Sr. Strategic Product Partnerships Manager

Universal Ads, a part of Comcast, enables any brand, of any size, to seamlessly make and buy commercials across premium video reaching new qualified audiences at scale. Universal Ads combines premium and brand-safe video content directly from the most influential media companies with the ease and familiarity of social ad buying. It is your one-stop shop for high-quality video ads delivering performance and unmatched scale.

Job Summary

Responsible for identifying, evaluating, and managing strategic partnerships that drive growth and enhance the Universal Ads platform. Independently leads partner discovery, market analysis, and ecosystem mapping to identify opportunities across creative, measurement, audience, and media solutions. Develops and negotiates partnership agreements, guides cross-functional teams through integration and go-to-market planning, and ensures partnerships deliver measurable advertiser and business impact. Influences product and business strategy by bringing market insights and partner feedback into planning and prioritization. Contributes to the development of scalable processes, partnership frameworks, and long-term strategies that align with Universal Ads’ overall growth objectives.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Build and manage strategic partnerships that enhance Universal Ads’ platform and create measurable advertiser impact.

• Expand the partner ecosystem across creative, measurement, audience data, media buying solutions, and more.
• Evaluate partnership opportunities and develop strategies that align with business goals and advertiser needs.
• Lead partner negotiations and deal structuring, collaborating with legal, finance, and product teams to define mutually beneficial terms.
• Support product and engineering teams to scope, prioritize, and execute integrations, including API-based and platform-extensible solutions.
• Own key partner relationships, ensuring long-term alignment, performance, and business growth.
• Collaborate on go-to-market strategies with sales and marketing teams, including enablement, co-marketing, and partner training initiatives.
• Develop tools and frameworks to track partner impact, manage onboarding, and monitor adoption and success metrics.
• Gather market and partner insights to inform product development, feature prioritization, and long-term platform strategy.
• Operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment with a strong focus on measurable results and ecosystem impact.
• Bring strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills to engage C-level executives and technical teams effectively.
• Contribute to the development of repeatable processes and scalable partnership frameworks to support long-term platform growth.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Strategic Objectives; Business Opportunities; Strategic Business Units; Analytical Thinking

Salary:

Primary Location Pay Range: $132,148.67 - $198,223.00

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

10 Years +