Global Partnerships Director

Assembly Global; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Partnerships Director to lead global strategic initiatives. This role involves managing key relationships with partners like Google, ensuring alignment across regions, and driving innovative solutions in cloud and adtech. The ideal candidate will thrive in a high-performance environment, showcasing their ability to build impactful partnerships that enhance client outcomes and agency growth. If you are passionate about collaboration and innovation, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic agency setting.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Health and Wellness Programs

Professional Development Opportunities

Team Building Activities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing global strategic partnerships and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong understanding of cloud and AI-based solutions is essential.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to global partnerships and drive innovation for clients.
• Track partnership progress and communicate updates to the executive team.

Skills

Strategic Partnerships

Cloud Solutions

AdTech

Marketing Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Business or Related Field

Tools

Communication Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

About Us

We are a growth mind-set, meritocratic, and high-performance business with a progressive outlook in all that we do. We are a digital first agency – working with some of the world's most famous and innovative brands to deliver both performance and omnichannel media solutions.

As our business changes and evolves, we are looking for someone to help deliver our global strategic partnerships. Your role is to deliver the strategic partnership, globally, across Google and other key partners that we have an elevated, deep, strategic relationship with. An evergreen relationship across innovation, strategic and commercial initiatives requires a dedicated owner to then work with delivery, our regions around the world to align on the opportunities and to deliver against our elements of partnership.

Overview

The Partnerships Director will be part of the global product team and work into the Europe CEO directly. Strategic partnerships require focus and delivery and this role is to ensure we have all stakeholders on track and aware of the partnership progression.

A JBP will guide and cover elements from channel innovation, cloud, adtech, beta’s, strategy and marketing, meaning you will work across a vast spectrum of senior stakeholders in NA, MENA, Europe and APAC as well as with the global team.

Responsibilities

1. Contribute to the construction and delivery of global partnerships, to benefit our clients and regions through innovation, presence, opportunity creation and advanced work in areas such as cloud.
2. Be proactive in taking advantage of global opportunities with our partners and mobilizing the agency around them.
3. Clearly track and visualize the progress to partner goals.
4. Regularly update executive team on partnership progress, challenges and barriers with solutions of how to solve them.
5. High frequency of communication with vendor partner leads and form strong relationships with each of them.
6. Bring together key parts of the org design to deliver and build into our partnerships.
7. Be aware of what's next – positively drive and influence the roadmap of our partnerships.
8. Have a point of view on how to develop cloud and AI based solutions.
9. Be in pitches as and when required to do so.
10. Build marketing collateral showcasing our partnerships and the client impact of our work together.
11. Drive fame for our partnerships in creative ways, internally to the agency, to our clients and to our markets.
12. Ensure that all partnerships are contributing positively to the overall growth of the agency, and they are delivering on client needs.
13. Build internal materials to educate, induct and drive the right engagement with our partnerships across all levels, on a regular and frequent basis.

Qualifications

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Social and Environmental Responsibility

At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours.