Global Business Development & Partnerships
The Village

Headquarters: Georgia, USA
URL: http://inkedin.com/company/thevillage-talent

Location: EMEA ONLY - Fully Remote

Type: Full-Time (Hybrid time-zone aligned with global partners)

Compensation: Compensation and working hours aligned based on mutual expectations and role scope.

About Our Client

Our client is an award-winning ad-tech company transforming how brands amplify creator and user-generated content from social platforms into the physical world through Digital-Out-of-Home (DOOH), Connected TV (CTV), and retail digital networks.

They partner with leading global brands, agencies, platforms, and creators to deliver culturally relevant, measurable campaigns that bridge online engagement with real-world impact. As they scale internationally, the focus is on expanding global platform partnerships, strategic alliances, and innovative distribution channels.

Role Overview

The Strategic Lead, Global Creator & UGC Media Innovation & Partnerships is a senior, outward-facing role driving new business opportunities, platform partnerships, and integrated media innovation globally, based in EMEA for coverage across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas.

This role sits at the intersection of business development, partner strategy, and creator-led media innovation. You will identify, develop, and scale platforms, media owners, and strategic partnerships that enable creator and UGC content to move from digital environments into the physical world, working closely with Sales, Product, and Leadership to shape new revenue streams and go-to-market strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and close global partnerships across platforms, media owners, publishers, retailers, and technology partners.
• Build long-term strategic relationships that unlock new inventory, formats, data, and distribution.
• Lead partnerships from discovery through commercial structure, launch, and scale.
• Shape creator- and UGC-led media products across DOOH, CTV, retail, and experiential.
• Co-develop innovative formats, pilots, and proof-of-concept activations with partners.
• Package partnerships into sales-ready offerings and support strategic pitches and RFPs.
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Legal, Finance, and Sales to ensure scalability and commercial soundness.
• Track partnership performance, revenue impact, and growth opportunities across markets.

Qualifications:

• 7–12+ years in business development, partnerships, or senior client roles within advertising, media, or ad-tech.
• Proven experience building and scaling global partnerships.
• Strong understanding of creator-led media, UGC, social platforms, and digital ecosystems.
• Experience with physical-world media (DOOH, CTV, retail, experiential) preferred.
• Confident, strategic, commercially driven, and comfortable operating across regions and time zones.

What Success Looks Like

• New global platform and media partnerships launched and scaled
• Clear contribution to incremental revenue and growth channels
• Strong adoption of partner solutions by sales and clients
• Our client positioned as a preferred global partner for creator-led physical-world media

Why Join

• Lead global growth at the forefront of creator-led media innovation
• Shape new partnership models and revenue streams
• Work with top global platforms, brands, and media owners
• High-growth, entrepreneurial environment with direct leadership access
• Competitive compensation*, flexibility, and global exposure

To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/the-village-global-business-development-partnerships