Strategic Partnerships Manager
Strategic Partnerships Manager Location: London, UK Length: 7 months Duration: 20/12/2025 – 28/07/2026 Rate: £51.92 per hour (Inside IR35)Hours: 40 hours per week (Hybrid)Job Description As a Strategic Partnerships Development Manager, you are a relationship builder that thrives in a fast-paced environment, successfully navigates internal processes, products, and teams, and revels in managing complex and strategically important partnerships for us. You manage and/or deepen relationships with partners, execute agreements, and track impact, enabling us to be successful. You possess strong skills in relationship-building, negotiation, project management, and collaboration.Responsibilities include:- Drive end-to-end partner/supplier experience to ensure deal integration which includes negotiating and finalizing contracts, executing on account plans, pitching to partners/suppliers, resolving partner issues and advocating on behalf of partner/supplier.- Drive partner strategy, including new partner/supplier and opportunity prospecting. Conduct partner/industry research and collaborate on product strategy.- Build and maintain strategic relationships with external partners and internal stakeholders/teams to drive the best partner/supplier experience and ensure product excellence.- Drive managing partner engagement and relationship by tracking business metrics and insights, building business forecasts, and ensuring strong brand/reputation management Minimum role qualification requires proficiency in:- Oral & Written Communication- Opportunity and pipeline management- Data analysis, synthesis and reporting- Navigating Complexity- Deal negotiation- Project Management and Planning- Stakeholder management- Executive influence- Contract knowledge- Industry knowledge Required Skills (Must-Haves):- Experience: Business development and/or partnerships experience.- Negotiation & Contracting: Familiarity with negotiation and contracting, including reviewing and drafting legal documents with legal teams.- Communication: Very strong communication skills, as the role involves working with third parties and internal teams.Preferred Skills (Nice-to-Haves)- Industry Familiarity: Familiarity with the ads space, specifically: Search advertising, Display advertising, Video advertising.- Backgrounds: Experience in management consulting and/or investment banking is considered a plus due to exposure to fast-paced environments and working with different types of people