Strategic Accounts Manager

Foreign Policy; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits program

Subsidized medical plans

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

A global media company is seeking a Strategic Accounts Manager to join the Strategic Partnerships Team. This role focuses on business development and client management, enhancing output through AI-driven strategies. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in similar fields, strong communication skills, and attention to detail. In this role, you will support partnership growth, craft proposals, and manage client engagements, contributing to innovative media campaigns and analysis.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in partnerships, client solutions, business development, or marketing — ideally in media, communications, advertising, or events.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to follow through on projects.
• Genuine interest in using AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the Strategic Partnerships team in day-to-day activities.
• Identify new partnership opportunities through research.
• Produce polished post-campaign recaps to demonstrate performance.

Skills

Familiarity with AI tools

Strong written and verbal communication

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Entrepreneurial approach

Job description

We're looking for a Strategic Accounts Manager to join our Strategic Partnerships Team. This is a business development and client management role at the intersection of media, ideas, and global affairs — ideal for someone equally comfortable digging into prospecting research, crafting a compelling proposal, and working with clients and across teams to produce the world-class results we’re known for.

You’ll work closely with senior members of the partnerships team and directly with clients, playing a key role in growing FP's commercial partnerships across events, analysis, podcasts, thought leadership, and integrated media campaigns.

What You'll Do

Business Development

• Support the Strategic Partnerships team in day-to-day activities aimed at growing the business and fulflling client engagements, including implementing AI-driven strategies to enhance output and efficiency
• Identify and help to initiate new partnership opportunities through research, landscape analysis, and proactive outreach (including cold email campaigns)
• Develop compelling proposals that integrate FP's full suite of platforms and align with client objectives
• Proactively generate new ideas for events, analysis, podcasts, and thought leadership campaigns to pitch to prospective clients

Client Management & Delivery

• Produce polished post-campaign recaps (using PowerPoint) for all projects that demonstrate performance and position FP for follow-on work
• Support the delivery of media partnerships that expand FP's reach with new audiences
• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for clients, coordinating deliverables, managing timelines, and ensuring a high standard of execution

Operations & Research

• Apply AI tools thoughtfully to enhance research, proposal production, and workflow efficiency, particularly when rethinking existing processes and undertaking new projects
• Draft and finalize standard client contracts
• Maintain and update prospect lists, subscriber databases, and event attendance records to identify leads
• Support quarterly client prospecting events (breakfasts, webinars)

What We're Looking For

Required

• Familiarity with AI tools and a genuine interest in using them to work smarter
• 3+ years of experience in partnerships, client solutions, business development, or marketing — ideally in media, communications, advertising, or events
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail
• Comfort managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment
• A track record of ownership: you follow through, you don't drop balls, and you push work across the finish line while meeting deadlines
• Entrepreneurial approach to work with an ability to toggle between the big picture and minute details

Preferred

• Experience with proposal writing and/or post-campaign reporting
• Professional or personal interest in foreign policy, international affairs, or global business
• Experience with cold outreach or lead generation

Salary range: $75,000 - $85,000Foreign Policy offers a comprehensive benefits program that gives eligible employees the flexibility to choose the right benefits for themselves and their families. There are three subsidized medical plans, a vision plan, and two dental plans, provided by Aetna, which can be paired with flexible spending accounts.

About Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy is a global media company dedicated to explaining the world's most complex issues — from geopolitics and security to climate, trade, and culture. Beyond our flagship magazine, FP encompasses FP Analytics (original research on gender parity, technology, climate, and more), an award-winning podcast division (I Spy, Ones and Tooze, FP Live), and an Events Team that convenes senior leaders from government, business, and civil society worldwide.