Full Job Description
As the Strategic Partnerships, Sr. Manager you will partner with Sr. Director of Integrated Marketing to ensure alignment on strategy, evaluate incoming partnerships, focusing on creating high-value alliances that drive incremental growth, enhance brand standards, and authentically expand into new audience segments. This role needs an action oriented manager with a track record or demonstrated project management in building partnership pipelines and executing with excellence to drive consumer and commercial success.
What You Will Do
Partnership Development:
• Develop and manage a pipeline of strategic partnerships that align with Ancestry’s mission and commercial goals.
• Negotiate and secure partnerships that deliver significant commercial and consumer value.
• Leverage Ancestry’s unique market position to enter and expand within new customer segments through strategic alliances.
Strategic Execution and Relationship Management:
• Implement and manage partnership agreements, ensuring they meet strategic objectives and deliver expected business impacts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key partner stakeholders to ensure strategic, financial and creative alignment.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless integration and execution of partnership initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with creative, integrated marketing, sales, product, and legal teams to align partnership strategies with broader business objectives.
• Drive initiatives that complement Ancestry’s market approach, ensuring consistency across all platforms and touchpoints.
• Proactively seek potential partnerships that align with our goals, provide authentic cultural entry points for audience expansion.
Performance and Impact Analysis:
• Define and track key performance metrics for each partnership.
• Report on the effectiveness and return on investment of partnership activities, adjusting strategies as necessary to optimize outcomes.
Who You Are
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field.
• Approximately 5-7 years of strategic business development or partnership management experience, preferably in consumer technology or subscription-based industries.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute business strategies that resulted in measurable commercial success.
• Strong analytical skills, with an ability to translate complex data into actionable business plans.
• Exceptional negotiation and relationship management skills.
Why Ancestry?
Join a dedicated team working to connect millions of people with their past and enrich their futures. At Ancestry, you will play a role in pioneering legal solutions that shape the consumer genomics industry. Your contributions will help protect the privacy and stories of our customers while supporting a brand recognized and trusted around the world. We offer a collaborative workplace, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference.
Compensation
Ancestry values pay transparency and equity. As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, we are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $106,000 - 118,000, with eligibility for bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision. Actual salary will depend on location and experience. We will provide detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits.
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23).