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About the Role

As Senior Manager, Partnerships, you will be a pivotal leader in orchestrating and elevating Sephora Canada’s multi-year, national partnerships. You will own the end-to-end management of key partnerships, from strategic development and negotiation to flawless execution, ensuring every initiative aligns with overarching business and marketing objectives. The work you do will bring together partners, agencies, and internal teams to build impactful relationships, drive meaningful results, and reinforce Sephora Canada’s market leadership.

Responsibilities

Shape and deliver Sephora Canada’s national partnerships strategy in partnership with the Director, External Communications & Partnerships, ensuring every initiative connects to business and marketing priorities.
Lead end-to-end partnership programs, from strategic planning and partner negotiation to flawless execution, reporting, and post-program learnings.
Build meaningful relationships with partners, agencies, and internal teams, creating strong alignment and unlocking new opportunities that support Sephora’s brand and business goals.
Bring bold ideas to life by leading cross-functional teams through clear briefs, thoughtful planning, key milestones, and seamless stakeholder communication.
Oversee partnership budgets, value banks, contracts, onboarding, and reporting with accuracy, transparency, and strong business judgement.
Use KPIs, brand health insights, and partnership performance data to measure impact, optimize results, and inform future strategies.
Represent Sephora Canada at events and activations as needed, ensuring every experience is delivered with polish, purpose, and attention to detail.
Stay connected to cultural trends, the competitive landscape, and emerging partnership opportunities to keep Sephora Canada at the forefront of best-in-class experiential marketing.

Requirements

7–10 years of progressive marketing experience, with a strong focus on strategic partnerships.
Strategic relationship builder who knows how to identify, negotiate, and nurture high-value partnerships that create meaningful brand and business impact.
Strong 360-degree marketing expertise and understand how to connect partnerships across channels, teams, moments, and audiences.
Confident project leader who can manage complex, multi-partner programs with clear priorities, strong organization, and exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to bring people together, influencing cross-functional teams, agencies, and external partners through clear communication, collaboration, and shared accountability.
Comfortable using data, marketing metrics, and performance insights to measure success, optimize plans, and tell a compelling story to senior stakeholders.
Ability to stay close to culture, consumer behaviour, market trends, and the beauty or retail landscape, bringing fresh thinking and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
Open to travelling up to 20% of the time to support events across Canada, with some U.S. travel potentially required.
Comfort using AI tools and technologies to enhance day-to-day productivity.

Skills

Strategic partnerships
Relationship building
360-degree marketing
Project leadership
Cross-functional team leadership
Data analysis
Marketing metrics
Performance insights
Cultural trend analysis
Consumer behavior analysis
Market trend analysis
Beauty/retail landscape knowledge
AI tools and technologies

Location

160 Bloor Street East, 11th Floor, Toronto, ON

Work Type

Full Time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior Manager

Salary/Compensations

CAD$118,000.00 - CAD$141,000.00

Benefits

Bonus
RRSP matching
Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Life coverage
Disability coverage
Well-Being@Sephora program
Vacation days
Flex days
Maternity/paternity leave
Training and development programs
30% discount on all merchandise/services
Opportunities for gratis
Flash sale discounts on LVMH brands
Volunteer and donation matching
Employee Assistance Program
Free mental health resources with 24/7 access to Dialogue

About the Company

At Sephora Canada, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.
The global community of luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy)

Equal Opportunity

Sephora Canada strongly believes in equal opportunity when it comes to employment and advancement. Our goal is to be inclusive, diverse, and representative of the communities where we work while creating an environment where every person can belong, grow, and build a beautiful career. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and/or any other diversity dimensions. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (visible or otherwise), other protected characteristics or other reasonable circumstances can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People team.