Senior Manager, Partnerships, Americas

TL;DR

Senior Manager, Partnerships, Americas: Shape and execute hirify.global News partnerships strategy across North and South America, leading deal execution and performance ownership with an accent on high-value licensing, distribution, and co-production negotiations. Focus on building and managing key market relationships, securing robust contractual frameworks, and using market insight to inform editorial and product development.

Location: Washington DC, USA

Salary: $125,000-$155,000

Company

hirify.global is a global news organization delivering trusted journalism across digital, audio, and video platforms.

What you will do

• Shape and execute the News partnerships strategy across North and South America, leading a distributed team.
• Own reach, revenue, and margin performance for the Americas partnerships portfolio in collaboration with Strategic Planning & Delivery.
• Act as a senior external representative, building and managing key market relationships and supporting the Regional Director.
• Secure and manage high-value agreements, including major US public radio partnerships and World Service distribution deals, overseeing contractual frameworks.
• Identify and develop scalable partnership opportunities beyond traditional syndication, especially in Latin America, working with hirify.global Studios where appropriate.
• Partner with editorial, product, commercial, and distribution teams to deliver partnerships that grow income and align with hirify.global values.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience developing content partnerships and negotiating high-value licensing, distribution, and co-production agreements for a major media organization or technology company.
• Deep understanding of the US news media landscape and passion for hirify.global News’ mission.
• Proven track record owning and growing a seven-figure (or larger) business portfolio.
• Strong leadership experience managing and motivating distributed teams.
• Excellent commercial judgment, including pricing strategy, plus strong written and verbal communication skills for business cases.
• Ability to operate independently in complex, matrixed organizations and influence senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Latin American markets.
• Experience working across international and multicultural environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Fair pay and flexible benefits specific to location and contract type.
• Excellent career and professional development support.
• Support in day-to-day working life.
• Values-based organization focused on inclusion and respect for individual contributions.

Hiring process

• Employment screening checks may include reference checks and eligibility to work checks; safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks if applicable.
• Offer is conditional on satisfactory screening results.