
Brand Partnerships Lead
Required skills
- Global Brand Partnerships Lead
- Reality Labs
- consumer marketing strategy
- product adoption
- brand credibility
- AI wearables
- VR
- emerging tech
- strategic roadmap
- premier alliances
Nice to have
- integrated global partnership plans
- digital platforms
- live experiences
- co-branded content
- emerging or undefined areas
- limited precedent
Role summary
Meta is seeking a Global Brand Partnerships Lead to drive Reality Labs' consumer marketing strategy, focusing on scaling product adoption and brand credibility across key industry verticals and global cultural moments. This senior role involves owning the global strategic roadmap, managing existing alliances, and identifying new opportunities in AI wearables, VR, and emerging tech. Key responsibilities include building partnership operations, establishing ROI measurement frameworks, and leading high-stakes executive communications. The role requires a proven track record in brand marketing, integrated marketing leadership, or global brand partnerships, with extensive experience in deal management, negotiation, and influencing C-suite leadership.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Vision & Portfolio Strategy: Develop and own the global partnership roadmap for Meta Reality Labs (AI Wearables, VR, emerging tech) to drive product adoption and brand credibility; balance high-value existing alliances with bold new strategic bets
- End-to-End Deal Management & Partner Relations: Lead complex, multi-million-dollar deal cycles—from deal structuring and negotiation through activation and renewal—building senior-level relationships across global brands, media properties, and cultural institutions
- Operational Foundations & Scale: Define standardized frameworks, workflows, and governance processes that empower cross-functional teams to rapidly evaluate, prioritize, and activate partnership opportunities at scale
- Measurement & Business Impact: Establish robust performance standards, ROI frameworks, and reporting cadences to evaluate partnership impact against brand equity, consumer reach, and business growth
- Executive Influence & Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Product Marketing, Creative, Communications, and Legal teams while leveraging demonstrated executive presence to pitch, align, and present strategic business cases to C-level leadership
Minimum Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in brand marketing, integrated marketing leadership, or global brand partnerships within a consumer technology company, a premier global brand, or a major media entity
- 12+ years of experience in architecting, negotiating, and closing complex, multi-stakeholder brand partnership deals that drive measurable brand equity, consumer engagement, and commercial impact
- 10+ years of experience directing high-profile sponsorship activations, integrated co-marketing campaigns, and strategic media investments
- Executive Leadership & Influence: Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and influencing internal C-suite leaders and external executives through data-informed strategy, executive presence, and compelling storytelling
- Frameworks & Measurement: Demonstrated experience designing scalable partnership frameworks, governance processes, and ROI measurement systems across a large, complex portfolio
- Strategic Agility: Proven ability to navigate fast-paced, ambiguous problem spaces, manage competing global priorities, and execute multi-faceted marketing programs with distinct business outcomes
- Creative Evaluation: Experience evaluating and providing actionable feedback on creative assets and brand executions, with a demonstrated ability to evaluate, guide, and uphold world-class creative and brand standards across all partner touchpoints
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven expertise developing integrated global partnership plans spanning digital platforms, live experiences, and co-branded content
- Experience identifying and structuring new initiatives in emerging or undefined areas, including defining processes, frameworks, and priorities with limited precedent
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Senior strategic business development experience across product, content, and technology initiatives that bridge hardware and software user experiences
- Experience leading brand marketing or partnership initiatives at the intersection of consumer technology, fashion, luxury, lifestyle, or connected wearables
- Track record of leveraging audience insights, brand health data, and performance metrics to shape partnership strategy and optimize campaign activations
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Demonstrated ability to pioneer new partnership categories, revenue streams, or co-marketing models in fast-moving, emerging technology sectors
$182,000/year to $252,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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