Head Of Partnerships

Head Of Partnerships

Department: Brand Marketing

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Head Office, London

Reporting To: India Plumbly

Description

The Head of Partnerships will lead ELEMIS' global partnership strategy and execution, acting as the primary relationship owner for current and future partnerships. This role requires a strategic, commercially driven leader who can translate premium partnerships into impactful, brand elevating moments worldwide, while ensuring seamless cross functional alignment and exceptional delivery standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary lead and point of contact for all partnership activities.
• Build, manage, and strengthen relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Oversee the full portfolio of current and future brand partnerships, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across marketing, PR, social, commercial, and regional teams to deliver integrated partnership plans.
• Manage partnership budgets, including forecasting, tracking, and approvals.
• Ensure all contractual rights and assets are delivered, optimised, and maximised for brand and commercial value.
• Identify risks and opportunities, proactively troubleshooting challenges and enhancing partnership performance.
• Develop and execute a cohesive annual activation strategy, translating partnership rights into impactful campaigns.
• Lead planning and delivery of global activations and key events, ensuring best in class execution.
• Maintain quality control by reviewing and approving all partnership outputs to ensure alignment with brand standards.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 10+ years' experience in partnerships, sponsorship, or brand marketing within global beauty, fashion, lifestyle, luxury, or consumer brands.
• Proven track record leading high-value global partnerships, ideally across premium sectors such as sport, entertainment, automotive, or fashion.
• Strong experience managing senior external stakeholders, rights holders, and high profile partners.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver integrated global campaigns across multiple markets.
• Extensive knowledge of contract and rights management, maximising the value of partnership assets.
• Solid experience managing large budgets, including forecasting, optimisation, and ROI evaluation.
• Experience building, leading, and developing high performing teams.
• Strategic and commercially minded, with strong negotiation, influencing, and relationship building skills.
• Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to align cross functional teams in fast paced environments.
• Creative, detail oriented, and proactive, with strong problem solving abilities and a passion for premium brand storytelling

Benefits

• We operate a Hybrid working model which means working any three days in our Baker Street (London) Office and two days working from home. We also operate with flexible working hours, which means core hours are between 10am - 4pm.
• Generous Staff Discount on all your favourite ELEMIS products and spa treatments, as well as discounts on L'OCCITANE Group products (including L'Occitane, Erborian and more)
• Excellent well being policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity policies, Income Protection, Life Assurance and more
• Generous Holiday Allowance, increasing with length of service
• Company Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan (with Dental)
• Employee Assistance Programme for all Associates and their families
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Length of Service Awards
• Much, much more!

Some benefit eligibility is based on length of service or contract type