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Block · 10 hours ago

Head of Partnerships Activations

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$198K/yr - $297K/yr

10+ years exp

Block is a company focused on economic empowerment through various tools and services. The Head of Partnerships Activations will oversee partner-led events and activations across multiple brands, ensuring strategic alignment and driving brand impact and business growth.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and lead the vision for Partnerships Activations across all Block brands, ensuring cohesive storytelling, strategic alignment, and clear investment priorities

Establish the long-term activation framework and operating model across brands, translating partnership opportunities and brand priorities into scalable, repeatable activation strategies

Translate partnership and brand priorities into innovative activation frameworks that drive awareness, engagement, and brand affinity

Partner with marketing channel teams, comms, creative, strategy, legal, data science and customer insights across Block to ensure activations align with overall business objectives and customer insights

Serve as the senior owner for partnership activation decisions, making tradeoffs across brands, partners, budgets, and timelines

Oversee the end-to-end development and execution of partner activations, from concept creation to production, on-site leadership, and post-activation evaluation

Develop event marketing programs that integrate third-party partners alongside Block brands, creating mutually beneficial collaborations and potential funding opportunities for the overall production budget

Set and maintain a high bar for creative excellence and executional rigor — while a strategic mind is necessary, we also recognize that the execution is how customers experience the brand magic

Ensure all activations are on-brand, innovative, and culturally resonant, pushing the boundaries of traditional event models

Establish clear measurement frameworks in partnership with Analytics to evaluate performance, impact, and ROI across awareness, consideration, conversion, and longer-term brand lift

Balance bold, culturally relevant risk-taking with disciplined measurement and learning, using insights to inform future strategy and investment decisions

Drive continuous improvement by applying insights and learnings to future activations

Qualification

Event managementPartnership developmentCreative strategyBudget managementOperational rigorCultural relevanceAnalytical skillsCross-functional collaborationLeadershipCommunicationCreativityTeam mentoring

Required

10+ years of experience leading large-scale events, activations, or live brand programs, with at least 8 years in a senior leadership capacity

Proven success managing complex productions, large budgets, and cross-functional teams

Extensive and well-established network of industry contacts, with a demonstrated ability to leverage this network to create strategic opportunities, drive collaboration, and secure impactful partnerships

Strong creative instincts paired with operational and financial acumen

Ability to travel 50%

Preferred

Experience in fintech, technology, or consumer brands a bonus

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

Glassdoor3.9

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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