Partnerships Operations Manager – 37477051

Career Moves Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,379,520 - 92,299,200; Full time

Job summary

Career Moves Group in London is hiring a Partnership Operations Manager to support the UK Partnerships team of a leading global travel and technology organisation. Reporting to the UK Partnerships Lead, you will help onboard partners, manage operational deliverables and keep processes and trackers up to date in a fast-paced environment.

This hands-on role requires strong organisation, clear communication, and the ability to build relationships with external partners and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years’ experience in partnerships, partnership operations, marketing, programme management, business growth, community or a related area.
• Strong operational and organisational skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects, workstreams or external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident building relationships with partners and internal teams.
• Comfortable taking ownership and working independently.
• Able to create structure and processes in an ambiguous environment.
• Strong Google Sheets and Google Slides skills.
• Experience using Canva to create or adapt visual assets.
• Experience using Claude or similar AI tools would be beneficial.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced and evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operational delivery of key UK partnerships.
• Help onboard new partners and establish clear processes, timelines and ways of working.
• Manage partnership deliverables, meetings, approvals, deadlines and logistics.
• Build and maintain trackers, reporting tools and partnership documentation.
• Coordinate hospitality tickets and partnership-related experiences.
• Support the administration of payments and funding for participants within a major sports partnership.
• Work closely with external partners and internal teams to resolve operational issues.
• Review partnership assets and support the development of new activation opportunities.
• Assist with prospective partnerships involving major financial services organisations.
• Prepare partnership presentations, proposals and campaign materials.
• Track progress against key milestones and performance indicators.
• Support post-campaign reviews and document best practices.
• Coordinate input across Marketing, Communications, Finance, Legal, Engineering, Supply and Data teams.

Skills

Partnerships

Operations

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Google Sheets

Google Slides

Canva

Claude or AI tools

Job description

Partnership Operations Manager
Location: London
Working pattern: Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week in the office
Contract: 12 months
Hours: 40 hours per week
Pay: Up to £32.21 per hour PAYE
Start date: August 2026

We are recruiting a Partnership Operations Manager to join the UK Partnerships team of a leading global travel and technology organisation.
Reporting to the UK Partnerships Lead, you will support the operational delivery of a growing portfolio of strategic partnerships. The team is onboarding several new and high-profile partners and needs someone who can bring structure, organisation and momentum to the day-to-day running of these relationships.
This is a hands‑on role for someone who is highly organised, comfortable working in ambiguity and willing to get stuck into whatever is needed to ensure partnerships are delivered successfully.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operational delivery of key UK partnerships.
• Help onboard new partners and establish clear processes, timelines and ways of working.
• Manage partnership deliverables, meetings, approvals, deadlines and logistics.
• Build and maintain trackers, reporting tools and partnership documentation.
• Coordinate hospitality tickets and partnership-related experiences.
• Support the administration of payments and funding for participants within a major sports partnership.
• Work closely with external partners and internal teams to resolve operational issues.
• Review partnership assets and support the development of new activation opportunities.
• Assist with prospective partnerships involving major financial services organisations.
• Prepare partnership presentations, proposals and campaign materials.
• Track progress against key milestones and performance indicators.
• Support post-campaign reviews and document best practices.
• Coordinate input across Marketing, Communications, Finance, Legal, Engineering, Supply and Data teams.

Skills and Experience

• 1–5 years’ experience in partnerships, partnership operations, marketing, programme management, business growth, community or a related area.
• Strong operational and organisational skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects, workstreams or external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident building relationships with partners and internal teams.
• Comfortable taking ownership and working independently.
• Able to create structure and processes in an ambiguous environment.
• Strong Google Sheets and Google Slides skills.
• Experience using Canva to create or adapt visual assets.
• Experience using Claude or similar AI tools would be beneficial.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced and evolving environment.

About YouYou will be:

• Scrappy, proactive and resourceful.
• Highly organised and detail oriented.
• A confident and clear communicator.
• Comfortable working without a fixed playbook.
• Collaborative, approachable and low ego.
• Willing to take ownership and get things done.
• Able to balance creativity with strong operational delivery.
• Interested in partnerships, travel, community-led growth and audience engagement.

Applicants must be based in, or within a reasonable commuting distance of, London and able to attend the office for at least three days per week.