Job Title: Head of Partnership Marketing

📍 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
🏢 Company: Takealot.com
📈 Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer

About Us

Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is growing fast and looking for extraordinary minds to join our journey. If you're smart, creative, and thrive in a dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you. We offer a market-related remuneration package, flexibility, and the opportunity to help shape the future of eCommerce in Africa.

Role Overview

As the Head of Partnership Marketing, you’ll lead the development and execution of Takealot’s partnership strategies, helping us drive growth, visibility, and mutual value through powerful collaborations. This role combines strategic thinking, campaign execution, stakeholder management, and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

🎯 Strategy & Planning

• Develop and execute a comprehensive partnership marketing strategy aligned with business and marketing goals

• Identify strategic opportunities and evaluate them for audience alignment and impact

🤝 Partnership Management

• Negotiate, structure, and manage partnership agreements and commercial deals

• Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic partners

• Ensure effective campaign integration across internal and partner channels

📢 Campaign Execution

• Brief and oversee integrated marketing campaigns with internal and partner resources

• Coordinate campaign assets, messaging, and execution across all channels

• Collaborate with creative, content, and digital teams for on-brand delivery

📊 Performance & Budget

• Define campaign KPIs, track performance, and generate actionable insights

• Prepare weekly/monthly reports for operational and leadership visibility

• Manage partnership budgets, co-funding agreements, and marketing income

👥 Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor the partnership marketing team

• Foster a high-performance, collaborative culture

• Keep the broader marketing team informed about industry trends and innovations

Candidate Profile

✅ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field (Master’s degree a plus)

• 5–7 years of retail and/or marketing experience

• Proven track record in partnership marketing, strategic campaign execution, and team leadership

🧠 Key Skills

• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication

• Deep understanding of digital, ATL, partnership, and commercial marketing channels

• Data-driven with strong analytical and reporting abilities

• Creative, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities

• Proficient in tools such as Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, Braze, Asana, or similar platforms

What We Offer

• A fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where ideas become reality

• Flexible work arrangements and a collaborative culture

• Growth opportunities in one of Africa’s biggest eCommerce platforms

• A passionate team that values curiosity, innovation, and ownership