Strategic Partnerships Manager (Onsite - NY)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key leaders at Wearables Partners and internally, effectively communicating strategic recommendations, influencing outcomes, and providing detailed updates.
• Drive key leadership meetings and effectively communicate strategic recommendations and updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure strategic and cross-ecosystems view of key partners in preparation for executive meetings, escalations and deal negotiations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, strategic response, legal, policy, communications, marketing) to ensure preparation for any partner meetings or public engagements with background information, goals, and materials, and to ensure accurate representation of our strategy.
• Develop and manage partnership strategies from deal development to product launches, focusing on growth and delivering results.
• Identify and analyze complex business problems, develop novel solutions, and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Mitigate risks, manage escalations to internal and external executives, and identify opportunities through mapping partner landscape, data analysis, and gaining a holistic partner perspective.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in a partner-facing role in technology consumer electronics industries, with a focus on managing complex deals and partnerships.
• Sound business judgment and experience prioritizing and triaging partner-related issues, solution-finding, and motivating internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly strategic and experienced in leading cross-functional teams to orchestrate planning to bring new products to market and mitigate risks associated with in-market products. This includes interpreting legal documents and working with attorneys.
• Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, highly organized, and excellent communication skills.
• BA/BS Degree. Preferred MBA degree.
• Business experience in consumer electronics, accessories and devices partnerships, partner management, consulting.
• Strong technical competence or tech-curious and motivated to learn.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and experience developing strong working relationships, garner respect, and grow influence inside and outside a product organization.
• Skilled at navigating, understanding, and enforcing contracts.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for business engagements.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree. Preferred MBA degree.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in consumer electronics, accessories and devices partnerships, partner management, consulting.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge of legal documents and contract management.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications. Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements).

• Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA.
• Accrued PTO: Up to 15 days per 12 months on assignment.

Pay

Competitive salary range for this position.

Schedule

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements).