About the Team

The Partnerships Team at GroupM Investment UK is central to the UK business’s ability to execute effective media campaigns through vital industry partnerships. Our team manages relationships with over 100 different partners, including key contracts with major players like Google, Meta, and Amazon, and leverages these partnerships across all media channels to ensure access to cutting-edge technology and data solutions, optimizing our media investment strategies and innovation capabilities and maximise partner profitability for our market. 

 About the Role

 The Partnership Snr Specialist / Manager is a crucial role for maintaining and expanding our robust network of technology and data partners, supporting the business across: negotiation, contract, vendor onboarding, joint business plans, partner reviews. The role will be involved in all aspects of partnership management, including ongoing evaluation and strategic alignment with the wider group.

Responsibilities

• Support the Snr. Director in the oversight of the partnership lifecycle, including initial engagement, internal stakeholder management for RFIs, negotiation of terms, and ongoing development of the relationship. The resource is also expected to handle autonomously first line escalations and simple contract renewals/terminations.
• Ensure all partnership agreements meet GroupM’s standards and requirements, maintain detailed contract calendars, and manage financial operations related to partnerships.
• Collaborate with product/services, agency and marketing science teams to engage with partners under favorable terms, provide organization level investment view of the supplier and support innovative deal structures, to facilitate the integration of new technologies into GroupM’s service offerings.
• Work with both local and global investment leaders to leverage the best rates and terms, sharing resources and knowledge to improve overall efficiency.

 Other attributes & skills required in the role

• Negotiation skills: ability in securing advantageous partnership terms and autonomously managing simple negotiations.
• Industry Knowledge: good understanding of the digital media landscape, including key technology and data trends.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Communication and collaboration: Great communication skills, capable of presenting ideas clearly and persuasively to a variety of audiences.
• Adaptability and Innovation: Agile in learning new ways of working and adapting to new challenges, with a forward-thinking approach to business and technology trends.
• Overall minimum industry experience: 2 years