Manager, Global Media Partnership

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including:
Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M
· A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

The Manager, Global Media Partnerships will support ELC’s enterprise approach to Global Media Partnerships, with responsibility for governing assigned Global Joint Business Plan (JBP) work streams and translating partner commitments into meaningful programs across Brands, Regions and Affiliates.

This role will independently lead assigned partnership and JBP work streams, make decisions within its scope and drive alignment across ELC, WPP and media partners. The Manager will support annual JBP planning and biannual business reviews in partnership with the Global Media Strategy & Partnerships Lead and Senior Manager, Global Media Partnerships.

The role will work closely with WPP, Google, Meta, Pinterest and other strategic media partners, as well as ELC Brand teams, regional and affiliate media teams and cross-functional stakeholders. It will help design, coordinate and enable enterprise programs, while day-to-day campaign execution remains with Brand, Region and Affiliate media teams.

The successful candidate will bring relevant media planning and activation experience, strong project management capabilities, relationship-management expertise and the ability to operate effectively across a complex global organization.

Global Media Partnership and JBP Governance

• Support the governance of ELC’s Global Media Partnerships and Global JBPs.
• Own defined JBP work streams, partner deliverables or strategic programs from planning through execution and closeout.
• Independently manage assigned partnership activities, timelines, meetings, actions and follow‑up across ELC, WPP and media partners.
• Track JBP commitments, investment achievement, commercial benefits, media credits, strategic programs and partner deliverables.
• Maintain accurate status reporting and identify risks, investment gaps and delivery issues in a timely manner.
• Make decisions within assigned areas of responsibility and drive resolution of delivery issues.
• Support annual JBP planning, including gathering inputs, coordinating materials and documenting priorities and commitments.
• Support biannual JBP business reviews by preparing performance updates, program summaries, risks and recommended actions.
• Help ensure partner commitments are translated into actionable programs for Brands, Regions and Affiliates.
• Escalate broader strategic, commercial or organizational decisions with clear recommendations and supporting context.

Strategic Programming and Capability Building

• Support the design and deployment of partner‑led programming across Brands, Regions and Affiliates.
• Lead defined partner education, insights sessions and capability‑building initiatives.
• Develop and maintain playbooks, activation guides, operating principles and other tools that support program adoption.
• Coordinate with Brand and regional media teams to support implementation and capture feedback.
• Track participation, adoption, milestones and outcomes for strategic programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve program consistency, scalability and effectiveness.

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