Assistant Manager, Partnerships Marketing  

Get to know the Role:

The Assistant Manager of Partnerships will oversee the planning, strategizing and execution of co-branding campaigns with partners, both local and regional, across all of Grab’s business.

The day-to-day activities:

• Build strategic brand partnership strategies that leave a memorable impression and impact on both the lives of our partners and customers.
• Identify, close and manage partnerships to support specific business needs (i.e. partners for a GrabShare campaign)
• Develop and optimize partnership ROI models and segmentation.
• Drive marketing discussions and negotiations with key partners.
• Lead brainstorming and discussion with various stakeholders (including social media, PR, digital marketing and other external teams/agencies) to create creative output that meet set marketing strategy and business objectives.
• Plan and execute creative Go-to-Market initiatives with brand partners (inclusive of above-the-line, base marketing and co-branding initiatives).
• Develop, present and manage country partnership budgets.
• Perform post-mortem in a data-driven manner to justify campaign ROI.
• Oversee development of content and funnel optimization of inbound partnership/merchant leads generation.
• Ensure budgets are tracked and spent efficiently.
• Able to guide, motivate and manage subordinates.

The must-haves:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in consumer marketing (either in campaign management, partnerships/base/brand marketing or marketing communications) with exposure on online and offline marketing strategies. Experience in business development roles is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, communication or other advertising.
• Good understanding of co-branding and marketing communications.
• Able to create and articulate creative briefs and business cases.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate clearly in both written and spoken English.
• Dare to challenge status quo and drive bold ideas.
• Impeccable organization skills and attention to detail.
• Good people skills – you’re a natural at handling stakeholders from various backgrounds.
• An amazing team player with a collaborative attitude.
• Enjoys brainstorming, coming up with creative ideas, seeing it come to life and learning from it.
• Loves the thrill of being in a fast-paced environment while being able to multi-task to meet deadlines.