Strategic AI Partnerships Lead

Worldpay (Uk) Limited; England; Sur place; GBP 85 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Worldpay (Uk) Limited is seeking a Strategic AI Partnership Manager to shape and manage high-value AI partnerships that accelerate intelligent payments at scale. You will own the AI vendor landscape, run structured partner evaluations, and drive governance and executive updates with cross-functional teams in a fast-moving, global payments environment.

The role emphasizes business impact, risk governance, and collaboration across technology, procurement, and commercial teams to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic partnerships, vendor management, commercial strategy, business development, or a related field.
• Ability to assess vendors, suppliers, and capabilities against strategic business requirements.
• Strong analytical and commercial judgement, with experience developing recommendations and business cases for senior stakeholders.
• Experience designing or operating structured evaluation, procurement, selection, or partnership processes.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work across business, technology, commercial, procurement, and operational teams and translate strategic goals into partner requirements.
• A strong focus on AI adoption, organisational impact, and business value rather than technical solution ownership.
• A disciplined approach to governance, performance tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.

Responsabilités

• Own the AI vendor landscape and market map by maintaining an updated view of the AI vendor ecosystem.
• Design and manage the end-to-end partner selection process, including evaluation methodology and final recommendation.
• Manage partner relationships post-deal through regular engagement and quarterly reviews.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to lead the AI-specific dimension of partnerships.
• Translate landscape into clear partnership recommendations aligned with enterprise AI priorities.
• Maintain visibility of partner performance and governance through agreed mechanisms.
• Coordinate partnership activity to stay aligned to enterprise goals.
• Support governance, performance reporting, and executive-level updates.

Connaissances

Strategic partnerships

Vendor management

Commercial strategy

Business development

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI adoption focus

Governance & governance reporting

Description du poste

Worldpay (Uk) Limited is seeking a Strategic AI Partnership Manager to shape and manage high-value AI partnerships that accelerate intelligent payments at scale. You will own the AI vendor landscape, run structured partner evaluations, and drive governance and executive updates with cross-functional teams in a fast-moving, global payments environment.

The role emphasizes business impact, risk governance, and collaboration across technology, procurement, and commercial teams to deliver measurable