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Bauer: Partnership & Growth Initiatives Specialist

Exeter, NH

TEAMMATES WANTED

Working at Bauer is like playing on a hockey team. We empower each other to be our best. Everyone on the team has an important role to play. You might be leading others or collaborating with teammates on a big project. Whatever your title, you are part of something bigger than yourself.

Founded in 1927, Bauer Hockey developed the first skate. Since then, our passion for the game, drive for innovation, and commitment to the hockey community have made us the most trusted brand in hockey.

 

Want to join our team as a Partnership & Growth Initiatives Specialist?

In this high-impact role, the Partnership & Growth Initiatives Specialist will support the Partnership & Growth Initiatives department by bringing operational excellence, planning rigor, and executional discipline to new revenue-generating opportunities involving brand strategy, partnerships, licensing, content and joint ventures for Bauer Hockey. This role will operate as the connective tissue between big-picture ideas and flawless execution connecting business development with key internal functions. It will champion best-in-class process, project management, and marketing operations. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and scale a new business division within one of the most iconic brands in sports.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:

Operations & Project Management

  • Translate strategic partnership and licensing concepts into structured work plans with clear timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.
  • Build and manage integrated project timelines (WBS) across functions: brand, legal, creative, marketing, and finance and ensure cross-functional accountability.
  • Support initiative reviews, track progress against milestones, and ensure cross-functional accountability.
  • Ensure initiatives are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with Bauer’s brand, standards, and growth goals.
  • Establish and maintain an operating rhythm: weekly division meetings, milestone check-ins, and executive updates.
  • Prepare division lead for all internal and external meetings with relevant data, briefs, and insights.
  • Recommend and implement tools (Airtable, Smartsheet, Monday.com, etc.) to improve planning, tracking, and communication.
  • Own the division’s operational knowledge base, including process docs, templates, and SOPs.

Budget Oversight & Vendor Coordination

  • Track budgets, forecasts, and expenses across all partner and licensing projects.
  • Manage royalty payments, vendor invoices, and reconciliations.
  • Coordinate external partners (licensing agents, production firms, consultants) from contracting through delivery.

Performance Tracking & Reporting

  • Build and maintain dashboards to track initiative status, KPIs, and commercial performance.
  • Monitor metrics such as revenue contribution, deal timelines, partner performance, and renewal cycles.
  • Deliver regular reporting to senior leadership with actionable insights.
  • Proactively identify and solve gaps in planning, communication, or resourcing.

Event Management

  • Support and participate in events across North America at events/launches, photo shoots and grassroots experiences on and off ice.
  • Travel required as needed to manage and execute events.

Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience in operations, project management, business planning, or related roles—ideally supporting new business, licensing, or innovation teams.
  • Proven track record managing complex cross-functional projects from concept through delivery.
  • Skilled in creating timelines, structuring workflows, and optimizing team operations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate at all levels of organization.
  • Experience using project management tools and dashboards (Airtable, Asana, Monday, etc.).
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and calm under pressure.
  • Adjust quickly to changing priorities and business needs.
  • Travel as needed and/or required by essential job functions.

 

Interested yet? Good. We are, too. We're pretty sure you’ll want to know this position is eligible to participate in the Company’s incentive plan. We also offer one of the most generous benefits packages around including a 401(k) plan with employer match, paid parental leave, an employee discount program on apparel and gear, casual & hybrid work environment and a host of other perks we don't have room to mention here.

 

We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and are an equal opportunity employer.

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