Kinship is a platform of brands building the future of pet care, combining insights, products, and services to help people be the best pet parents they can be:

• Adopt a Pet the destination for finding homes for homeless pets; we help animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue groups, and pet adoption agencies connect their homeless pets to millions of adopters a month 
• VetInsight our expert-driven, on-demand pet health platform
• The Wildest the destination that helps pet parents keep their cool in the wild world of pet parenting
• GoodFriend a marketplace for all your pet’s people, connecting pet owners with their people, from groomers, trainers, to veterinarians and experts
• PetExec is here to help organizations of all sizes in managing their daycare, boarding, grooming, and training operations

Together, these teams work to set new standards in pet care.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Partnership marketing program manager to join our Marketing team! As a Partnership Marketing program Manager at Adopt A Pet, you will be responsible for executing our overall partnership relationships in partnership with the Brand Manager. You will be responsible for managing the strategy, and ensuring that the business goals are met.

You will be working with the latest marketing technology in collaboration with other Sales and Marketing teams.

He/She/They will be a team player, a team builder and excels at collaborating, partnering and influencing decision making at all levels of the organization. This role will report to the Brand Manager of Marketing.

As the Partnership Marketing Manager, you will report to the Brand Manager of Adopt-A-Pet.

YOU WILL:

• Operational success: Oversee the entire post-sale activities with our partners: capture business needs from the partner and help translate that to our businesses to operationalize it across product, operations and customer service.
• Be the bridge from our new and existing partners to enable smooth execution of the partnerships and deal terms we bring in.
• Work with sponsors and report on program effectiveness for all partners
• Implement partnership programs designed by Brand Manager
• Create various email lists and campaigns for individual sponsors
• Partner with Kinship CRM team and AAP brand manager to effectively manage our sponsor and AAP email campaigns
• Join CEO and brand manager  in final meetings to help close new partners and ensure we are representing business capabilities correctly. In this capacity you will be the subject matter expert on the operational aspects of bringing on a partner with AAP.
• Business planning: Lead meetings through deliverables, outcomes and actions. Own agenda development and track follow-up actions and influence leaders to complete forward looking business plans.
• Project management: Collaborate with multiple cross-functional partners, including product, sales, marketing, finance and legal in order to drive the execution of partnerships we’ve closed.

THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE DOG PARK:

• 4-7 years of experience working in an operational program management role to deliver on post-sale activities that were agreed with our partners.
• 2+ years additional relevant professional experience in operation, business development, project management will be an added advantage
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Asana project management software preferred
• Experience navigating cross-functional, networked teams
• Experience working on complex programs in the digital space is a plus
• Proven experience developing and managing stakeholder engagement, operating models, work back schedules, scope, budgets, resource plans, issues, risks, and change requests
• Familiarity with analytical and database tools
• Excellent written communication and copywriting skills
• Strong project management skills
• An ability to work under tight deadlines
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• BSc degree in Marketing or relevant field
• Extra Bonus: Ultimate dog/pet lover and passionate about improving the lives of pets

COMPENSATION:

The Portland, Oregon base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 annually, commensurate with experience. Total compensation will include bonus incentives and benefits. Kinship provides Full Time Employees (Associates)  benefits which may include health insurance, retirement plan benefits, eligibility for Mars discounts, unlimited paid time off and access to other benefit programs. Eligibility for Kinship benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable Kinship Benefits plan at a person’s date of hire.