Strategic Accounts Manager

Position description

We’re looking for a Strategic Accounts Manager to join our Strategic Partnerships Team. This is a business development and client management role at the intersection of media, ideas, and global affairs — ideal for someone equally comfortable digging into prospecting research, crafting a compelling proposal, and working with clients and across teams to produce the world-class results we’re known for.

You’ll work closely with senior members of the partnerships team and directly with clients, playing a key role in growing FP’s commercial partnerships across events, analysis, podcasts, thought leadership, and integrated media campaigns.

What You’ll Do

Business Development

• Support the Strategic Partnerships team in day-to-day activities aimed at growing the business and fulfilling client engagements, including implementing AI-driven strategies to enhance output and efficiency

• Identify and help to initiate new partnership opportunities through research, landscape analysis, and proactive outreach (including cold email campaigns)

• Develop compelling proposals that integrate FP’s full suite of platforms and align with client objectives

• Proactively generate new ideas for events, analysis, podcasts, and thought leadership campaigns to pitch to prospective clients

Client Management & Delivery

• Produce polished post-campaign recaps (using PowerPoint) for all projects that demonstrate performance and position FP for follow-on work

• Support the delivery of media partnerships that expand FP’s reach with new audiences

• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for clients, coordinating deliverables, managing timelines, and ensuring a high standard of execution

Operations & Research

• Apply AI tools thoughtfully to enhance research, proposal production, and workflow efficiency, particularly when rethinking existing processes and undertaking new projects

• Draft and finalize standard client contracts

• Maintain and update prospect lists, subscriber databases, and event attendance records to identify leads

• Support quarterly client prospecting events (breakfasts, webinars)

Qualifications

Required

• Familiarity with AI tools and a genuine interest in using them to work smarter

• 3+ years of experience in partnerships, client solutions, business development, or marketing — ideally in media, communications, advertising, or events

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail

• Comfort managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment

• A track record of ownership: you follow through, you don’t drop balls, and you push work across the finish line while meeting deadlines

• Entrepreneurial approach to work with an ability to toggle between the big picture and minute details

Preferred

• Experience with proposal writing and/or post-campaign reporting

• Professional or personal interest in foreign policy, international affairs, or global business

• Experience with cold outreach or lead generation

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $75,000 – $85,000Foreign Policy offers a comprehensive benefits program that gives eligible employees the flexibility to choose the right benefits for themselves and their families. There are three subsidized medical plans, a vision plan, and two dental plans, provided by Aetna, which can be paired with flexible spending accounts.

Application instructions

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