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Partner Success Manager
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$89.8K - $125.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Partner Success Manager
Horace Mann
• Build and manage a portfolio of strategic partnerships across higher education institutions, trusted educator organizations, and emerging market segments including homeschool, alumni, broker, carrier, and affinity groups. • Identify, pursue, and secure new partnership opportunities through direct outreach, referrals, networking, and business development efforts. • Negotiate and structure partnership agreements that align with Horace Mann's distribution strategy, marketing objectives, and educator engagement goals. • Evaluate potential partnerships based on growth potential, scalability, and return on investment. • Own post-signature partnership execution, ensuring every partnership launches with a clear engagement and marketing strategy. • Translate agreements into measurable partnership initiatives, including: • Email marketing • Direct mail initiatives • Conferences and events • Co-branded marketing programs • Lead generation campaigns • Partner closely with Marketing, Compliance and Legal, Web, Sales, and Operations teams to ensure successful execution. • Serve as the primary relationship owner for strategic partners. • Lead renewal, renegotiation, and expansion discussions to maximize partnership value. • Identify opportunities to increase partner engagement, educator reach, lead volume, and revenue contribution. • Convert successful partnerships into scalable, long-term programs that support enterprise growth objectives. • Establish and monitor partnership performance metrics and KPIs. • Evaluate campaign effectiveness, lead generation results, engagement metrics, and ROI. • Present performance insights and recommendations to leadership and key stakeholders. • Use data to optimize partnership strategies and identify future opportunities.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Insurance & Financial Services, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 5–7 years of experience in partnerships, strategic alliances, business development, sponsorships, channel marketing, or relationship management.
- Proven success in negotiating contracts and developing mutually beneficial business relationships.
- Demonstrated experience managing renewals, partner growth initiatives, and benefit expansion strategies.
- Strong organizational, communication, and strategic planning skills.
- Ability to identify and prioritize high-value partnership opportunities.
- Experience working with education-focused organizations, associations, higher education institutions, or affinity groups.
- Experience in insurance, financial services, employee benefits, or related industries.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, or providing leadership to others in partnership execution.
- Strong understanding of marketing performance metrics, lead generation, and ROI measurement.
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