Manager, Marketplace & Partnerships - Platforms

About the role

The Manager, Platforms role reports to the Director and manages partnerships across programmatic and digital first partners, both internally and externally. This role supports all aspects of partnership operations and management, including strategy creation, execution, negotiation, communication, and partnership delivery against core objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day needs and communication of partnerships, ensuring excellence in execution with team support
• Own various reporting needs, providing analytical support and insights to inform partnership strategy and business decisions
• Support team leadership to execute strategic vision
• Be a subject-matter-expert in assigned specialism within the Platform team
• Work closely with Investment, Activation, and Amplifi Solutions to ensure partnership approach meets the needs of our clients and aligns to dentsu standards
• Inform and educate Investment & Activation teams on new and updated partner offerings, agreements, and deal details
• Create and execute dentsu and client partnership agreements
• Support strategic planning and partner initiatives through the development of executive-ready presentations and materials
• Stay current on partner, industry, and marketplace developments, serving as a source of insight and education for internal teams
• Be seen as an integrator and problem solver both internally and externally

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (marketing, advertising, business, math, communications preferred)
• 4+ years’ experience within the media industry as a partnership or investment member
• Consistent and exceptional project management
• Ability to properly delegate tasks, multitask and keep deadlines
• Thoughtful verbal and written communications, presentation, and analytical skills
• MSFT product suite expertise (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Ability to retain professionalism in all situations
• Team player with “go-getter” demeanor
• Passion for problem-solving and collaboration across teams
• Ability to translate complex ideas into actionable solutions

Additional Information

• Annual salary range: $75,000 - $95,000
• Benefits available with this position include: Medical, vision, and dental insurance, Life insurance, Short-term and long-term disability insurance, 401k, Flexible paid time off, At least 15 paid holidays per year, Paid sick and safe leave, and Paid parental leave
• Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.