This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Brand Partner Marketing Manager based in United States.
This role offers the opportunity to shape how a leading technology organization connects with audiences through meaningful cultural partnerships.
You will develop and lead strategic collaborations that strengthen brand relevance, expand reach, and create lasting impact.
The position combines cultural insight, creative strategy, relationship building, and cross-functional execution.
You will identify emerging opportunities across industries, platforms, and communities while ensuring strong alignment with brand values.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in partnerships, marketing strategy, and audience engagement, with the ability to turn ideas into impactful programs.
This is a high-visibility role for a strategic and creative marketer who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Brand Partner Marketing Manager based in United States.
This role offers the opportunity to shape how a leading technology organization connects with audiences through meaningful cultural partnerships.
You will develop and lead strategic collaborations that strengthen brand relevance, expand reach, and create lasting impact.
The position combines cultural insight, creative strategy, relationship building, and cross-functional execution.
You will identify emerging opportunities across industries, platforms, and communities while ensuring strong alignment with brand values.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in partnerships, marketing strategy, and audience engagement, with the ability to turn ideas into impactful programs.
This is a high-visibility role for a strategic and creative marketer who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments.
Accountabilities
- Develop and execute a brand partnership strategy focused on identifying opportunities that enhance cultural relevance, audience connection, and long-term brand impact.
- Build and manage a pipeline of strategic partnerships with influential individuals, organizations, platforms, and institutions across relevant cultural categories.
- Evaluate partnership opportunities based on audience relevance, values alignment, credibility, creative potential, and strategic value.
- Lead partnership initiatives from concept development through execution, including strategy, negotiations, creative development, campaigns, events, experiences, and activations.
- Serve as the primary marketing lead for key external partners, building trusted relationships and ensuring successful collaboration.
- Create compelling partnership narratives and value propositions that clearly communicate shared goals and mutual benefits.
- Collaborate with internal teams across brand, creative, communications, partnerships, legal, research, and regional functions to bring initiatives to life.
- Identify opportunities across areas such as entertainment, sports, design, education, science, arts, and other cultural spaces to connect with priority audiences.
- Establish frameworks for identifying, prioritizing, and managing partnership opportunities across markets and categories.
- Define success metrics and evaluate partnership performance using audience insights, engagement data, cultural signals, and brand impact indicators.
- Translate market trends and learnings into recommendations that improve future partnership strategies.
- Maintain strong brand integrity by ensuring partnerships align with organizational values, standards, and long-term objectives.
- 12+ years of experience in brand partnerships, cultural marketing, strategic partnerships, integrated marketing, entertainment marketing, sports marketing, or a related field.
- Proven experience creating partnerships that increased brand relevance, expanded audience reach, or strengthened credibility with key communities.
- Strong cultural awareness and the ability to identify influential people, organizations, platforms, and ideas shaping audience behaviors.
- Excellent brand judgment with the ability to assess partnership opportunities based on authenticity, strategic alignment, creative potential, and long-term value.
- Demonstrated ability to transform early-stage concepts into successful partnership strategies and executed programs.
- Experience developing campaigns, content, events, experiences, or activations with external partners.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to collaborate with executives, creators, institutions, and diverse external stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate complex missions and ideas into compelling partnership opportunities that feel authentic and valuable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence influencing senior stakeholders internally and externally.
- Ability to operate effectively in highly cross-functional, fast-paced, and ambiguous environments.
- Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives, partners, and priorities simultaneously.
- Experience using audience insights, brand research, and performance data to measure impact and improve strategies.
- Competitive compensation range of $374,000 - $415,000 USD, plus equity opportunities.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
- Retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions.
- Flexible remote work environment.
- Paid parental leave, medical leave, and caregiver leave programs.
- Flexible paid time off and company holidays.
- Mental health and wellness support resources.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance coverage.
- Annual learning and development stipend to support professional growth.
- Meal benefits, office meals, and eligible meal delivery support.
- Relocation assistance for eligible employees.
- Additional wellness and employee support benefits.