Partnership Growth Manager 

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates Until 10/6/2026 First posted April 28, 2026 Last posted August 7, 2026
Job description

Job Posting Title:

Partnership Growth Manager 

Req ID:

10134774

Job Description:

About the Role & Team

The Partnership Growth Manager for Disney+ will be responsible for driving subscriber growth and engagement through Disney+ MENA’s strategic partnerships across telco, media, OEM, and digital verticals. Working closely with the Partner Marketing team, this role plays a central part in launching new partners, managing ongoing relationships, and ensuring each partnership delivers on its full commercial and customer potential.

This is a high-impact role focused on translating strategic partner opportunities into measurable results through agile execution, operational excellence, and performance governance.

This role will require you to be working 4 days a week in our office and 1 day from home. 

What You Will Do

1. Partner Launch & Onboarding

-Serve as the key owner for end-to-end onboarding of new partnerships, including Telco, OEM, Digital, and Media deals.

-Collaborate with Affiliates team during contract negotiations to align on operational and product elements.

-Lead post-contract project management: build launch plans, define stakeholder actions, track technical and commercial readiness.

-Coordinate closely with Partner Marketing and regional/global tech teams to ensure seamless delivery and readiness for launch.

2. Growth Planning & Optimization

-Develop joint business plans with each partner, setting quarterly subscriber and engagement targets.

-Design and maintain a rolling partner roadmap across promotions, campaigns, content beats, and lifecycle initiatives.

-Identify and activate growth levers across partner channels (e.g. in-store, digital, CRM, salesforce) to drive acquisition and sell-through.

3. Performance Management & Governance

-Track, analyse and report on trading performance across KPIs including activations, conversion rates, engagement, churn, and content consumption.

-Monitor customer support and technical performance KPIs, both internally and on partner platforms.

-Lead governance routines (quarterly business reviews, monthly check-ins, etc.) to align internally and externally on progress, learnings, and upcoming actions.

4. Operational Alignment & Enablement

- Act as the cross-functional hub for all partner-related operational efforts post-signature, ensuring Disney+ teams are aligned on timelines, ownership, and dependencies.

- Work closely with product, tech, legal, customer service, analytics, and finance to deliver a scalable and sustainable partner growth engine.
 

KPI include:

  • Subscriber Growth: Deliver against aggressive subscriber targets across multiple partners.

  • Engagement & Retention: Improve activation and retention metrics through partner lifecycle management.

  • Operational Excellence: Ensure internal/external readiness for launch, adherence to timelines, and resolution of bottlenecks.

  • Strategic Influence: Translate subscriber insights and market dynamics into actionable plans with partners.
     

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Strong experience in partnership management, GTM execution, or commercial operations, ideally within streaming, telecom, digital, or consumer tech sectors.

  • Proven ability to launch and grow B2B2C partnerships and manage complex stakeholders.

  • Experience working with telco or OEM channels in MENA, with in-market KSA experience strongly preferred.

  • Familiarity with performance marketing, CRM, and funnel optimization in a subscription business is a plus.

  • Commercial Acumen: Strong understanding of partner economics and customer funnel dynamics.

  • Analytical Mindset: Ability to interpret performance data and turn insights into actionable strategies.

  • Cross-Functional Influence: Skilled at aligning stakeholders across tech, marketing, legal, and operations.

  • Structured Project Management: Detail-oriented with a track record of managing timelines, risks, and deliverables.

  • Communication & Collaboration: Professional, candid, and clear communicator across internal and external interfaces.

  • Cultural Fluency: Deep understanding of the MENA region; Arabic fluency is a strong plus.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Job Posting Segment:

EMEA Operations

Job Posting Primary Business:

EMEA DTC

Primary Job Posting Category:

Marketing

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2025-12-11
About this role

Summary

Manage partnerships to drive Disney+ subscriber growth and engagement in MENA region.

Job title

Partnership Growth Manager

Experience level

not specified

Industry

entertainment

Location requirements

Dubai, UAE; hybrid work: 4 days office, 1 day remote

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

partnership managementGTM executionstakeholder managementperformance marketingCRMproject managementcommunication

Preferred skills

regional knowledgestakeholder managementperformance marketingCRMpartner channels

Specializations

partnershipsdigitaltelcomediaOEM
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Hybrid City