# Brand Partnerships Lead – Marketing (R6260)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Los Angeles, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 155,440-233,160 per-year-salary
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is looking for a Brand Partnership Lead to own and grow its partnership and sponsorship portfolio. This person will lead cross-functional programs that strengthen Shield AI's brand through sports, military community, and industry partnerships.

## Responsibilities

- Lead outreach, define deal terms and deliverables, and partner closely with Legal and Finance to move agreements through signature.

- Manage active partnerships throughout the full contract lifecycle, serving as the primary day-to-day contact for partners.

- Build program plans, workback schedules, and deliverable trackers in Asana, coordinating across Creative, Communications, Events, Legal, Finance, and external stakeholders.

- Lead partnership activations from planning through execution, navigating logistics including shipping, installation, onsite production, talent coordination, and partner schedules.

- Travel to key events, oversee day-of execution, and close out assets, invoices, and recaps.

- Ensure all public-facing partnership work aligns with Shield AI brand standards and applicable data handling and export control requirements.

- Own the partnership budget and build forecasts in Excel to track committed and actual spend.

- Measure and report on partnership performance to define success metrics for each partnership.

- Partner with the creative studio to deliver partnership assets.

## Requirements

- A minimum of 10+ years Marketing experience with 4 to 6 years of experience in brand partnerships, sponsorships, or partnership marketing.

- Experience sourcing, negotiating, and closing partnership or sponsorship agreements in partnership with Legal.

- Experience managing partner relationships and contracted deliverables across a full program year.

- Experience owning a partnership or marketing budget, including forecasting, actuals, and closeout.

- Strong Excel skills and experience managing purchase orders, invoices, and reconciliation with Finance.

- Strong working knowledge of Asana for planning, assigning, and tracking work.

- Experience managing event or activation logistics, including shipping, installation, or onsite production.

- Experience defining partnership metrics and delivering post-activation recaps.

- Clear written and verbal communication skills with both external partners and internal stakeholders.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in defense, aerospace, advanced hardware, or another regulated industry.

- Experience managing sports, military community, or other large-scale sponsorship and activation programs.

- Existing relationships with sports properties, military and veteran organizations, or industry event organizers.

- Experience working with an in-house creative studio or agency to produce partnership assets.

## Additional Information

- Salary: USD 155,440-233,160 per year.

- Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity.

- Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment).

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## Skills

### Required
- Asana
- Excel
- Marketing
- Partnership Management
- Event Planning
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Defense
- Aerospace
- Advanced Hardware
- Sports Sponsorship
- Military Community
- Large-Scale Events

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