Strategic Partnership Manager

Permanent
Full time
35 hours per week
£39,838.92 - £56,243.17
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Business Development

The Partnership Manager creates new business opportunities in the form of approved partners covering business and lifestyle partner types. Accountable for a new business target and for retention and upsell of ongoing revenue streams, acting as partner/account manager and dealing with renewals and up-sell opportunities. This role reports into Head of Partnership & Sponsorship.

If you’re a high energy, enthusiastic, customer-focused individual, with an entrepreneurial flair. Someone who is comfortable influencing up, down and across and able to execute resilience in an ever-changing organisation, this might just be the role you’ve been looking for.

What’s in it for you:

• Be rewarded your successful sales and relationship building skills;
• Develop your entrepreneurial, strategic and negotiation proficiencies / competence;
• Work for an industry leader with a diverse customer base

What we’re looking for:

• Demonstrable and successful, previous key account management experience; aligned to business objectives
• Proven track record in a business development role; operating at a senior level account managing existing partners. 
• Experience of creating partnership development opportunities within existing relationships
• A self-starter with high energy and initiative - able to manage up, down and across in a fast paced organisation

Application process:

 To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter. Please ensure that your CV and covering letter clearly demonstrate how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the role.

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Experience of developing, growing and maintaining key accounts.

Proven and successful track record in a senior level business development role.

Experience of creating strategic development opportunities across new and existing clients.

Self-starter with high energy and initiative - able to manage relationships across the organisation.

Entrepreneurial, energetic, enthusiastic, customer-focused, highly articulate and able to work in a fast-paced organisation.

Strategic, commercial, tenacious.

Demonstrated ability to persuade senior level executives up to C- level.

Experienced in influencing other business departments to deliver in partnership with them.

An excellent communicator and influencer.

Demonstrable experience of complex client and partner negotiations.

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 19/03/2018, 23:55
The Law Society is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.