Partnerships Manager

This is a 10-month maternity leave contract based at Youi's Sunshine Coast headquarters.

You'll love this role if you enjoy being the person who turns partnership rights into meaningful brand experiences. This role suits someone who likes balancing strategy, relationship management and delivery, while working closely with sporting organisations, agencies and internal teams.

You'll spend your days planning activations, writing briefs, negotiating opportunities, analysing results and keeping multiple stakeholders aligned. Some weeks are spent mapping out future seasons and partnership plans. Others involve events, game days and bringing campaigns to life. The pace can vary, and occasional work outside standard business hours is part of delivering successful sports and event partnerships.

You'll be supported by an experienced leadership team and work alongside specialists across brand, media, PR, community, digital and creative. This is a 10-month maternity leave contract, making it ideal for someone looking to build their portfolio with some of Australia's leading sporting partnerships, take on a high-profile challenge, or gain experience within an award-winning marketing team before their next career move.

This role is for somebody that wants to spend the next 10 months leading high-profile partnerships from strategy through to execution, working with major sporting organisations and building deeper expertise in sponsorships, events and brand partnerships. It will suit someone who values the experience, exposure and impact of the work more than the permanence of the contract.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and deliver partnership plans for major sporting and brand partnerships, ensuring they align with business and marketing objectives.
• Build strong relationships with rights holders, agency partners and internal stakeholders to keep programs moving and maximise value.
• Write partnership and activation briefs for media, creative, PR and digital teams.
• Lead partnership negotiations, renewals and commercial evaluations of new opportunities.
• Manage the delivery of campaigns, activations and events, including occasional work outside standard business hours.
• Track results, analyse performance data and provide recommendations to improve future partnership outcomes.

What great looks like

• You've led partnership, sponsorship, brand or event programs rather than only supporting delivery.
• You can bring different groups together, build alignment and keep complex projects moving forward.
• You write clear strategic briefs that give teams direction and help deliver stronger outcomes.
• You're comfortable negotiating with partners and identifying opportunities to create additional value.
• You can interpret performance data and turn insights into practical recommendations. Experience in partnerships, sponsorships, events or marketing is preferred at commencement, while deeper knowledge of Youi's partnership portfolio can be learned.

If you can see yourself growing into this, you'll likely love it here.

What you get

• Clear pay and incentives
  Annual salary reviews.
• Time off you can plan around
  22 days annual leave, plus rostered days off or flexibility depending on your role.
• A workplace you can feel
  Food trucks, themed days and team celebrations that bring real energy to the day.
• Leaders who back your growth
  Clear direction, regular coaching and real opportunities to step into new roles.
• Practical benefits that support you day to day
  Free skin checks, flu jabs, wellbeing sessions, discounted gym access and discounted Youi insurance.
• Work that has real purpose
  Helping customers get back on track when life doesn't go to plan.

Ready?

Hit Apply and we'll circle back.

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Why Youi

We're here to make insurance more human and provide a better alternative for our customers. As a challenger brand, we question the status quo to support people when life doesn't go to plan, with real people helping real customers at the moments that matter most.

It's also a place where you can make your mark. We grow our own people here, with clear pathways, structured development and hands on coaching helping many team members step into leadership roles across the business.

We're a performance driven business, and effort doesn't go unnoticed. Results are recognised and rewarded through incentives, everyday shout outs and programs like Youi Stars.

You'll also see clear direction from senior leaders, with a strong focus on what matters most and a drive to get results without distractions.

As more customers choose Youi, we keep growing, creating new roles and real opportunities to build your career over time.

Work that's a bit more you-shaped.