Global Strategic Partnerships Director (Philippines E-Commerce)

ByteDance; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance, through the GKA Global Partnerships team, seeks a senior collaborator to drive global brand partnerships and strategic initiatives in a fast-growing e-commerce landscape. You will recruit major brands, map strategies, and shape cross-market programs to boost growth and platform engagement.

You will analyze business objectives, implement data-driven improvements, and coordinate with country managers to align client strategies. Travel for business is required to execute global plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years work experience in global brands or eCommerce.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to influence clients.
• Solid understanding of social/livestream e-Commerce and content marketing.
• Willingness to travel abroad for business.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and nurture long-term relationships with top global brands, build strategy, and success metrics.
• Produce GMV-oriented solutions, participate in process design and execution, and summarize conclusions in documents.
• Analyze business settings and objectives, optimize products and services based on data and user feedback.
• Sustain close communication with clients and internal counterparts to maximize strategies and engagement.

Skills

Relationship building

Presentation skills

Social/livestream e-Commerce

Willingness to travel abroad

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Responsibilities

About the Team

As ByteDance e-Commerce continuously expands to more than 16 global markets this 2026, the GKA Global Partnerships (GKA GP) Team is set up to drive both immediate revenue while building long-term industry leadership. Managing $4B+ global brands, top advertisers, and strategic key national retailer groups, the team builds long-term, strategic, trust-based partnerships that fuel growth, engagement, and platform stickiness.

Serving as the hub for global brand strategy, GKA GP leads joint business planning, onboarding, and full-funnel management to ensure consistent execution across regions. By scaling best practices and cross-market insights, the team turns partnerships into a repeatable growth engine— accelerating market entry and strengthening our position as a leading discovery e-Commerce platform around the world.

Responsibilities:

• GKA services and expansion: Recruit and nurture long-term relationships with top global brands (e.g. L'Oreal, Nestle, Unilever, P&G, Samsung, etc.); build and shape the vision, brand mapping, global strategy, approach, coordination, solutions planning, and success metrics.
• Planning & Execution: Produce GKA-based, GMV-oriented solutions; participate in the process design and execution; support the implementation to ensure the completion of the objectives; summarize the conclusions and know-hows into tangible documents, PowerPoint, and mind maps.
• Analyzing business settings & objectives: Responsible for GKA's seller experience, identifying areas of improvement in products and services based on data and user feedback; driving the optimization of products and services by building apt mechanisms and standard processes; Familiar with approaches and policies in e-commerce; provide robust support for business owners to dissect business objectives, sort out priorities, and monitor project progress; analyze the output and efficiency of projects through in-depth analyses and able to produce results.
• Build communication mechanisms: Sustain close communication and alignment with clients and internal counterparts to maximize client strategies, engender trust and ensure smooth landing of collaborative projects. Regularly consult with country Account Managers to enhance brand performance and engagement.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s):

• Bachelor's Degree and above; 5 years+ work experience; Proven experience working in global brands, agencies, and/or eCommerce platforms' key accounts solutions.
• Strong capabilities in relationship building; Able to produce effective presentations and influence clients.
• Have a solid understanding of social/livestream e-Commerce and content marketing.
• Willingness to travel abroad for business.

Preferred Qualification(s):

• Proven direct working experience in a top global brand is a plus.
• International work experience is a plus.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.