Job ID: 291802 Job Type: Full Time Function: Marketing Address: 160 Bloor Street East, 11th Floor, Toronto, ON Working Model: Hybrid Vacancy Status: This position is for an existing, open vacancy Belong to Something Beautiful 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. Ready for a career glow-up? As Senior Manager, Partnerships, you’ll be a pivotal leader in orchestrating and elevating Sephora Canada’s multi-year, national partnerships. You’ll 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. What You’ll Do: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">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.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Lead end-to-end partnership programs, from strategic planning and partner negotiation to flawless execution, reporting, and post-program learnings.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Build meaningful relationships with partners, agencies, and internal teams, creating strong alignment and unlocking new opportunities that support Sephora’s brand and business goals.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Bring bold ideas to life by leading cross-functional teams through clear briefs, thoughtful planning, key milestones, and seamless stakeholder communication.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Oversee partnership budgets, value banks, contracts, onboarding, and reporting with accuracy, transparency, and strong business judgement.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Use KPIs, brand health insights, and partnership performance data to measure impact, optimize results, and inform future strategies.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Represent Sephora Canada at events and activations as needed, ensuring every experience is delivered with polish, purpose, and attention to detail.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">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.</li> </ul> What You’ll Bring: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You have 7–10 years of progressive marketing experience, with a strong focus on strategic partnerships.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You’re a strategic relationship builder who knows how to identify, negotiate, and nurture high-value partnerships that create meaningful brand and business impact.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You bring strong 360-degree marketing expertise and understand how to connect partnerships across channels, teams, moments, and audiences.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You’re a confident project leader who can manage complex, multi-partner programs with clear priorities, strong organization, and exceptional attention to detail.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You know how to bring people together, influencing cross-functional teams, agencies, and external partners through clear communication, collaboration, and shared accountability.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You’re comfortable using data, marketing metrics, and performance insights to measure success, optimize plans, and tell a compelling story to senior stakeholders.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You stay close to culture, consumer behaviour, market trends, and the beauty or retail landscape, bringing fresh thinking and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You’re open to travelling up to 20% of the time to support events across Canada, with some U.S. travel potentially required.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">You have comfort using AI tools and technologies to enhance day-to-day productivity.</li> </ul> #FSCHIRING What You’ll Get: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Caring Community. You’ll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating, doing the right things, and driving the industry forward – together, united in beauty.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Fulfilling Path. Your career glow-up starts here with access to opportunities that will challenge, stretch, and develop your skills. You’ll have access to the global community of luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) for endless career opportunities.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty, you’ll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) your individual voice is a part of.</li> </ul> Rewards as Unique as You Are: Eligibility requirements apply to certain benefits and may vary depending on job classification and length of employment. <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Wealth. We’re passionate about pay equity and transparency. The compensation ranges between CAD$118.000,00 - CAD$141.000,00, plus bonus, RRSP matching. The final pay offered will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the actual qualifications and experience of the individual, and any additional non-discriminatory, legitimate business factors relevant to the position and/or location.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Health. Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family’s needs with medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage. Access to our Well-Being@Sephora program to support your mental, financial, physical, and social well-being.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Balance. You’ll be trusted to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with a hybrid work schedule, vacation and flex days, and maternity/paternity leave.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Growth. A career glow-up is built into every role, with access to training and development programs and resources throughout the year.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Perks. Think you’ve tried it all? Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for gratis, and flash sale discounts on LVMH brands.</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Support. Tap into volunteer and donation matching, Employee Assistance Program, and free mental health resources with 24/7 access to Dialogue.</li> </ul> Join us and Belong to Something Beautiful. 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. As part of our commitment to transparency and efficiency, we would like to inform you that we utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening and evaluation of applications.

Senior Manager, Partnerships (Toronto, ON, CA, M4W 0A2) @ Sephora

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