Manager - Partnerships

The Manager will operate alongside the Director to manage Ecosystems partners both internally and externally. This role will be responsible for supporting in all aspects of partnership operations and management across their adjacent media channels including - supporting the creation of partnership strategy for their specialism, ensuring excellence in execution of assigned partnerships, including negotiating and delivering partnership agreements, managing communications with assigned partners and ensuring partnerships delivery against core objectives. The manager will also be tasked with creating and distributing internal resources and communications with the support of the Director and VP, Partnerships. The Manager will work with the team to ensure their core responsibilities contribute towards a cohesive Partnership strategy and vision for dentsu. 

This role aligns across several departments within dentsu – including technology, media, investment, innovation, activation, trading and planning therefore an ability to work with multiple stakeholders to create solutions for all is essential. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Relationship management across key partnerships 
• Manage day-to-day need and communication of the partnerships, ensuring excellence in execution with team support 
• Distribution of pertinent information to the correct stakeholders 
• Own various reporting needs 
• Support the team leadership to execute strategic vision 
• Be a subject-matter-expert in assigned specialism within the Partnership team 
• Work closely with Investment, Activation, and Amplifi (trading) to ensure partnership approach meets the needs of our clients and aligns to dentsu standards 
• Inform and educate Investment & Activation teams on partner new and updated deal details  
• Support the creation and execution of dentsu and client agreements  
• Be seen as an integrator and problem solver both internally and externally driving partners and maintaining on-time engagement across several variables 
• Support on client business where needed to build custom partnership plans and subject-matter-expertise of partner landscape. 
• Participate in new business as subject-matter-expert in specialism and/or Partnership leader on value proposition for potential client. 

We are looking for candidates who can deliver sustainable growth, think strategically, and retain focus in a fast-changing environment. The ideal candidate brings rigor to a multi-disciplinary business with the ability to work across many stakeholders.  

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree (marketing, advertising, business, communications preferred) 
• 3.5+ years of experience within the media industry as a partnership or investment member  
• Microsoft product suite expertise (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)  

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