Responsibilities

• Building and prioritizing a global partnership target list
• Researching organizations, conferences, decision makers, sponsors, board members, and partnership opportunities
• Creating customized partnership angles for different audience segments
• Reaching out to partnership, sponsorship, executive, and membership contacts
• Booking qualified partnership conversations
• Developing partnership packages such as member benefits, webinars, co-branded reports, newsletter placements, sponsored resources, and “official partner” opportunities
• Following up consistently and managing the partnership pipeline
• Collecting sponsorship decks and evaluating whether paid opportunities are worthwhile
• Helping position the company as an industry intelligence partner, not just another vendor
• Tracking outreach, responses, objections, calls, deliverables, and results in a CRM or spreadsheet

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, sponsorships, partner marketing, media partnerships, association partnerships, or a similar role
• Proven experience identifying, contacting, and developing relationships with organizations, associations, conferences, media companies, agencies, SaaS companies, or professional communities
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Experience creating outbound partnership campaigns, including target research, customized messaging, follow-up, and pipeline tracking
• Ability to communicate with executives, founders, association leaders, sponsorship teams, and senior industry professionals
• Strong judgment in evaluating which partnership opportunities are worth pursuing
• Ability to think strategically while also executing consistently
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment