An agentic AI marketing platform that connects brands to shoppers like never before.
Strategic Partnerships Manager - Marketing Agency Focus
Location
United States
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
About Checkmate
Checkmate is a consumer app and data company that helps brands connect with shoppers more effectively. Using real-time shopping behavior through our proprietary data network, we help brands target, retarget, and convert high-intent customers — while ensuring shoppers get the best value on every purchase.
We’ve:
- Been the #1 app in the App Store twice
- Built a user base of millions actively seeking personalized deals
- Enabled hundreds of brands to drive retention and engagement through our commerce channels (app, browser extension, email, SMS)
Our mission is to reshape how shoppers discover value — and how brands build loyalty — by bridging content, commerce, and data.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Strategic Partnerships Manager to help us grow and manage our agency relationships — including retention, lifecycle, and performance marketing agencies to work with more brands.
This role is perfect for someone with deep relationships in the email marketing world, but ready to move fast, hustle hard, and make a big impact. You’ll be on the front lines— prospecting brand partners, onboarding new strategic partners, and ensuring Checkmate is top of mind for client and network strategies.
What You’ll Do
Success in this role to both use data and relationships to expand our brand relationships and grow revenue with our existing brand partners.
Partner Development
- Identify, source, and onboard new agency partners (retention, lifecycle, performance marketing, affiliate, email)
- Build relationships with account managers at top agencies
- Use data to identify high value brands we can optimize and upsell
- Develop pitch materials and co-marketing campaigns to support partner acquisition and engagement
Relationship Management
- Act as day-to-day point of contact for agency relationships
- Regularly check in with partners to ensure Checkmate is part of client campaigns
- Organize trainings, enablement sessions, and strategy syncs with agencies and platforms
Growth & Operations
- Track and report on partner performance, pipeline, and coverage
- Coordinate with internal Sales, Ops, and Marketing to support partner initiatives
- Help evolve our partnerships playbook and tooling
Job Requirements
- Who You Are
- Loves start-ups and thinks like an owner / founder
- 3–6 years of experience in email marketing, partnerships, or growth marketing
- Hands-on experience working with or through marketing agencies is required (bonus points for existing connections with Klaviyo/Shopify agencies + DTC e-commerce brands)
- Strong analytics and data ability
- Strong communicator — able to tell a compelling story and hold your own in agency meetings
- High-energy, self-starter mentality — thrives in fast-paced, scrappy startup environments
- Comfortable managing multiple relationships and partner needs simultaneously
Benefits
- Why Join Checkmate?
- Be part of a team reinventing shopper-brand relationships
- Own core parts of a high-leverage GTM motion early in your career
- Work with experienced founders and sales leaders
- Tons of growth opportunity
- Benefits
- Healthcare + dental + vision
- 401(k)
- 4 weeks PTO + health days
- Gym membership reimbursement
- US Remote-friendly, with hubs in NYC and LA
- Regular offsites and team retreats
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