Brand Partnerships Program Manager
Description
*PT or ET time zone preferred
About the Role
We’re looking for a highly organized and proactive Brand Partnerships Program Manager to drive the coordination, execution, and operational excellence of key brand partnership initiatives. This role will focus on program and project management, ensuring alignment across internal teams, agency partners, and brand collaborators to deliver cohesive, high-impact partnership campaigns.
The ideal candidate combines strong program management discipline with a passion for brand storytelling and cross-functional collaboration. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys owning the operational backbone of brand partnership programs - someone who can see both the big picture and the smallest details, ensuring every piece of a partnership campaign comes together seamlessly.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Management
- Lead the program management of high-visibility brand partnerships and campaigns, overseeing timelines, milestones, and deliverables across multiple internal and external teams.
- Build, maintain, and manage program trackers and status reports to ensure alignment, transparency, and accountability across all workstreams.
- Drive operational excellence through structured processes, clear documentation, and consistent communication with stakeholders.
- Support the creation and delivery of executive communications, progress updates, and recap materials related to partnership programs.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Serve as a central point of contact between internal cross-functional (xFN) teams, agency partners, and brand collaborators.
- Facilitate seamless information flow between creative, marketing, communications, and legal partners to ensure smooth execution.
- Partner closely with the Brand & Communications Program Manager and other internal leads to manage interdependent timelines and deliverables.
Partnership Operations & Intake Management
- Manage and triage inbound partnership requests, including evaluation of new opportunities and use of existing brand relationships.
- Collaborate with relevant internal teams to assess feasibility, brand alignment, and resource needs.
- Support the development and maintenance of frameworks for partnership intake, evaluation, and prioritization.
Creative & Campaign Enablement
- Partner with creative and storytelling teams to operationalize partnership campaigns, ensuring deliverables are tracked and executed against briefed goals.
- Co-manage workstreams with content and social teams to support partnership-related activations, ensuring consistent messaging and cohesive brand expression.
- Monitor campaign progress and identify opportunities for optimization and process improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field.
- 3–6 years of experience in program or project management, ideally within brand marketing, partnerships, or integrated campaigns.
- Proven experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives across internal and external teams.
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
- Proficiency with program management tools (e.g., Asana, Monday.com, Airtable, Smartsheet, or similar).
- Ok with travel (estimated 10-15%)
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and balance multiple priorities with agility and professionalism.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on brand partnerships, sponsorship programs, or co-marketing initiatives.
- Familiarity with creative development processes and campaign operations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with an ability to influence and drive alignment across teams.
Who thrives with us:
- People who want to learn, but are self-motivated to learn from their projects
- People who enjoy the really hard problems
- People who enjoy having too much vs. too little to do
- People who like creating from nothing (We still need a lot built to support our growth)
- People who understand how to build and maintain relationships with their coworkers and their clients
- People who like making others successful and understand the value of that as much as making themselves successful
- People who leave their egos at home and really enjoy working with other brilliant people
About Marvel Marketers
Marvel Marketers (www.marvelmarketers.com) is a global Marketing Automation, Digital Marketing, Experience Management, and ABM Consultancy. Our clients are sophisticated so we only hire the best to keep up and add value along the entire Digital Marketing Maturity Curve. We also partner strategically on custom digital marketing roles to help support all areas of our client's Digital Marketing Strategy.
As we continue to grow and expand our service offerings, we are looking for the best and brightest to join our team. If you applied for a previous role, apply again! Our needs continuously change and evolve.