Sr. Director, Enterprise Growth Partnerships Strategy & Scaling

Responsibilities

• Lead and orchestrate the Joint Business Partnerships program for the Mars Inc enterprise, acting as the program facilitator and escalation point for Mars brands, segments, agencies, platforms, and strategic business partners
• Design and drive a strategic, productive, accountable and effectively measured Top to Top relationship between the MMLC and our Top tier Enterprise Growth JBP partners (eg Google, Amazon, Disney and others TBC)
• Drive the continued evolution from traditional JBP ways of working to a more integrated One Mars Planning model, aligning enterprise priorities, partner and internal technology capabilities, investment opportunities, governance expectations, and value creation plans
• Serve as the central connector across segments, capabilities, Commercial, Procurement, Digital Technologies, agency partners, and global platforms to align priorities, unlock synergies, resolve escalations, and maintain delivery momentum
• Owns the Growth Marketing AI agenda, delivered through Partnerships: Guided and governed by the MMLC, this role is accountable for defining the business-led enterprise marketing AI agenda, including priority use cases, value pools, success measures, roadmap priorities, capability gaps, adoption model, and partner activation approach across segments and global marketing capabilities
• Owns adoption and scaling: Creates the operating model for Partnership led/enabled marketing AI adoption, including playbooks, use-case prioritisation, test-and-learn approaches, communities of practice, training assets, and mechanisms to scale approved AI-enabled ways of working across the enterprise
• Partners with expert functions: Works closely with Digital Technologies, Data & Analytics, Responsible Marketing, Legal/Privacy, Procurement, segment marketing teams, agency partners, platform partners, and the AI Governance SteerCo to ensure marketing the above priorities are technically feasible, data-enabled, responsibly governed, legally compliant, commercially valuable, and aligned to enterprise standards
• Influences the enterprise AI agenda: Represents marketing needs and opportunities in cross-functional AI forums, surfacing adoption barriers, shaping scalable use cases, connecting segment requirements, and ensuring marketing priorities are reflected in the broader Mars AI roadmap
• Does not own: Enterprise AI governance, technology architecture, data strategy, data standards, platform selection, legal/privacy approval, risk review, responsible AI policy, or formal AI approval frameworks; these accountabilities remain with the relevant enterprise functions

Requirements

• 10+ years experience with deep experience in Digital Marketing, Media, Strategic Partnerships, Marketing Transformation, and emerging AI-enabled marketing capabilities
• Strategic Project Management: Demonstrated experience in complex project leadership with the ability to navigate large-scale, matrixed organizations, align diverse regional stakeholders, and influence without authority.
• Collaboration: Experience translating between business and technical stakeholders, and across teams with competing priorities. A people-person who builds trust and influences without authority.
• Partnership Expertise: Proven track record of managing and maximizing Joint Business Partnerships (JBPs) with major global media and technology platforms as well as agency partners
• Agency & SOW Management: Experience directing large agency networks and managing complex, multi-million-dollar project agreements and deliverable
• AI and Technology Fluency: Familiarity with marketing AI use cases, mar tech, ad tech, data-enabled measurement, and enterprise governance considerations. Able to translate between business, technical, agency, and governance stakeholders with ease
• Education & Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Media Communications, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: marketing capabilities, media partnership management, marketing technology, or data governance within a global CPG or matrixed multi-brand enterprise

Benefits

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.