Senior Brand Partnerships & Licensing Manager (All Genders)

About This Opportunity

Our talent team is representing a confidential consumer goods organization that's scaling rapidly across direct-to-consumer, retail, and marketplace channels throughout Europe. They're building a Brand Activation function focused on limited-edition collaborations, licensing partnerships, and co-branded product drops that connect with culture.

We're searching for a senior partnerships professional who can identify opportunities, negotiate deals, and own projects from concept through launch. This is a hands-on role for someone who brings both strategic vision and execution discipline to licensing and brand collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Source, evaluate, and pitch licensing and co-branding opportunities across entertainment IPs, cultural icons, celebrities, and lifestyle brands; maintain an active pipeline of 5-10 live opportunities aligned to brand and commercial objectives
• Lead end-to-end deal negotiations including LOIs, licensing agreements, talent contracts, commercial terms, royalties, and usage rights; represent the organization in discussions with IP holders, agents, and partners
• Own the full project lifecycle for every limited edition: concept development, partner alignment, product development coordination, packaging redesign, legal sign-off, and market launch
• Build and manage business cases for each collaboration including budget planning, margin analysis, revenue forecasting, and post-launch performance reviews
• Track revenue contribution, retail sell-through, D2C performance, and brand awareness metrics; use insights to optimize future editions
• Brief and align cross-functional teams across brand, social, ecommerce, and retail on launch strategy, content requirements, and sales enablement materials
• Coordinate internal stakeholders across product, design, legal, sales, and digital without formal authority; keep complex workstreams moving on timeline

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years in licensing, brand partnerships, or co-branding within FMCG, consumer lifestyle, entertainment, or a licensing/talent agency environment
• Proven track record taking 3+ limited editions or co-branded drops from concept to market launch with measurable results
• Experience negotiating and signing LOIs, licensing agreements, and talent contracts with full commercial responsibility
• Network of IP holders, agencies, talent managers, and entertainment companies that enables immediate impact
• Demonstrated ability managing multiple complex workstreams simultaneously while maintaining timeline discipline
• Experience owning six- to seven-figure budgets and building business cases from the ground up
• Native-level German and full professional fluency in English required
• Strong decision-making capability in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Preferred experience:

• Direct relationships with entertainment studios, IP holders, or major talent agencies
• Background in FMCG, food and beverage, or better-for-you consumer brands
• Existing relationships within DACH retail landscape with sell-in experience for limited editions
• Track record managing simultaneous D2C and retail launches

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team conducts an initial screening to understand your background, partnerships network, and deal execution experience. Qualified candidates are then submitted to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the employer directly, as all communication is managed through our recruitment process.

This role offers flexibility: you may work from offices in Hamburg or Berlin, or fully remotely from anywhere in Germany.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive for senior partnership roles in the German consumer goods sector.

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