Location
London, with regular travel to UK and European properties (approximately three days per week in office, client meetings or property visits)

Hours
Full Time, with flexible working hours to accommodate some overlap with US teams (may include 9am–6pm and/or 10am–7pm shifts)

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Reporting to the EVP of Global Partnerships, the Partnerships Activation Manager will bring our global partnerships to life, focusing on UK and European properties. You will coordinate activations from planning through delivery, working closely with central teams, properties, and external partners to ensure commitments are met accurately, on time, and within budget. This hands-on role suits someone who enjoys creating exceptional experiences, building strong relationships, and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Your responsibilities will include supporting the EVP with annual partner activation programmes, reviewing contracts, maintaining activation trackers, and coordinating deliverables. You will develop and manage the partner activation calendar, keeping all stakeholders informed of key timelines and milestones.

You will coordinate partner activations from initial planning to delivery and evaluation by building clear project plans, managing communications between partners and internal teams, delivering marketing activities across channels, managing on-site partner activity when needed, and creating post-activation recap decks and performance summaries.

Managing and tracking activation budgets, monitoring expenditure, and ensuring alignment with financial guidelines will be essential. You will collaborate with brand, marketing, operations, and property teams to deliver consistent, high-quality activations.

Additionally, you will help transform partner events into meaningful marketing moments by identifying opportunities to extend reach and impact. You will support partnership compliance by reviewing delivery against contractual commitments and brand standards, building strong relationships with local operations teams to identify gaps and agree on solutions.

Collecting and analysing property consumption data to understand performance and identify improvements will be part of your role. You will also support the smooth running of the Partnerships team by coordinating calendars, travel, and expense reconciliation.

Travel to properties and partner events is required, including quarterly UK travel and occasional international trips.

Experience
Around five years’ experience in events, marketing, partnerships, or a related role, ideally within hospitality, travel, or lifestyle brands. Hands-on experience planning and delivering events or brand activations. Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to balance priorities and keep work progressing. Confidence managing budgets, tracking expenditure, and monitoring spend against commitments.

About you
Clear and thoughtful verbal and written communication skills. Ability to build trusted relationships with partners, property teams, and colleagues across different levels and markets. Comfortable working flexibly to overlap with US teams’ hours. Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel for creating presentations, trackers, and performance summaries. Collaborative and practical approach with a willingness to contribute wherever needed. Curious, open to new ideas, and genuinely interested in collaborative achievement. French language skills are a bonus but not essential. Most importantly, you want to be part of a hardworking, supportive, and fun team.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications required beyond relevant experience and skills. Enthusiasm for the role and a proactive attitude are essential.