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Who we are

The real world is the next frontier, and at Metropolis, we are creating the artificial intelligence to make it responsive. We are pioneering the Recognition Economy — a future where mundane repetition disappears and being known unlocks access, comfort, and belonging everywhere you go. From transforming parking into a seamless drive-in, drive-out experience for millions of Members to expanding our intelligence layer across retail and hospitality, we are building a world that feels instinctive and magical. The future isn't coming; it's here, and we need builders, innovators, and problem solvers to help us create it.

Who you are

Metropolis is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Partner Marketing to serve as the marketing anchor for our highest-value National Account partners. In this role, you will lead go-to-market strategy, define audience segmentation, and build joint campaigns that grow brand relevance, adoption, and revenue across our most important real-estate portfolios. Embedded directly inside Partner Success, you will act as the connective tissue between enterprise accounts and central marketing teams—including Creative, Lifecycle, Events, and Performance Marketing—turning premium co-marketing programs into measurable location-level performance.

• Design and lead end-to-end go-to-market and joint co-marketing campaigns and product launches with strategic partners
• Own high-impact marketing launches for qualifying properties meeting financial and volume thresholds, coordinating custom member collateral and hyper-local, multi-channel visibility
• Deploy and optimize site-level digital media programs, including Google Ads, Meta, and geofencing, in partnership with performance marketing
• Act as the voice of the consumer, leveraging research and behavioral data to craft compelling positioning narratives
• Manage monthly performance reporting and client-facing dashboards for SEM spend, reservation volume, and store-visit ROAS to optimize against KPIs
• Manage partner marketing relationships to ensure tight alignment on brand guidelines, messaging, and shared business objectives
• Drive adoption of localized loyalty, consumer rewards, and third-party reservation-marketplace integrations to lift location-level performance
• Partner with the Creative Project Manager to prioritize design requests and adapt brand templates for localized collateral
• Coordinate with lifecycle marketing to weave localized partner perks into member retention and engagement journeys
• Align with event strategy on Tier 1 launch activations and networking events for major properties

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in consumer marketing, partner/co-marketing, or strategic partnerships
• Experience owning marketing relationships or localized growth for high-value enterprise accounts or premier real-estate portfolios
• Strong analytical and dashboard skills with a proven ability to build data-driven performance narratives for enterprise stakeholders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex ideas for broad audiences
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate across product, sales, analytics, and external partners
• Demonstrated comfort balancing short-term execution with long-term planning in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Experience leveraging AI tools to transform static workflows into responsive, high-output processes

While not required, these are a plus:

• Background in real estate, mobility, retail, or another location-based / multi-site marketing context
• Hands-on experience with geofencing, location analytics, or store-visit attribution
• Experience standing up marketing programs from scratch or inside a fast-scaling organization

4 Days in Office: Metropolis values in-person collaboration to drive innovation, strengthen culture, and enhance the Member experience. Our corporate team members hold to our office-first model, which requires employees to be on-site at least four days a week, fostering organic interactions that spark creativity and connection.

When you join Metropolis, you'll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated base salary for this position is $125,000.00 USD to $140,000.00 USD annually. The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and/or place of employment. Base salary is one component of Metropolis' total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans, and more.

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Metropolis Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We make all hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.