Partner Management Lead

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global FMCG organization is seeking a Partner Integration Lead for a 12-month contract in London. This role involves coordinating delivery across multiple strategic partners, ensuring alignment, accountability, and seamless integration. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in programme delivery and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in programme delivery, transformation leadership, or partner governance.
• Demonstrated success in multi-vendor environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact for partner delivery coordination.
• Drive the implementation of shared OKRs and key performance metrics.
• Facilitate regular partner forums and retrospectives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Performance tracking

Delivery scorecards

Job description

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Partner Integration Lead
Location: London based - flexible on travel frequency
Global FMCG Business
Contract duration: 12 months initially
Market rates (inside IR35)
A leading global FMCG organisation is embarking on a major transformation programme and is seeking a Partner Inter-dependencies Lead to coordinate delivery across multiple strategic partners. This role is critical to ensuring alignment, accountability, and seamless integration across a complex vendor ecosystem.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a business with bold ambitions—where collaboration, delivery discipline, and cultural integration are key to success.
What You’ll Do

• As the Partner Inter-dependencies Lead, you will:
• Act as the central point of contact for partner delivery coordination
• Drive the implementation of shared OKRs, joint scorecards, and key performance metrics
• Facilitate regular partner forums, retrospectives, and interdependency reviews
• Track and manage performance, risks, and cross-vendor alignment
• Support Integration Champions embedded within each delivery partner
• Maintain a unified governance framework across all vendors and workstreams
• Escalate critical issues or unresolved dependencies to senior stakeholders
• Foster a strong “One Team” culture through joint branding and recognition
  

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in programme delivery, transformation leadership, or partner governance
• Demonstrated success working across multi-vendor environments, ideally on enterprise-scale initiatives
• Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and alignment-building skills
• Expertise in performance tracking, delivery scorecards, and governance reporting
• Ability to influence across organisational boundaries and resolve cross-partner challenges
• Experience in FMCG, retail, consulting, or enterprise technology sectors is highly desirable
  

Why Join?
This is a high-impact opportunity to contribute to a global transformation programme that will shape the future of one of the world’s most recognised FMCG organisations. You’ll be working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, where strong leadership and partner integration are essential to delivery success.
Interested in Driving Global Delivery Excellence?
If you're ready to lead complex, cross-partner delivery in a dynamic and globally connected organisation, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact [insert recruiter contact info] for more details.