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⚡We are partnering with a market-leading, independent sell-side advertising platform to find them an exceptional Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships to join their team in Singapore. Let us share more details!

🏢 About the Company

The client is the world's largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Their technology empowers publishers to monetise content across multiple formats, including CTV, streaming, online video, display, and audio. Operating on a global scale, the company facilitates billions of daily transactions, providing brands and agencies with access to high-quality, brand-safe ad inventory.

📍 The Role

This Associate Director role sits within the Strategic Partnerships team, owning the relationships with the company's most critical third-party technology partners across Southeast Asia. It's a full-lifecycle role — from sourcing and negotiating complex partner agreements through to launching and scaling them — and sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, product, and cross-functional execution, making it a highly visible seat for someone who wants regional ownership.

🛠️ Core Responsibilities

• Acts as the lead for the company's most critical Southeast Asia partners
• Owns the full partnership lifecycle, from sourcing and negotiating complex agreements to launching and scaling them
• Manages day-to-day relationships with third-party technology partners
• Supports internal teams to foster partner growth and revenue
• Increases awareness of the company's offerings among partner organisations
• Creates training materials for partner launches and coordinates internal training
• Builds tactical, executable strategy that aligns across multiple partner segments for third-party technology partners

🎯 Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 4+ years' experience in partner management or business development within online advertising, data onboarding, or adtech
• Experience identifying partners and structuring complex agreements, with a proven track record in negotiation and execution
• Experience working with senior executives and cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Marketing) to drive successful partnerships
• Ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple time-sensitive projects in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to convey complex technical and commercial concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strategic and creative thinker with strong tactical execution skills, able to identify alignment opportunities across partner segments

✨ You'll Love This Role If…

• You enjoy owning high-stakes partner relationships end-to-end, from first conversation to scaled agreement
• You want real autonomy — this is a low-direction, high-trust environment
• You like being the connective tissue between commercial, product, and legal teams
• You're energised by the fast-moving world of programmatic and CTV advertising
• You want a role with genuine regional (SEA) scope and visibility
• You take pride in translating complex technical concepts for varied audiences

📍 Location: Singapore

🧑‍💼 Job Level: Senior

⏰ Schedule: Full-Time

🏠 Work Setup: Hybrid (2 remote days, 3 in-office days)

✉️ If you'd like to apply, please do so by submitting your CV here, or in-mailing us directly.

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