Partnerships Account Manager

LifeWorks; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider in the UK is seeking a Partnerships Account Manager to manage merchant partnerships and drive revenue growth. This fully remote role involves negotiating advertising placements and maintaining partner relationships. Ideal candidates have 1-2 years of business development experience, strong negotiation skills, and proficiency in Salesforce. The position offers various employee perks including a Sales Incentive Plan, medical insurance, and annual leave.

Benefits

Sales Incentive Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Pension

24 days annual leave and two extra wellbeing days

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1-2 years business development experience with demonstrated success in revenue generation.
• Evidence of campaign planning and building relationships.
• Strong commercial strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruit new brands and sell advertising placements.
• Negotiate commissions and proposals.
• Maintain existing Perks partners through proactive relationship management.

Skills

Business Development

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation Skills

Analytical Mindset

Communication Skills

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well‑being provider – encompassing physical, mental and financial health – TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

TELUS Health is on a mission to become the most trusted wellbeing company in the world by enhancing the overall efficiency of healthcare and championing workplace wellbeing.

Our team and what we’ll accomplish together

The TELUS Health Perks Scheme is a corporate perks solution that enables organizations to offer their employees discounts and savings on various products and services from top brands, designed to help organizations enhance employee engagement, retention, and productivity while driving measurable business outcomes.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, Telus Health is seeking an ambitious business development professional to join its Partnerships team as a Partnerships Account Manager.

This is a fully remote role, allowing you to work from home anywhere in the UK. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing existing Perks merchant partners, creating new strategic partnerships, and generating incremental commission revenue from top brands across the UK, US, Canada and Australia. This role involves close collaboration with marketing, customer success, and internal Perks teams to drive platform growth and deliver exceptional partner experiences.

What you’ll do

Drive Revenue Growth & Partnership Expansion

• Recruit new brands and sell advertising placements with strong initiative and commercial focus
• Prospect, negotiate and monetize new partnerships for our Perks platform to expand market reach
• Negotiate commissions and advertising placement proposals that deliver mutual value
• Monitor competitor products, offers and weaknesses and present innovative ideas for sustainable growth

Manage Strategic Partner Relationships

• Maintain existing Perks partners through proactive day‑to‑day relationship management
• Create excellent relationships with affiliate networks, agencies and direct brands to strengthen our ecosystem
• Deliver the highest level of customer service to partners through exceptional relationship management
• Develop comprehensive understanding of the Perks industry (B2B and B2C) and competitive landscape

Execute Data‑Driven Campaign Management

• Maintain a robust pipeline including development of new business leads and opportunity tracking
• Lead Perks promotional planning, working closely with Perks team, marketing and customer success managers
• Conduct reporting and analysis of campaign results to optimize performance and demonstrate ROI
• Use data insights to inform strategic decisions and partnership optimization

What you bring

• Minimum of 1‑2 years business development experience with demonstrated success in revenue generation
• Evidence of campaign planning, stakeholder management and building relationships (internal/external)
• Commercial strategic thinking with strong problem‑solving skills and business acumen
• Demonstrated ability to perform well in a rapidly changing environment while maintaining focus on results
• Highly motivated and self‑sufficient individual who operates with considerable autonomy and discretion
• Proficient using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Salesforce for effective business operations
• Knowledge of the Affiliate Marketing industry is beneficial but not required
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with ability to influence diverse stakeholders
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate data into actionable business insights

What we offer

• Sales Incentive Plan
• Pension
• Private Medical Insurance including Digital GP
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Dental Plan
• Life Insurance
• Group Income Protection
• 24 days annual leave and two extra wellbeing days per year, in addition to 8 bank holidays
• Access to hundreds of perks including cashback offers and discounted gift cards on your favourite brands, discounted cinema tickets and more
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided in a fully confidential manner to ensure you get the support you need

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A bit about us

We’re a people‑focused, customer‑first, purpose‑driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

The health and safety of our team, customers and communities is paramount to TELUS. Accordingly, we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID‑19.

By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies’ Talent Acquisition team(s) and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.