Growth Partnerships Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in South Korea.

📋 Description

• Take charge of collaborative plans and the continuous execution of strategic partnerships in Korea, establishing clear milestones, responsible parties, and partner commitments.

• Identify and negotiate avenues for partnership expansion, ensuring alignment on commercial terms, product scope, marketing support, and long-term value.

• Foster trusted relationships with partner executives and operational teams; address issues and sustain momentum post-signing.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Analytics, and Korea GTM teams to execute integrations, launches, and campaigns.

• Convert Korean user requirements and market insights into targeted partnership opportunities that enhance local relevance, utility, and distribution.

• Evaluate metrics related to acquisition, activation, repeat usage, and paid conversion; utilize performance assessments to prioritize enhancements and identify risks.

• Oversee partnerships that involve distribution, product integrations, local search and location-data collaborations, and joint marketing initiatives with Korean consumer platforms and ecosystem partners.

• Align global partner opportunities, including device partnerships, with the relevant account teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in partner management, product partnerships, strategic partnerships, or business development within the technology sector.

• Proven track record of managing complex partnerships through the launch phase, ongoing growth, expansion, and renewal processes.

• Demonstrated success in enhancing partner performance and achieving measurable adoption or commercial results following launch.

• In-depth understanding of Korea’s digital ecosystem, local user requirements, and partner operational practices.

• Strong product judgment and capability to engage credibly with technical stakeholders on integration scope and roadmap decisions.

• Excellent communication, commercial negotiation, and relationship management skills when interacting with senior external stakeholders.

• Proficiency in utilizing adoption and funnel data to evaluate partner performance and concentrate efforts on tangible outcomes.

• Ability to work independently in uncertain situations while coordinating distributed, cross-functional teams.

• Experience in tailoring global partnership strategies to meet local market demands and establishing lasting relationships in Korea.

• Bilingual proficiency in Korean and English, encompassing partner meetings, commercial negotiations, and written communication in both languages.

🏝️ Benefits

• Immigration and sponsorship assistance may be available depending on individual circumstances.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Reasonable accommodations provided for applicants with disabilities.

• Background checks conducted in compliance with applicable laws.