Senior Manager, Partnerships Marketing (Disney Entertainment)

New York City, NY (On-site)

$133K/yr – $178K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own and grow a high-performing partnership marketing team while driving global, cross-functional campaigns that deliver subscriber acquisition, engagement, and retention in support of DTC goals.

  • Lead and mentor the team to achieve bold growth targets
  • Align campaigns with Direct-to-Consumer and partner objectives
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration and measurable impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing partnership marketing team, fostering collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous growth.
  • Establish departmental and team priorities aligned with Direct-to-Consumer business objectives and long-term partnership growth strategies.
  • Develop and execute partnership marketing strategies and integrated campaigns that drive subscriber acquisition, engagement, retention, and brand impact.
  • Oversee a portfolio of global strategic partnerships, serving as the senior marketing lead and ensuring alignment between Disney priorities and partner objectives.
  • Partner with senior leadership to shape organizational priorities, allocate resources, manage workflows, and optimize team effectiveness.
  • Present partnership strategies, performance results, subscriber impact, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to senior and executive stakeholders.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across programming, business development, sales, legal, technical account management, product, and marketing teams to deliver joint initiatives.
  • Develop partner growth plans grounded in analytics, establish performance goals, and maintain accountability for measurable outcomes.
  • Monitor partner performance, market shifts, campaign effectiveness, and emerging opportunities, using insights to optimize investment and impact.
  • Anticipate business, operational, and partner implications of decisions, and guide the team through changing priorities and ambiguity.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in partnership marketing, strategic marketing, business development, or related functions within subscription-based, direct-to-consumer, media, streaming, entertainment, or consumer technology organizations.

Preferred

  • Experience managing marketing programs across international markets, time zones, and global cross-functional teams.
  • Experience supporting subscriber growth strategies within streaming or Direct-to-Consumer businesses.
  • Experience with international marketing, co-marketing programs, or partner-funded marketing initiatives.
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, Media, Advertising, or a related field.
  • MBA or other relevant advanced degree.
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$133K/yr – $178K/yr

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