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Organization:

Sporty Group

Job:

Business Development Manager - Communications & Growth Partnerships

Location:

EMEA - Remote

Published:

18-02-2026

Deadline/Expiry date:

27-02-2026

About the job

About The Role Sporty Group is looking for a Communications & Growth Partnerships Lead to own customer communications and regional marketing partnerships. This role blends channel optimization, localization, and commercial partnerships to drive growth at scale.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Identify, negotiate, and manage marketing partnerships across Africa & LATAM
  • Optimize WhatsApp, SMS, and email performance (delivery, open, CTR, cost)
  • Align communications with marketing, product, and lifecycle campaigns
  • Work closely with Marketing, Prod and Ops for localization of messaging, creatives, and campaigns per market
  • Plan and track regional activations and partnerships - including but not limited to strategic billboards, payment partnership campaigns, affiliate marketing etc
  • Measure ROI and performance across owned and partner channels
  • Onboard new communication channel partners, and manage existing Bulk SMS, email, and communication partners for cost optimization


What You'll Bring
  • 6+ years in growth, communications, or partnerships
  • Hands-on experience with messaging platforms and lifecycle marketing
  • Strong commercial and negotiation skills
  • Experience working across multiple regions and cultures
  • Comfortable to travel for local activations and market studies in existing and emerging markets for sporty
  • Data-driven and execution-focused
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential


What's In It For You
  • Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
  • A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
  • 28 days paid annual leave
  • Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
  • Top of the line equipment
  • Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities


If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.

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