Global Partnerships Program Lead (Flexible/Remote)

Antler; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 331,000 - 514,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

4 weeks remote per year

Birthday days off

Summer hours

Competitive salary and incentives

Job summary

Antler is seeking a Partnership Program Manager to own cross-functional alignment and delivery across a growing partner network spanning AI, technology, banking, and ecosystem collaborators.

You will manage an annual delivery plan, lead quarterly reviews, and coordinate with Platform, Portfolio, Marketing, Tech and regional teams across markets. This role emphasizes program management first, with business development and expansion as a secondary focus.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in partnership delivery, program management, alliance management or equivalent operating role, ideally with a large enterprise counterparty.
• Demonstrated ownership of multi-workstream programs with external reporting obligations and fixed deadlines.
• Strong operating discipline: build the tracker, chase owners, know the status.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual delivery plan for each partnership across all markets, with schedule, owners and status for every deliverable.
• Run quarterly partner reviews: prepare data, present performance against scorecard, and agree actions.
• Maintain a single source of truth for delivery, participation and adoption metrics across the portfolio.
• Coordinate founder-facing programming calendar with regional teams and drive attendance when off-track.
• Own feedback and product evaluation workstreams, including partner surveys and submission quality.
• Coordinate co-marketing with Marketing: content, branding, newsletters and announcements.

Skills

Partnership delivery

Program management

External reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Time-zone coordination

Tools

Reporting tools

Job description

Antler is seeking a Partnership Program Manager to own cross-functional alignment and delivery across a growing partner network spanning AI, technology, banking, and ecosystem collaborators.

You will manage an annual delivery plan, lead quarterly reviews, and coordinate with Platform, Portfolio, Marketing, Tech and regional teams across markets. This role emphasizes program management first, with business development and expansion as a secondary focus.