About this opportunity
Ninjakitchen lists this Sr. Manager, Partnership Strategy & Activation opportunity in needham, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Senior Manager, Partnership Strategy & Activation
Position Overview
This role sits at the center of how we evaluate, build strategies, and activate talent partnerships. You’ll own the strategic frameworks that determine how we invest in talent, from global brand ambassador deals to regional and long-term macro influencer relationships, and ensure every partnership is held to a rigorous, data-backed standard of performance. You’ll be the connective tissue between partnerships, analytics, social, and commercial teams, translating deal logic into measurable business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Partnership Strategy & Cross-Functional Activation Lead cross functional activation and commercialization of talent & brand partnerships, aligning social, marketing, media, creative, sales, and retail teams to maximize brand impact and business results.
Produce internal and partner-facing performance reports, briefing decks, and post-campaign learnings that drive smarter future investments.
Execution Strategy & Investment Frameworks Build and maintain the deal proposition framework that governs how we evaluate and tier talent partnerships, defining the rigor applied to global brand ambassador deals vs. regional vs. macro talent, including financial thresholds, strategic fit criteria, and expected ROI.
Manage contract terms including deliverables, usage rights, paid vs. organic KPI splits, and measurement requirements.
Drive continuous benchmarking vs. competitors and category trends to pressure-test our deal logic and inform partnership strategy.
Analytics & Performance Measurement Define and own KPIs and benchmarking frameworks across the partner portfolio including organic and paid social, OTT and paid media, brand awareness and lift, revenue lift, and virality.
Build and maintain partner scorecards and dashboards; run A/B tests, attribute impact, and translate findings into clear optimization recommendations.
Develop predictive models to forecast partner contribution to social and business objectives at the time of deal evaluation and post-launch.
Qualifications
6-8 years in partnerships, talent, media, or brand strategy with meaningful experience in deal structuring and evaluation, not just execution.
Strong analytical foundation: comfortable building models, interpreting platform and brand lift data, and designing measurement frameworks from scratch.
Experience working across commercial and retail environments; you understand how a social moment translates downstream to sell-through.
Able to operate with rigor and speed; you build frameworks that scale, not one-off decks.
Strong communicator, you can sell a point of view to senior stakeholders and simplify complexity for partners.
Salary and Other Compensation
The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
$129,500 — $198,500 USD
Benefits
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
401(k) retirement plan with matching
Employee stock purchase program
Life insurance
AD&D
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Generous paid time off
Company holidays
Parental leave
Identity theft protection
Pet insurance
Pre-paid legal insurance
Back-up child and eldercare days
Product discounts
Referral bonus program
and more.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at
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Worksite address
needham, MA, 02494, US
Who can apply
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