Strategic Partner Manager, Business Messaging (15 months maternity cover)

Meta; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading internet company is seeking a Business Messaging Partner Manager to drive growth through strategic partnerships across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in partnerships and product roles in EMEA. Responsibilities include advising partners on business growth strategies, identifying market opportunities, and influencing product development. This role offers the chance to work with key partners and drive innovative solutions for business growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in partnerships, product, or sales roles.
• Strong understanding of technology and digital marketing landscape.
• Demonstrable project management and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Be the strategic advisor to partner’s business growth.
• Identify and translate market opportunities into strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to influence partner product development.

Skills

Business Messaging expertise

Partnership management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Project management

Job description

Summary

Meta is seeking a strategic and results-oriented Business Messaging Partner Manager in our global Monetization Partnerships organization. The mission of Monetization Partnerships is to be the engine for business growth and innovation through partnerships. The ecosystem of partnerships spans many countries and ranges from startup ad tech to measurement, creative, messaging, signals and commerce companies in developing markets and works as an integral aspect of Meta's multi-billion-dollar global advertising business. This role will work with some of the most influential and exciting Business Messaging partners in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to drive business growth and innovation for clients and partners both in EMEA and globally. This role requires an experienced business development and partnerships professional who enjoys working with partners, products and people.

Required Skills

Strategic Partner Manager, Business Messaging (15 months maternity cover) Responsibilities:

1. Be the strategic advisor to the partner’s business growth to accelerate long term revenue and future-proof the strategic direction of the partner
2. Identify and translate market opportunities and challenges into a well-defined strategy that will accelerate the growth of the ecosystem in EMEA
3. Act as CEO of the partnership - Unlock revenue and value through an understanding of partner’s business models, positioning and risks
4. Work with partners, across different stages of the partnership life cycle (emerging or established) to focus on their go-to-market plans with their clients, across WhatsApp, Instagram Direct and Facebook Messenger platforms
5. Map the Messaging ecosystem to identify upcoming technological trends
6. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence partner product development efforts both shorter term feature requests and long-term strategic roadmap
7. Become a thought-leader and exhibit confidence in presenting Meta to C-suite executives
8. Represent the team in events and evangelize the program to the industry and developer partners
9. Drive product adoption and growth as well as provide on-going education about new and existing Meta marketing products, especially those that leverage APIs and other advanced technology

Minimum Qualifications

1. 8+ years experience in partnerships, product or sales roles
2. Demonstrable understanding of how technology works, including an interest for Meta products and the digital marketing landscape
3. Proven experience in working successfully with cross-functional peers and stakeholders, both internally and externally
4. Demonstrable project management and quantitative analytical skills, including building Go-To-Market plans
5. Experience leading and executing multiple important projects in parallel
6. Experience operating with high degree of autonomy
7. Willingness to travel internationally

Preferred Qualifications

1. Extensive experience in using data to come up with executive summaries and business cases that drive decision-making and investments
2. Experience working in EMEA
3. Experience driving growth through technology and product integrations is a major plus. We are looking for a business-oriented professional that has an ability to understand how to utilize Meta’s products in order to drive growth with Partners
4. Can demonstrate an interest in Advertising, Business Messaging and Social commerce impact for Large clients and SMBs
5. Experience driving growth through GTM (Go-to-market) hands-on

Industry

Internet