Global Partnerships & Solutions Leader

Merkle Italia; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Dentsu Solutions in London or Manchester seeks a Global Partnership & Solutions Executive to drive delivery of the SPI programme, coordinating milestones, diaries and cross-functional teams across product, technology, finance, legal, marketing and operations.

You will plan partner events, track budgets, and prepare updates for senior leaders while handling confidential information with discretion and delivering timely decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in project coordination, programme or business operations, partnerships, communications or executive support.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills: you can maintain plans, milestones, actions and documentation while managing competing deadlines.
• Experience coordinating senior diaries, meetings or events, including scheduling, briefing materials, logistics and follow-up.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to prepare briefings, presentations or updates for senior leaders, partners and other stakeholders.
• The judgement to handle confidential diaries, financial information, contracts and partner activity with discretion, and to progress work through stakeholders without direct authority.
• A proactive, detail-focused approach to gathering information from multiple sources, anticipating issues and following work through to completion.
• Experience supporting invoicing, purchase orders, contracts or approval workflows would be helpful.
• Familiarity with media or advertising services and enterprise partners such as Google, Meta or Amazon would also be useful.

Responsibilities

• Track milestones, actions, timelines, risks and dependencies across projects and partner workstreams; follow up on commitments and escalate delays or unresolved issues.
• Coordinate statements of work and related commercial, financial and legal processes, including contracts, approvals, purchase orders, invoicing, billing and revenue tracking.
• Keep project, contractual, financial, governance and compliance records accurate and ready for programme management and partner reporting.
• Support SPI leaders with diary management, meeting scheduling, agendas, briefing materials, travel arrangements, action tracking and follow-up.
• Coordinate internal and partner meetings, making sure the right people, materials and logistics are in place and agreed actions are progressed.
• Plan partner events, workshops and market roadshows, including stakeholder coordination, materials, travel and logistics.
• Coordinate marketing, PR and internal communications, from leadership briefings and OpCo updates to newsletters, product opportunities and programme announcements.
• Gather and summarise intelligence from markets, partners and internal teams, including competitor, media and technology trends; help coordinate training, case studies and adoption communications.

Skills

Project coordination

Executive support

Stakeholder management

Diary management

Meeting planning

Contracts & invoicing

Tools

Invoicing systems

Job description

Dentsu Solutions in London or Manchester seeks a Global Partnership & Solutions Executive to drive delivery of the SPI programme, coordinating milestones, diaries and cross-functional teams across product, technology, finance, legal, marketing and operations.

You will plan partner events, track budgets, and prepare updates for senior leaders while handling confidential information with discretion and delivering timely decisions.