Desjardins Group is hiring an Advisor, Sponsorships to play a key role in shaping strategic external partnerships. In this position, you will support the development, sourcing, management, and evaluation of the sponsorship portfolio in the Ontario, Atlantic, and West regions, ensuring all initiatives align with broader business and marketing objectives.
What You'll Do
- Build and deliver sponsorship strategies that directly support the line of business’s goals and marketing priorities, rooted in data-driven insights.
- Proactively analyze the current sponsorship portfolio, conduct regular assessments, and provide recommendations for optimization and strategic growth.
- Source and evaluate new sponsorship opportunities, ensuring alignment with brand objectives, target audiences, and budget constraints.
- Negotiate partnership agreements, structure deliverables, and manage contract compliance to maximize ROI while protecting organizational interests.
- Serve as primary contact for partners, manage day-to-day communications, and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with both sponsors and internal teams.
- Design and lead strategic activation plans in partnership with internal stakeholders to bring sponsorship concepts to life and ensure seamless integration within broader campaigns.
- Monitor, measure, and report on sponsorship performance using KPIs, analytics, and feedback to inform ongoing improvements and demonstrate business value.
- Stay current on industry best practices, trends, and competitor activity, ensuring recommendations and activations are innovative and best-in-class.
- Help champion a culture of collaboration, agility, and creative problem-solving; actively navigate ambiguity and competing business needs to deliver solutions that balance all stakeholder interests.
- Provide guidance and resources to internal teams and partners to elevate sponsorship execution and impact.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications or in a related field.
- A minimum of five years of relevant experience in sponsorship management, partnership marketing, or a related discipline.
- Advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients.
Nice to Have
- Experience ideally in a complex, matrixed organization or a regulated industry.
- Advanced experience crafting and implementing sponsorship strategies that deliver measurable business results.
- Advanced proficiency with project management.
- Advanced knowledge of using data and insights to assess opportunities and recommend strategy.
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of property and casualty, life-health insurance and wealth management.
- Advanced commercial acumen and risk management.
- Action oriented, Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Resourcefulness.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary and annual bonus.
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year.
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement.
- Group insurance including telemedicine.
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment.
Work Mode
This position offers a hybrid work model.
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. We have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind.
