Sr Manager, Corporate Alliances Strategy

Job Posting Title:

Sr Manager, Corporate Alliances Strategy

Req ID:

10104000

Job Description:

Are you a proactive leader and problem solver, equally comfortable with conducting research and running complex financial analyses as you are building relationships and interfacing with partners across all levels of the organization? Do you have a team-oriented attitude, sense of fun, and eagerness to tackle unique business challenges?

 

If you have natural curiosity to pressure-test assumptions and drive strategic thinking and execution, always pushing to understand “why” and question “how can we improve,” the Senior Manager, Corporate Alliances Strategy may be the role for you!

 

Disney’s Marketing Partnerships, Alliances, and Card Services team develops and holistically manages complex, long-term, multi-dimensional relationships with select brands and companies. This team is dedicated to creating incremental value to The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) and its partners through creative development of marketing and sponsorship programs, management of partner relationships across all business units at TWDC and the creation of new partnerships aligned with the Company’s businesses and strategic goals. The Marketing Partnerships, Alliances, and Card Services organization leverages company and partner assets to create value globally for TWDC.

 

The Senior Manager, Corporate Alliances Strategy helps lead strategy, financial analysis, and recommendation development for the Corporate Alliances organization. This team provides a unique opportunity to learn about business units across Disney, while making a significant and lasting impact!

 

Overarching Responsibilities

·         Create compelling, persuasive presentation materials to communicate key learnings and recommendations to senior-level executives globally

·         Actively contribute to discussions with senior executive leadership and all levels of the Marketing Partnerships, Alliances, and Card Services team

·         Support teams throughout all stages of the deal lifecycle by developing frameworks, conducting due diligence, and modeling potential deal structures

·         Work closely with other TWDC segments and stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Research, Industrial Engineering, Walt Disney Imagineering)

·         Foster a collaborate team environment by managing junior resources to enhance their skills

 

Strategy Development Responsibilities

·         Identify, structure, lead and complete strategic and operationally focused projects, interfacing across the team and cross-functionally to ensure stakeholder buy-in and alignment throughout the process

·         Serve as a thought partner to Strategy Director and Marketing Partnerships, Alliances, and Card Services executives

·         Explore innovative approaches and frameworks to address team and partner needs, always challenging the status quo and elevating the greater Marketing Partnerships, Alliances, and Card Services team in the process

·         Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze market, Company, and audience data to assess the feasibility and impact of potential deals

·         Structure, lead, and distill market research projects to enable ROI measurement, with the support of Disney and/or third-party research teams

·         Synthesize financial and consumer insight data to help inform Marketing Partnerships, Alliances, and Card Services strategic direction and priorities

 

Financial Analysis Responsibilities

·         Proactively surface & mine key data sources to help support strategic and operational objectives

·         Structure, lead, and distill financial analyses, collaborating closely with Disney Finance teams