Head of Partnerships, APAC

Dentsu Aegis Network; Singapore; On-site; SGD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global marketing agency is seeking a Head of Partnerships for APAC to design innovative partnership strategies that accelerate business growth. The role requires 7-10 years of relevant experience, particularly in digital media, and a strong ability to influence across the organization. You will collaborate with media partners and internal teams to champion the agency’s vision in a fast-paced environment, ensuring all initiatives align with both local and global needs.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in an agency environment or relevant fields.
• Strong knowledge of the digital media ecosystem and adtech.
• Ability to translate partners capabilities into solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated partnerships with strategic media partners.
• Develop and implement dentsu's overall partnership strategy.
• Drive results in local markets and ensure tangible benefits.

Skills

Knowledge of media ecosystem

Strong communication skills

Multi-market experience in APAC

Ability to influence and present

Job description

Job Description

The Head of Partnerships, APAC, is a crucial role in the design and delivery of innovative partnership strategies between dentsu, its clients and the media ecosystem that help to accelerate business growth and position dentsu as an agency built for the Algorithmic Era.

About Dentsu

Led by Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004), a pure holding company established on January 1, 2020, the Dentsu Group encompasses two operational networks: dentsu japan network, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations in Japan, and dentsu international, its international business headquarters in London, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations outside of Japan.

With a strong presence in approximately 145 countries and regions across five continents and with 65,000 dedicated professionals, the Dentsu Group provides a comprehensive range of client‑centric integrated communications, media and digital services through its five leadership brands—Carat, dentsu X, iProspect, Dentsu Creative, and Merkle—as well as through Dentsu Japan Network companies, including Dentsu Inc., the world’s largest single brand agency with a history of innovation. The Group is also active in the production and marketing of sports and entertainment content on a global scale.

Job Title

Head of Partnerships, APAC

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integrated partnerships with dentsu’s largest and most strategic media partners, including global media platforms as well as emerging APAC platforms and local giants.
• Own the design, development and implementation of dentsu’s overall partnership strategy, aligned with dentsu’s global enterprise strategy tailored for the particular needs of APAC.
• Drive results and outcomes in local markets and ensure dentsu markets benefit tangibly from our aggregated marketplace clout and the depth of our global media partnerships.
• Understand and engage with dentsu’s “Media++” strategy, where media is the flywheel for client growth, and work proactively with media partners to extract the capability required to deliver on our Media++ vision.
• Work with strategy teams to champion the power of media partnerships to propel our strategic roadmap across creative, strategy, production‑led content, data, and technology. Serve as the primary partner‑facing leader who ensures teams are empowered to identify and realise ambitions.
• Act as a strategic bridge between strategy, technology product development, and our media partners, harnessing partner insights, creativity, and emerging opportunities to spark breakthrough innovation, fuel new product development, and deliver true industry firsts.
• Collaborate closely with strategy and creative teams to shape and scale dentsu’s influencer programme, bringing together the strengths of our media partners, top talent, and creative excellence to deliver measurable cultural and commercial impact.
• Work hand‑in‑hand with analytics and effectiveness teams to align partner measurement programmes with dentsu APAC’s regional analytics vision, ensuring we set new benchmarks for effectiveness, accountability, and data‑enhanced storytelling.
• Lead the client innovation agenda with the client leadership community; proactively identifying growth opportunities for our clients and ensuring our clients benefit tangibly from the depth of our global/regional/local media partnerships.
• Work collaboratively with global teams, other regional teams, and local markets to deliver a partnership strategy that is unique to APAC but aligned to whole‑of‑business needs.
• Deliver all workstreams in tandem with our commercial community, to ensure our media partnership initiatives contribute to dentsu’s commercial ambitions.
• Be a key spokesperson for dentsu’s strategic Algorithmic Era positioning, effectively communicating with partners, clients and the industry on dentsu’s differentiation and value proposition.

Experience & Skillsets Required

• 7-10 years of experience, ideally in an agency environment (open for investment, partnerships, client leadership and strategy backgrounds)
• Strong knowledge of the media ecosystem, particularly digital, with an appropriate level of adtech & martech experience to meaningfully scale related projects across our agency network in APAC.
• Strategically and creatively oriented in translating partners capabilities into solutions.
• Multi‑market experience in APAC is preferred.
• Highly articulate, well organized, able to communicate effectively and influence across the organization.
• Comfortable presenting to small and large groups.
• Comfortable in a fast pace environment and able to independently navigate challenges and ambiguity.

Dentsu Values

Will live the dentsu 8 Ways at all times: We Dream Loud, We Inspire Change, We Team Without Limits, We All Lead, We Make It Real, We Climb High, We Choose Excitement, We Are A Force For Good

Inclusion and Diversity

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That’s what we care about.

So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

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Location: Singapore

Brand: Dentsu Apac

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent