Strategic Growth & Partnerships Leader

grapevinejobs; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulwell Entertainment in Los Angeles is seeking a senior professional to drive corporate strategy, business development, and partnership operations. You will quickly evaluate opportunities, organize stakeholders, and move high-priority initiatives from idea to execution.

The role requires strong strategic thinking, commercial judgment, financial fluency, and exceptional execution. You’ll navigate ambiguity and coordinate cross-functional teams to accelerate deals and growth.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience across strategy, business development, partnerships, corporate development, consulting, talent representation, media, sports, entertainment, or adjacent industries.

Responsibilities

• Manage priority business development opportunities across Fulwell’s key business areas, including film, television, digital, branded entertainment, live, talent-led ventures, and new IP initiatives
• Evaluate inbound and internally generated opportunities to determine strategic fit, commercial value, required resources, and next steps
• Help structure and advance partnership conversations with talent, brands, distributors, platforms, agencies, production partners, and other external stakeholders
• Translate early-stage opportunities into clear internal materials, business cases, deal summaries, and action plans
• Track active BD workstreams, maintain momentum, and ensure next steps are clearly owned across internal teams
• Drive internal coordination across active opportunities, ensuring stakeholders are aligned, decisions are made efficiently, and key context, risks, and next steps remain visible.
• Support Fulwell’s long-term strategic planning process and help translate company priorities into actionable business development initiatives
• Work closely with senior leadership and department heads to align around priority opportunities, resource needs, deal implications, and execution plans
• Help prepare strategic materials for internal leadership, board discussions, partner conversations, and external pitches
• Synthesize market trends, competitive dynamics, and internal business priorities into clear recommendations
• Create structure around ambiguous opportunities so leadership can make faster and better decisions.
• Build lightweight business plans, financial models, and opportunity assessments for new initiatives
• Evaluate deal economics, revenue potential, cost implications, risk, and strategic upside.
• Support term discussions by helping clarify business logic, deal structure, value drivers, and negotiation priorities
• Read budgets, revenue forecasts, and income statements to assess whether an opportunity is commercially attractive
• Pressure-test whether new ideas can become viable, repeatable, and scalable business opportunities.

Skills

Strategy

Business Development

Partnerships

Corporate Development

Consulting

Media

Entertainment

Leadership

Job description

Fulwell Entertainment in Los Angeles is seeking a senior professional to drive corporate strategy, business development, and partnership operations. You will quickly evaluate opportunities, organize stakeholders, and move high-priority initiatives from idea to execution.

The role requires strong strategic thinking, commercial judgment, financial fluency, and exceptional execution. You’ll navigate ambiguity and coordinate cross-functional teams to accelerate deals and growth.