Partner Enablement Manager

Partner Enablement Manager

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Slough, Leeds, Manchester or Grimsby (Hybrid)

Permanent full time

Our client is on a mission to simplify the complex and help organisations thrive. From paying 18% of the UK’s workforce to powering over 50,000 SMEs, their software is the quiet engine behind millions of users’ success stories.They’re now looking for a commercially astute, process-driven, and relationship-focused Partner Enablement Manager to join our growing team and transform our channel partnerships into high-performing growth engines.

What You’ll Do

As a Partner Enablement Manager, you’ll be the go-to person for all things partner success, performance optimisation, and operational enablement.

You will:

• Design and deliver partner enablement programmes that drive real outcomes
• Create toolkits, playbooks, training, and certification frameworks
• Analyse partner performance and recommend data-led improvements
• Implement scalable onboarding, lifecycle, and governance processes
• Collaborate across Sales, Product, Finance, Marketing & Legal to ensure partner alignment
• Drive strategic GTM initiatives and support commercial negotiations
• Build feedback loops to shape product and market strategy

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in partner enablement, channel success, or strategic partnerships
• Strong commercial acumen, you understand what drives mutual profitability
• A data-driven mindset, you translate insight into action
• Process excellence, you can build scalable frameworks from scratch
• Stakeholder savvy, you influence across functions and seniority levels
• Experience within SaaS, EdTech or tech-led environments

Bonus points if you have:

• Knowledge of the UK education sector or school procurement processes
• Experience with partner management systems and enablement tools
• Exposure to international partnerships or compliance frameworks

Why Join IRIS?

• Be part of one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies
• Work for a Great Place to Work & one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women
• Competitive salary + performance incentives
• Hybrid, flexible working
• Clear career progression in a high-impact role
• Help shape how we empower our partners to succeed

Ready to turn great partnerships into exceptional performance?

Please note:

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.