Sponsorship & Partnerships Senior Manager

Where passion meets opportunity

Discover your journey into the extraordinary.

Your Purpose

Explora Journeys is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, European luxury brand, imagined in the heart of Swiss hospitality in Geneva. Leveraging our parent company MSC Group's hundreds of years of maritime expertise, our fleet of six luxury ships (four are currently in the pipeline) are being built and designed in a totally different and unique way that will transform and redefine the cruise experience, creating a category of its own, appealing to the next generation of luxury travellers. 

We’re pleased to offer a unique opportunity for a Senior Manager, Sponsorships & Partnerships to join our Global Marketing team. In this key role, you’ll lead and elevate strategic collaborations that enrich the Explora Journeys brand experience. The role is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Your Impact

• Manage a portfolio of existing sponsors/partners: ensure delivery of rights, smooth fulfillment of contracted benefits, act as day‑to‑day contact, maintain partner satisfaction.
• Plan, coordinate and supervise activation programs: on‐site event activations, experiential marketing, digital & social activation, branding, hospitality, etc.
• Identify new sponsorship / partnership opportunities; negotiate contracts; manage renewals; upsell existing partners; propose new benefits / value adds.
• Ensure rights are properly defined, contracted, delivered; liaise with legal / contracts teams; monitor fulfilment; ensure partner obligations are met.
• Manage partnership budgets; ensure invoicing; monitor cost vs return.
• Work with Marketing / Communications / Events / Digital / Operations / Legal / Media teams to deliver partner campaigns; ensure visibility, alignment with brand guidelines and overall strategy.
• Define KPIs; track performance; prepare partner reports; evaluate ROI; gather feedback; recommend improvements.
• Proactively propose new ideas, creative activations, etc to add value for partners and differentiate your offering.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, select agencies, external vendors; represent the organization externally; manage contracts, media rights, etc.
• Depending on geography: attend tournaments, partner events, activations, possibly international travel.

Your Journey so far

• 10+ years in sport sponsorship, sport partnerships, or sports marketing, ideally with luxury or premium global brands.
• Contract negotiation, partner management, renewals, upselling, and innovative activations across live events, digital, and hospitality.

Your Essentials

• Results-driven, commercially minded, and passionate about luxury travel, sports, and premium partnerships.
• Skilled relationship manager with senior stakeholder and vendor engagement experience on a global scale.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Fluent in English.

At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel — where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony. 
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.