Global Media Partnerships Senior Manager

The Boston Consulting Group GmbH; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boston Consulting Group seeks a strategic Senior Manager in Media Partnerships to enhance relationships with top media organizations. This role involves driving media initiatives to position BCG as a thought leader while managing complex negotiations and collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in media partnerships or publishing.
• Proven success in managing complex media negotiations.
• Deep understanding of complex sales cycles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and expand relationships with media organizations and platforms.
• Develop KPIs and monitor media partnership initiatives.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to align media initiatives with business objectives.

Skills

Media Partnership Development

Campaign Management

Stakeholder Management

Data-driven Decision Making

Job description

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a strategic and results-driven Senior Manager, Media Partnerships to lead and expand our relationships with leading media organizations, digital platforms, and content distributors. In this role, you will work at the intersection of brand strategy, media innovation, and commercial collaboration to position BCG as a thought leader and go-to authority across key topics (AI, Cost), audiences (CEOs) and industry/functional audiences.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Strategic Media Partnership Development Brand: Identify, evaluate and develop strategic partnerships with top-tier media outlets, industry publishers and event organisers.
• Integrated Campaign Management: Develop KPI’s and monitor the success of media partnership initiatives, reporting insights to senior leadership using analytics to optimise spend and impact across different channels and formats.
• Stakeholder and Relationship Management: Co-ordinate with a diverse range of internal stakeholders including marketing, communications, sector leadership and subject matter experts to ensure that media initiatives align with business objectives and brand priorities. Externally the senior manager must build trusted relationships with each partner, managing these relationships thoughtfully and diplomatically.
• Data driven decision making and optimisation: An understanding of media partnership data and analytics to evaluate impact, improve efficiencies and inform brand decisions.

What You'll Bring

• Technical & Functional Expertise: 7-10 years of experience in media partnerships or publishing, preferably in a B2B or professional services environment. Experience working in a matrixed or global organization is a plus.
• Proven success in managing complex media negotiations: Demonstrated track record of leading complex media and event negotiations and cultivating high value strategic alliances with top tier publications.
• Strategic Thinking & Insight Generation: Deep understanding of complex sales cycles, buyer personas and enterprise decision making.
• Teaming & Collaboration: Working effectively across diverse teams and geographies to foster a culture of innovation and inclusion.
• Agility & Change Management: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and adapting to evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Who You'll Work With

A core team currently located in London and an extended team of stakeholders, channel and marketing experts located around the world.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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