Partnerships Lead – Affiliates & Partnerships

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The Partnerships Lead is responsible for managing our affiliate programme across TV, Broadband and Mobile, including building and nurturing long-term relationships with affiliates, networks and price comparison partners. This role sits in the Affiliates team within Digital Marketing, reporting to the Head of Affiliates.

 

What you’ll do:  

• Strategy: Help develop the strategic direction for our affiliates channel across all products 

• Build partnerships: Build strategic relationships with key affiliate partners and networks to ensure Sky is their preferred partner, and ensure we can influence their plans/roadmaps  

• Manage programme: Negotiate commission structures and commercial terms that deliver value, own affiliate budget and ensure we are utilising spend effectively 

• Inspire change and delivery: Identify new strategic opportunities for the channel, and work with key internal/external partners to deliver  

• Team management: develop and manage two direct reports, ensuring clear goals, objectives and career development plans are in place 

• Be a champion for affiliates: Continuously share and educate peers across the business, represent the team at industry events  

What you'll bring:

• Commercial mindset - Solid working understanding of key performance indicators and how these are to be used when making decisions and recommendations.  

• Strong communicator - Able to communicate confidently up to Director level with excellent presentation skills (written and verbal) 

• Brilliant collaborator – excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with partners and stakeholders  

• Proactive - able to continually critique and optimise performance and solve issues with a positive mind-set 

• Team management - Experience in coaching and manging individuals

The Rewards:
There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster:
 

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you’ll work:
At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds – time working at home, as well as time in the office.

The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.


Your office base:

Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.


Inclusion:

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We’re a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We’ll look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.


Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.