Ireland Automotive Partnerships Lead

Geely Auto UK; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Geely Auto Ireland is seeking ambitious automotive professionals to build a new national business from the ground up, backed by Geely's global automotive tech group.

The role spans strategic partnerships, brand activation, stakeholder management, market analysis and commercial planning across Ireland, with opportunities to lead campaigns, events and collaborations driving awareness and customer engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Marketing, Business, Communications or a related discipline preferred.
• Proven experience within business development, partnerships, sponsorship, events or commercial marketing roles.
• Experience within automotive, retail, lifestyle or consumer-facing sectors advantageous.
• Strong understanding of partnership development, stakeholder management and brand activation activities.
• Experience supporting events, launches and customer engagement programmes.
• Strong communication and relationship management capability.
• Existing relationships within Irish commercial, events or automotive sectors advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify and support development of strategic partnership and collaboration opportunities aligned with Geely Auto Ireland’s commercial and brand objectives.
• Develop relationships with key commercial, community and industry stakeholders across the Irish market.
• Support evaluation and implementation of sponsorship, experiential and collaborative marketing opportunities.
• Assist with negotiation and coordination of partnership agreements and commercial collaboration activities.
• Identify opportunities to support brand awareness, lead generation and customer engagement through external partnerships.
• Support planning and delivery of experiential marketing activity, launch activations and promotional initiatives.
• Coordinate commercial support activities linked to retailer launches, public events and customer engagement programmes.
• Work collaboratively with Marketing, PR and Dealer Marketing teams to support integrated campaign execution.
• Support development of locally relevant activation opportunities aligned with Irish market requirements.
• Assist with event planning, operational coordination and stakeholder engagement activities.

Skills

Communication

Relationship management

Business development

Partnerships & sponsorships

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications

Job description

Geely Auto Ireland is seeking ambitious automotive professionals to build a new national business from the ground up, backed by Geely's global automotive tech group.

The role spans strategic partnerships, brand activation, stakeholder management, market analysis and commercial planning across Ireland, with opportunities to lead campaigns, events and collaborations driving awareness and customer engagement.