Manager, Partner Marketing

About the role

As Manager, Content Partnerships Marketing, you will lead the development and execution of marketing strategies that support LeapSpace’s content partner ecosystem. You will work cross-functionally with Product, Global Communications, Legal, Sales, and Marketing teams to operationalize partner-related messaging, support partner awareness and co-marketing initiatives, and enable customer-facing teams to confidently communicate the value of content partnerships. This role requires strong stakeholder management, messaging discipline, and the ability to navigate complex partner relationships in a highly matrixed global organization. You will serve as a central coordination point between Product and commercial teams, ensuring partner-related marketing activities are strategically aligned, contractually compliant, and commercially effective. This role reports into the LeapSpace Solution Marketing organization within the R&L Audience Marketing team. The responsibilities align closely with Elsevier’s broader post-launch GTM and sales enablement priorities for LeapSpace.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Global Communications, and Legal teams to maintain partner-related messaging frameworks and ensure consistent market positioning.
• Translate Product-defined value propositions into messaging kits and customer-facing narratives for Marketing, Sales, ACE, and Field teams.
• Ensure messaging stays current as partnerships, product capabilities, and market dynamics evolve.
• Coordinate partner marketing approvals, including branding, logos, and IP-related usage across LeapSpace marketing assets and experiences.
• Develop scalable co-marketing approaches and maintain relationships with partner marketing and communications stakeholders.
• Stay aligned on contractual obligations and partner sensitivities through ongoing collaboration with Product and partner management teams.
• Support partner business development and product awareness through websites, showcase pages, collateral, webinars, events, and coordinated marketing campaigns.
• Partner with Global Communications on press releases, social media, and partner announcements.
• Coordinate with ACE and Field Marketing teams to execute integrated promotional activities.
• Maintain consistent sales messaging related to partnerships, content coverage, and strategic positioning.
• Develop and update sales-facing assets including pitch deck content, briefs, FAQs, and training materials.
• Serve as the primary contact for partner-related sales questions and enablement support.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of experience in B2B marketing, partner marketing, product marketing, or related roles within SaaS, information services, publishing, or research technology.
• Deliver strong messaging, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Legal, Communications, Sales, and Marketing teams.
• Experience supporting partner or ecosystem marketing initiatives and sales enablement programs.
• Have exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a matrixed organization.
• Able to translate complex partnership structures into clear, customer-centric messaging.
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving, post-launch, or transformational environments.
• Familiarity with academic research workflows, scholarly publishing, or research information services. (Valued not required).
• Experience supporting AI-enabled products or technology platforms.
• Experience working with strategic partnerships, licensing relationships, or content ecosystems. (Highly valued).
• Experience coordinating global marketing programs across regions and audiences.
• Have bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or related field; advanced degree is valued.

Benefits

• Healthy work-life balance and flexible working options