Strategic Partnerships & Operations Leader

The Washington Post; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 92,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

Pension & 401(k) match

Vacation & sick leave

Holidays & parental leave

Mental health resources

Free Post digital subscription

Job summary

The Washington Post is seeking a seasoned Partnerships Operations Leader to transform partnership strategies into scalable, repeatable programs. You will align cross-functional teams and drive launches of AI licensing, content distribution, subscriptions, and related revenue models.

With 5+ years in business operations or related roles, you’ll design governance structures, playbooks, and dashboards that enable fast, low-risk execution across strategic partnerships while ensuring sustainable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Operations, Engineering, Computer Science, Project Management, or related field.
• 5+ years in business operations or related strategic operations function.
• Experience translating commercial objectives into operational requirements and scalable execution frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic partnership launches with roadmaps, governance, milestones, and accountability frameworks.
• Translate commercial objectives into scalable operational and technical plans.
• Drive cross-functional implementation across Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Audience, Data & Analytics, Advertising Operations.
• Develop executive-ready dashboards, status reports, and governance communications.
• Identify risks, dependencies and drive continuous improvement across partnerships.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile methods

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Asana

Smartsheet

Job description

The Washington Post is seeking a seasoned Partnerships Operations Leader to transform partnership strategies into scalable, repeatable programs. You will align cross-functional teams and drive launches of AI licensing, content distribution, subscriptions, and related revenue models.

With 5+ years in business operations or related roles, you’ll design governance structures, playbooks, and dashboards that enable fast, low-risk execution across strategic partnerships while ensuring sustainable