Strategic Partnerships Head - Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform
About Merito :
Merito is a curated talent platform where we identify, assess, and connect candidates for matching job opportunities. We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done. The company is founded by a team consisting of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.
About Our Client :
Our client is headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online. Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, they are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.
Since the launch of its first version in December 2020 they have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through the platform.
We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.
Job Description :
As a Strategic Partnerships Head you'll be responsible for forming partnerships with affiliates, brands and agencies to meet customer acquisition goals - whatever it takes for the company to grow 100X.
Key Responsibilities :
- Responsible for forming partnerships with affiliates, brands and agencies
- Formulate partnership deliverables that meet business growth objectives.
- Market research to identify most impactful partnerships.
- Manage end to end cycle for striking deals with potential partners.
- Lead the complete strategic partnership team
The successful applicant will be :
- 5+ yrs of experience at early-stage startups; experience in influencer marketing and brand partnerships.
- Excellent communication skills and negotiation skills and the ability to close deals.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to hire and grow team members
- Very strong orientation towards meeting targets and looking at data-driven insights.
- Experience in influencer marketing and brand partnerships.
- Likes to connect and actively engage with key influencers and decision-makers inside an organization.
- Interested in working on the business side of a SaaS start-up and ready to dig into work and learn all aspects around it.
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Key Responsibilities
· Managing Existing Brand Relationships:
· Manage and strengthen relationships with existing brand partners.
· Lead internal mapping efforts to optimize relationship management.
· Ensure seamless servicing of brand partnerships by collaborating with the dedicated team.
· Work with the Finance team to oversee P&L management for each brand, ensuring commercial success.
· Partner with the Legal team to finalize agreements and address legal considerations efficiently.
· Coordinate with the IT team to manage technical integrations and operational requirements for partner brands.
· Driving New Business Development & Servicing.
· Spearhead the onboarding of new brand partnerships, ensuring alignment with EaseMyTrip’s strategic goals.
· Identify potential brand partners, generate leads, and lead commercial discussions and negotiations.
· Understand client requirements and facilitate smooth onboarding of new brands.
· Reporting, Analysis, and Brand Reviews:
Prepare comprehensive reports and analyses for internal and external stakeholders to track performance and identify growth opportunities.
Market Understanding and Competitive Analysis:
§ Develop a deep understanding of EaseMyTrip business, market trends, and the competitive landscape to inform strategic decisions.
§ Technical Execution and Negotiations:
Coordinate with the technical team and partner brands to manage API integrations and other technical requirements.
Negotiate commercial terms with partner brands to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Qualifications and Skills:
§ Proven experience in managing brand alliances and partnerships, preferably in fintech, retail, or e-commerce sectors.
§ Strong operational expertise in managing existing brand relationships and ensuring efficient service delivery.
§ Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
§ Proficiency in handling P&L responsibilities and understanding legal and commercial aspects of partnerships.
§ Ability to navigate technical aspects, including API integrations, in collaboration with IT teams.
§ Analytical mindset with the ability to derive insights from data and market trends.
§ Experience managing partnerships with major brands in the retail and e-commerce ecosystem.
Job Description :-
Our Client is a sustainable livelihood program for urban disadvantaged youth. By fostering agency, workplace competencies and skills in youth, they unleash social and economic transformation in the communities that the youth come from.
Expectations / Deliverables :-
● Build enduring relationships with skilling organizations for co-creation of curriculum for the program
● GOYN brand-building and formalizing partnerships with skilling partners
● Engage with employers in the Logistics industry to be a part of the working group and co-create the curriculum with skilling partners
● Ensure co-creation of courses curriculum for Basix and Advanced courses by skilling organizations and employers
● Ensure creation of a dynamic working relationship with partners to ensure smooth enrolment of youth into the program, completion of training and placements.
● Ensure timely updates from partners regarding youth livelihood status to help maintain the youth journey database
● Put in place feedback mechanisms to record and act on feedback from partners and youth
● Ensure post placement support and engagement with employers to bring about changes at workplace to make the sector more aspirational for youth
● Be up to date with any developments in the ecosystem and forge new partnerships with youth facing organizations, skilling organisations and employers in the Logistics and supply chain sector
Requirements ;-
Preferred Skill sets, Years of Experience, Professional Background:
● Post Graduation in any background, with 1-3 years of experience in the field of partnership building from corporate background
● Computer proficiency- MS Office
● Strong commitment towards building relationships with organizations in the ecosystem
● Strong verbal and written communication skills in Marathi, Hindi and English
● Ability to handle difficult situations with confidence and wisdom.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
GormalOne LLP. Mumbai IN
GormalOne is a Agri tech enterprise with a vision to make farming highly profitable for the smallest farmer, thereby ensuring India's “Nutrition security”. Our mission is driven by use of advanced technology. Nitara, our Flagship product is an Artificial intelligence-led Dairy focused technology platform focused on data-driven dairying and fostering collaboration among Dairy stakeholders for informed decision making and improved outcomes through Digitization. We are looking for people, who are keen to use their skills to transform farmers lives. You will join a highly energised and competent team which working on advanced global technologies.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Business Development Executive (BDE) to join our team in the Agri/Dairy industry. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in dairy product procurement, milk procurement, or dairy equipment marketing, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. This role requires flexibility to travel and work in various locations as needed.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Interact with existing and potential customers to build and maintain strong relationships.
- Arrange and conduct farmers' meetings at milk collection points, promoting and publicizing our products.
- Organize meetings with key clients and diligently follow up on discussions and agreements.
- Work closely with field execution teams to ensure smooth implementation of marketing and procurement strategies.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Mandatory: Experience in a dairy company, with a focus on dairy product procurement, milk procurement, or dairy equipment marketing.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility to travel and work in different locations as required.
- Long-term commitment to the role and the company.
- Qualification: Graduate or Dairy diploma with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
- Working knowledge of MS Office applications.
Desired Candidate Profile:
- Proven ability to interact and build relationships with farmers and clients.
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Commitment to delivering high-quality results and meeting deadlines.
- Passion for the Agri/Dairy industry and a keen understanding of its dynamics.
Additional Requirements:
- Flexibility to travel frequently.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
- Degree in Agribusiness Administration, Marketing or relevant field.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Minimum 3 years of experience working in the agriculture/ Dairy/ AgriTech market.
- Prior Business development experience in agri tech products will be given an advantage.
Kindly note: Salary shall be commensurate with qualifications and experience
Visit us at - https://gormalone.com/ & https://www.nitara.co.in/
- Execute an ecosystem strategy for adding and growing key data partners to the Platform. Typical deal structure will include partner identification, outreach, negotiation of terms, and closing
- Maintain positive relationships with existing data partners, piloting new initiatives and evaluating the performance of these initiatives as part of the larger Platform strategy
- Research and develop innovative new business models and growth opportunities with partners; negotiate, structure, and execute relevant agreements
- Execute high-impact marketing programs around new data partner initiatives to enhance positioning
- Assist with high profile client and new business initiatives relating to specific client data acquisition requirements
- Operate as an expert in the data ecosystem, with deep knowledge of 3rd party data providers, publisher and supply direct relationships, and WPP companies
- Oversee quarterly reports on market, industry and adoption rates for management team measuring the business value of the program, present findings to senior management
- Find and understand new and emerging technologies; bring new ideas and perspectives back into R&D and the business
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or related field.
- OR equivalent professional work experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of the media and advertising landscape along with the major players in the marketplace
- Deep understanding of addressable marketing, audience segmentation and targeting, and both traditional and programmatic media channels
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends
- A passion for strategic omni-channel marketing and advertising
- Proven communication, leadership, and persuasion skills
- Outstanding writing, presentation, and overall communication skills
- Success managing a direct report
Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:
1. Conducting market research and analysis to identify potential business opportunities
2. Creating and delivering presentations to potential clients and partners
3. Identifying and contacting potential clients and partners, and following up with leads
4. Assisting with creating sales collateral, such as brochures and presentation
5. Maintaining and updating customer and prospect databases, tracking key metrics, and reporting on performance
6. Staying current with industry trends and best practices, attending conferences and networking events, and sharing knowledge and insights with the team
7. Completing administrative tasks as needed, such as scheduling meetings, organizing files, and managing project timelines
About The company:
NoBrokerHood started in the year 2018, aimed to make life more convenient and secure for residents in any
housing society. NoBrokerHood offers a plethora of services and features which enables its customer, as a user, to
manage multiple activities inside residential buildings, housing societies, and gated communities. From finding
domestic help to monitoring visitor entry and maintenance or utility bill payment, it’s all done from your phone. It
also further strengthens the safety of your society by keeping visual and digital records of all entries and exits –
accessible anytime and anywhere – and automates staff entry through a facial recognition or biometric process
About the role:
It is about generating sales and solving customer's problems with regards to marketing/advertising. You will work as
an extended marketing arm of the brands and all the actions strongly exhibit a Customer-First approach. The
primary role is to identify potential brands/companies, onboard new clients, and ensure the retention of the existing
ones. In the process of onboarding and retention, you are also exposed to campaign planning and execution based
on the client's brief.
• What makes this role interesting?
• Complete understanding of Sales
• Exposure to a variety of clients from different industries
• Get to work with the marketing team of various companies (small, mid, large)
Job Description
The role has 2 distinct areas of responsibility:
• Day to Day work
• Relationship Management
You Are Expected To
• Identify new brand/company basis trends, market knowledge, current advertisers
• Reach out and make connections with identified brand/company
• Understanding clients business, identifying their marketing problems, and collecting the marketing campaign
brief
• Plan the advertising campaign basis the brief and get a go-ahead from clients to execute the advertising
campaign
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure that the campaigns are performing/executed as per the commitment.
• Coordinate with clients for smooth flow of work and reporting of ongoing advertising campaigns
• Ensuring that the monthly/yearly revenues targets are being achieved
• Preparing Daily Task Reports
• The work hours are equally split between - answering emails/calls and campaign execution & campaign
planning
Relationship Management
• Forge strong business relationships with the clients
• Build a culture of high performance & innovation in the team
• Experience and skills required
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have the following skills:
• Communication: Excellent communication skills in English.
• Agility: Ability to change according to business requirements.
• Motivation: Demonstrate a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude. Willing to roll up your sleeves and
get things done.
• Data-driven: Keen interest in analyzing performance data and transforming it into actionable strategies.
• Growth-driven: Keen to grow as an individual.
Benefits
• Performance Bonus
• Private Health Insurance
Our client is one of the most innovative and fast growing InsureTech platforms that offers contextual insurance in a blink.
We are a team of consumer obsessed & driven people. We want to reimagine insurance through a consumption lens for millions. We are a B2C and B2B2C platform that wants to simplify the way insurance is experienced with principles of transparency, trust and contextualization. The multiple ideas that we are building upon are all about an experience beyond the way insurance is understood or sold at present in India.
Roles & Responsibilities:
1. Stakeholder management:- Managing the existing partners on Ecosystem. With customers at the core, ensuring that the best propositions from the partners are being sourced & enhanced for the end users
2. Business Development:- Originating new partners on the Ecosystem while ensuring that commercials are sorted out
3. Strategize member enrolment programme and lead cross-functional teams to deliver on mutually agreed targets
4. Work alongside the Data team to build unique dashboards for internal reviews and channelise data towards the partners
5. Work with the Product team to co-build various capabilities on the platform
6. Work with the marketing team to design campaigns & attractive promotions for enrolments.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a similar role with Digital platforms or digital roles
- MBA from Top B schools
- Eye for a consumer's mindset
- Experience of working in digital first platforms or differentiated build-outs
- Data driven approach to decision making
- Ability to multitask and work on a diverse range of requirements.
Work Location: Hybrid - Mumbai
About the Ecosystem Platform:
We are building India's largest mobility ecosystem embedded with features that all vehicle owners are going to love & use frequently. This would be a digital-only platform covering entire India and empowering the complete range of vehicles. In the last 3 months while being in stealth mode, we have scaled this platform to over 160,000 vehicles which range from Maserati & Rolls Royce to Suzuki & Hyundai on 4-wheelers and Harley Davidson & KT to Hero & TVS. This platform represents India's largest pool of data w.r.t. vehicles and aspires to build a strong bond between various brands and their end users over our Mobility Ecosystem. On a daily basis, we are registering new members every day to enjoy the benefits currently offered.
Our plan is to scale this to over 10mn members in the next 24 months and empower this with various experiences in an end-to-end manner. This is a very exciting platform which could give an opportunity to complete imagination
A sneak peak into the opportunity:
- 7+ million active customer base in our company (Mostly acquired in last 6 months)
- Created community for 2 & 4 Wheeler vehicle owners (currently in the beta version and onboarded 120K+ users in no time)
- A rapidly growing team in tech + product with some of the finest folks in the industry - A rapidly growing team of Sales, Marketing, Tech and PMs
- An opportunity to build products that influence insurance awareness and buying at the grassroot level.
Regards
Team Merito
1. Understanding the goals of partnership for Pushstart & Troopod.
2. Planning and strategizing partnership plans & models.
3. Creating, and maintaining an organized database for all potential partners.
4. Evaluating the potential partners, coordinating & discussing with the team to ensure
that Alliance and Partnership goals are synchronized with organizational goals, and
finalizing the targeted partners.
5. Establishing a systematic process for partner outreach and relationship
management.
6. Managing inbound & outbound partnerships, negotiating and finalizing the deals with
partners and alliances.
7. Implementing & Tracking the end-to-end process of finalized partnerships.
8. Strategizing newer ways to grow current partnerships that benefit the company.
9. Forecasting, measuring, and reporting the results of various projects with partners.
Core Requirements:
1. Min 1 year of experience in strategic partnerships & alliances with excellent
communication skills.
2. Strategic thinker with Networking aptitude.
3. Knowledge of Sales and Marketing know-how.
4. Team player and multitasker with organizational skills.
Responsibilities:
● Develop an overall strategy for online marketplace development and manage the day to day operations for various platforms
● Drive and own sales and revenue targets from eCommerce operations for the brand
● Coordinate with our Digital Marketing Team for promotions
● Create strategies to drive sales through eCommerce marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa, Paytm, Purplle, etc
● Categorizing, listing, and positioning the company’s products on eCommerce marketplaces
● Manage various operational activities such as merchandising, post listings, customer service, etc. related to the company’s e-commerce presence
● Monitor the business performance on the e-commerce marketplaces and report the same along with recommendations to the management.
● Update and maintain e-commerce sales data and report to the management
● Ensure compliance with relevant laws & regulations while managing various agreements, contracts, disclaimers, etc
Here’s what you should have:
● Minimum of 4+ years in handling online marketplaces, preferably in the e-commerce industry
● Strong communication, analytical, negotiation, and presentation skills
● Understanding about Ads/Promotion/Coupons/AMS and Optimization of ads.
● Hands-on experience in managing and maintaining e-commerce websites/portals.
● Excellent knowledge of prevailing procedures and techniques in e-commerce.
● Masters in Marketing/MBA is a plus
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