and collaboration, but they’re counting on you to own this role and run with it.

This is a chance to grow a mission-forward brand that’s truly changing lives — while playing to your natural strengths in people, strategy, and collaboration.

Compensation & Growth Opportunity

This is a full-time, remote role starting at $18–$22 USD/hour, depending on experience and location.
We believe in rewarding results. You'll have the opportunity for:

• Performance-based pay increases
• Commission or project bonuses tied to revenue or visibility impact

We're looking for someone who sees this not just as a job — but as an opportunity to grow alongside a brand that's growing fast.