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Strategic Partnership Manager: LetsTalk.com, Inc.

Job IDMRK10292009
Company NameLetsTalk.com, Inc.
Job CategoryBusiness Development; Marketing
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Position TypeFull-Time, Employee
Experience2-5 Years Experience
Desired Education LevelMaster of Business (MBA)
Travel AmountUp to 25%
Date PostedOctober 30, 2009
View LetsTalk.com, Inc. profile and job listings

Lets Talk.com is looking for a bright, enthusiastic, hard-working, and creative candidate to join our Strategic Partnership team in a mid-level position as a Strategic Partnership Manager. The Strategic Partnership Manager position offers an exciting opportunity with a privately held, tier-1 venture capital-backed, pre-ipo company.

Since its founding over 10 years ago, LetsTalk, Inc. has emerged as a high growth, profitable leader in wireless e-commerce. LetsTalk is uniquely committed to providing the best customer experience in the industry and developing the leading online destination for consumers in the category. Our vision is supported by blue-chip venture partners who are committed to the future growth and success of LetsTalk. Letstalk has an impeccable reputation in the wireless industry and is widely lauded for its commitment to advocacy, individual empowerment and down-to-earth, friendly people.

In addition to our own web store at www.letstalk.com, LetsTalk leverages our vendor relationships, proprietary e-commerce platform, and wholly owned customer-service and fulfillment centers to power private-labeled and co-branded online retail stores for a variety of partners. We partner with a large portfolio of leading consumer brands to create the stores and drive online sales of wireless products and services.

Strategic Partnership Managers are responsible for the day-to-day management of these partners and for ensuring their ongoing success. Your mission is to deepen our strong relationships with our partners and to increase the performance and profitability of our partner stores. You will report to the Director of Strategic Partner Management and work collaboratively with our Marketing, Merchandising, Production, Development and Operations teams. The position is in the Marketing department.

SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Account Management:
• Serve as primary day-to-day contact for a portfolio of partners
• Manage and optimize existing partner relationships
• Manage sales forecasts, deal term structures, and develop financial models to determine effectiveness of programs
• Work with the various marketing teams internally to support the partner
• Develop relationships to cultivate strategic alliances and ensure partner retention
• Coordinate and administer all partner communication, reporting, tracking, contracts, etc.

Project Management:
• Define requirements for new partner launches
• Coordinate with technical project managers to execute against the partner needs
• Set realistic timelines and ensure that deadlines and requirements are met or exceeded
• Develop and lead internal departmental projects as needed

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, superior multi-tasker, proactive, enterprising, great at meeting multiple deadlines, and comfortable with Excel, Powerpoint, and web based analytics. This position also requires excellent presentation, analytical, organization, and account management skills. Our environment is very fast-paced, and requires someone who is a fast learner, hard working, flexible, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working with multiple teams. A passion for marketing, e-commerce and wireless is essential to your success.

To be considered for this position, you must have experience in the following fields:

• Account management
• Sales, business development, or partnership marketing

Additionally, ideal candidates will also possess the following experiences, skills, and attitudes:
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA a plus
• 5+ years of business experience
• Online customer acquisition marketing experience
• Website analytics and optimization experience
• Entrepreneurial mindset and spirit
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with little supervision
• The ability to manage multiple partners and projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Goal-oriented, results-driven, committed and willing to do whatever it takes to meet your business objectives
• The ability to overcome obstacles and rally internal and external folks to achieve aggressive goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

A brief analytical assessment will be required of all candidates to be completed prior to interviewing. These will be emailed to you following receipt and acceptance of your résumé. Please include the job title in the subject line.

LetsTalk.com offers a comprehensive salary and benefits package, including 401K and employee discounts on cell phones and accessories. Our fun and casual office is located downtown near convenient public transportation.


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