Luxury Brand Partnerships Manager – France

Editorialist; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Editorialist seeks a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow its merchant partner network across French luxury brands and boutiques, based in Paris. You will own prospecting, pipeline development, and early partner relationships, collaborating with the Director of BD to move opportunities to deal closure.

Ideal candidates have 4–7 years in luxury fashion business development or related roles, with a strong French network and fluency in French; English is a plus.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in business development, wholesale, partnerships, or account management in luxury fashion or adjacent sector.

Responsibilities

• Own prospecting and outreach for French luxury brands, fashion houses, and multi-brand boutiques.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of merchant partnership opportunities with GMV projections.
• Conduct discovery meetings and tailor pitches to partner distribution strategies.
• Qualify opportunities and brief the Director of BD ahead of negotiations.
• Support deal structuring and negotiation for strategic partnerships.
• Coordinate with Ops, Account Management, and Engineering for onboarding partners.
• Maintain relationships with brand contacts across buying, e-commerce, wholesale, and PR.
• Attend trade shows and boutique visits across French-speaking regions.
• Monitor market intelligence and share insights with the team.

Skills

Business development

Wholesale

Partnerships

Account management

Job description

Editorialist seeks a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow its merchant partner network across French luxury brands and boutiques, based in Paris. You will own prospecting, pipeline development, and early partner relationships, collaborating with the Director of BD to move opportunities to deal closure.

Ideal candidates have 4–7 years in luxury fashion business development or related roles, with a strong French network and fluency in French; English is a plus.