Senior Manager, Partnerships

Job title: Senior Manager, Partnerships

Company: Randstad


Job description: We’re looking for a strategic, creative, and highly organized Manager, Partnerships to join our client’s marketing team on a freelance/contract basis through the end of 2025. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the development, delivery, and optimization of experiential marketing, sampling, and brand merchandise partnerships and channel activations. You’ll manage day-to-day relationships with external agency and vendor partners, collaborate closely with a senior marketing leaders, and work cross-functionally with our internal brand team to design and develop partnership and merchandise strategy for 2026.Advantages
Impactful Role: Stay on the pulse of emerging trends across pop culture, wellness, community and creator culture
Collaborative Environment: Work closely with senior leadership, internal teams, and external partners.
Diverse Projects: Engage in a variety of projects, from executing current-year plans to strategizing for the coming year.
Autonomy: Be a self-starter who can take initiative and manage projects end-to-end.
Dynamic Work: Operate in a fast-paced environment where your creativity and strategic thinking will shine.
Meaningful Brand: Contribute to the growth of a leading brand in the consumer space.Responsibilities
Lead strategic partnerships: Develop and execute a partnership and merchandise strategy to build the brand, focusing on “culturally relevant drops” and “bold collaborations.”Manage partnerships from concept to execution: Oversee the entire lifecycle of a partnership, including identifying and vetting potential collaborators, leading negotiations, and managing contracts.Drive merchandise collaborations: Develop and manage “surprise-and-delight merch drops” to get products into consumers’ hands and generate brand buzz.Oversee day-to-day operations: Manage the daily execution of sampling programs, experiential vendors, and merch partners, including timelines, budgets, and logistics.Analyze and report on performance: Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and deliver clear reports to measure the success of partnerships and optimize future initiatives.Qualifications
We’re looking for a professional with:7 plus years of experience in partnerships, experiential or brand activation roles.
Proven experience managing agency teams and working effectively with cross-functional partners.
Strong project management skills with the ability to negotiate SOW and contracts
Excellent relationship-building skills for seamless collaboration with agencies and brand stakeholders.
A creative problem-solver and strategic thinker with a strong work ethic.
The ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent analytical and negotiation skills.
Exceptional attention to detail.
A self-starter mindset who can take initiative and manage projects from start to finish.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey channel recommendations and optimizations clearly and relevantly to various audiences.Summary
If you are a driven and experienced marketing professional with partnership expertise and eager to make a tangible impact on a well-loved brand, this freelance opportunity through the end of 2025 is for you.Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

Expected salary: $42 – 45 per hour

Location: North York, ON

Job date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:26:17 GMT

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