[Hiring] Manager, Partner Marketing @Elsevier

Role Description

As Manager, Content Partnerships Marketing, you will lead the development and execution of marketing strategies that support LeapSpace’s content partner ecosystem. You will work cross-functionally with Product, Global Communications, Legal, Sales, and Marketing teams to:

• Operationalize partner-related messaging
• Support partner awareness and co-marketing initiatives
• Enable customer-facing teams to confidently communicate the value of content partnerships

This role requires strong stakeholder management, messaging discipline, and the ability to navigate complex partner relationships in a highly matrixed global organization. You will serve as a central coordination point between Product and commercial teams, ensuring partner-related marketing activities are strategically aligned, contractually compliant, and commercially effective.

This role reports into the LeapSpace Solution Marketing organization within the R&L Audience Marketing team.

Responsibilities

• Value Proposition & Messaging:
  • Partner with Product, Global Communications, and Legal teams to maintain partner-related messaging frameworks and ensure consistent market positioning.
  • Translate Product-defined value propositions into messaging kits and customer-facing narratives for Marketing, Sales, ACE, and Field teams.
  • Ensure messaging stays current as partnerships, product capabilities, and market dynamics evolve.
• Partner Enablement & Relationship Management:
  • Coordinate partner marketing approvals, including branding, logos, and IP-related usage across LeapSpace marketing assets and experiences.
  • Develop scalable co-marketing approaches and maintain relationships with partner marketing and communications stakeholders.
  • Stay aligned on contractual obligations and partner sensitivities through ongoing collaboration with Product and partner management teams.
• Promotion & Market Awareness:
  • Support partner business development and product awareness through websites, showcase pages, collateral, webinars, events, and coordinated marketing campaigns.
  • Partner with Global Communications on press releases, social media, and partner announcements.
  • Coordinate with ACE and Field Marketing teams to execute integrated promotional activities.
• Sales Enablement:
  • Maintain consistent sales messaging related to partnerships, content coverage, and strategic positioning.
  • Develop and update sales-facing assets including pitch deck content, briefs, FAQs, and training materials.
  • Serve as the primary contact for partner-related sales questions and enablement support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in B2B marketing, partner marketing, product marketing, or related roles within SaaS, information services, publishing, or research technology.
• Strong messaging, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Legal, Communications, Sales, and Marketing teams.
• Experience supporting partner or ecosystem marketing initiatives and sales enablement programs.
• Exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a matrixed organization.
• Able to translate complex partnership structures into clear, customer-centric messaging.
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving, post-launch, or transformational environments.
• Familiarity with academic research workflows, scholarly publishing, or research information services (valued, not required).
• Experience supporting AI-enabled products or technology platforms.
• Experience working with strategic partnerships, licensing relationships, or content ecosystems (highly valued).
• Experience coordinating global marketing programs across regions and audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or related field; advanced degree is valued.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in relevant fields.
• Strong messaging and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration.
• Exceptional project management abilities.
• Ability to translate complex structures into clear messaging.

Benefits

• Health benefits: medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits: 401(k) with match and Employee Share Purchase Plan.
• Wellbeing: wellness platform, Headspace subscription, and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Insurance: short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death, critical illness, and hospital indemnity.
• Family benefits: parental leave, adoption, and surrogacy support.
• Savings accounts: HSA, FSA, dependent care, and commuter benefits.
• Paid time off, plus volunteer and Employee Resource Group participation days.