**Job Description:
Location: LONDON, PARIS or BERLIN.**
The successful candidate will possess fluent English language skills and native-level German if based in Berlin or French if based in Paris.
Rakuten was founded in 1997 and is the world’s first successful merchant-focused e-commerce marketplace. Rakuten now encompasses over seventy businesses worldwide spanning e-commerce, digital content, communications and fintech that reach more than 1 billion members around the globe.
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Rakuten Advertising is the marketing and advertising arm of Rakuten, focused on helping the world’s leading brands find new customers and maximise the returns from their advertising budgets.
Due to growth, a new VP of Publisher Partnerships EMEA role has arisen, which may be based from our London, Paris or Berlin office.
Job description
The VP, Publisher Partnerships will lead the continued growth and development of our EMEA region with core markets UK, France and Germany. Under the direction of the Head of Global Publisher Partnerships, this role will have the responsibility for leading and guiding the EMEA Publisher Partnerships team responsible for acquiring new publishers, growing key publishers and forging strategic partnerships. They will be the regional lead and key stakeholder to define standardised processes across the global publisher organisation. The position is also responsible for staffing, training, management and development of a partnerships team and support the ongoing regional alignment between the Advertiser and Publisher teams.
Responsibilities include:
Key Requirements
Functional expertise
Leadership & People Management
Personal effectiveness
Communication skills
Detail-orientated
Teamwork
Understanding of the business
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Languages:
English (Overall - 4 - Fluent), French (Overall - 4 - Fluent), German (Overall - 4 - Fluent)