Partnership Manager

Job Description

About the role:

Join our dynamic M&A and Partnerships team, where you'll play a key role in driving North Star’s growth. Reporting to the Head of M&A and Partnerships, you'll identify and engage potential partners and acquisition targets, supporting the entire deal process from lead generation to closing.

As our Partnership Manager you will:

• Generate target leads using company tools

• Reach out to leads using multiple channels e.g. mail, call, LinkedIn

• Follow up diligently with your leads and keep track of every interaction in CRM (Salesforce)

• Assist team in creating marketing materials

• Assist team in performing asset analysis (e.g. SEO, tech, legal) and valuations supporting negotiations

• Coordinate with other departments

Additional information on the role:

In a multi-cultural team, you would report to the Head of M&A and Partnerships.

Your key objective is closing partnership and M&A deals. You will be involved in the whole process, from lead generation to analysis (SEO, valuation), negotiations, and closing.

The M&A and Partnerships team is crucial to the growth and success of North Star, and you will play a key role in the company’s growth.

Your profile should include:

✅ Deal-maker and problem-solving mindset

✅ Proactive and taking pride in advancing situations

✅ Strong digital culture, and ideally, familiar with these tools: Asana, Notion, Salesforce, Google Workspace, Similarweb, and Ahrefs.

✅ Experience in reaching out to targets or prospects

✅ Exceptional communication skills in English and any other additional language is a plus, Comfortable working in a multi-cultural environment.

✅ Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with tight deadlines

✅ Keen on sports and having knowledge of the sports and/or iGaming industry is a plus

North Star Network is the home of sports fan communities across the world. We run sports media in over 30 countries, helping bettors make informed choices about their wagers and where to place them.

Our portfolio of websites cover football, cricket, boxing, MMA, e-sports, basketball and more. And to put that into numbers, the NSN has:

• 50+ websites

• 30M+ monthly page views (and rising )

• Covering 40+ markets

• +80 employees & +400 freelancers

What we are offering:

🏙 Where: Full remote or Hybrid in our offices in Levallois-Perret (France)

🖋 Contract type: CDI (France-based) or Service Provider (full remote)

⏰ Start: As soon as possible.

Compensation

• Attractive package including fixed and uncapped bonus based on deal objectives

Benefits (France-based / CDI)

• Profit sharing program

• 2 days of remote work per week

• 45 extra days of international remote work per year

• Swile card (meal voucher)

• Health Mutual