Strategic Partnerships & Growth Lead

Vodafone Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

28 days holiday

Pension plan

Discounts

Job summary

Vodafone Limited seeks a senior strategy partnerships professional to shape growth through external collaborations across Strategy, Product, Propositions and Sales. You will develop business cases, assess markets and partners, and secure alignment with senior stakeholders and external ecosystems.

The role blends strategic thinking with pragmatic, evidence-based decision making. You’ll work in a hybrid setup, guiding opportunities from concept through mobilisation while contributing to the

Qualifications

• Experience in strategy, business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, innovation or proposition development with responsibility for new growth opportunities.
• Ability to turn business problems into structured, evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience assessing opportunities, business models, commercial viability and building business cases.
• Experience evaluating markets, partners and competing capabilities to identify strongest options.
• Track record of taking opportunities from concept to mobilisation and cross-functional alignment.
• Strong ability to secure alignment across senior stakeholders and external partners.
• Familiar with AI, cloud, security, connectivity and managed services.

Responsibilities

• Identify where partnerships can create value with Strategy, Product, Propositions, Sales and Commercial teams.
• Translate needs into clear partner requirements and structured capabilities & commercial models.
• Understand and assess the partner market across Vodafone's ecosystem and the wider market.
• Create frameworks for evaluating partners considering capability, fit, credibility and value.
• Shape partner and ecosystem strategies and determine where partners fit to amplify propositions.
• Develop robust business cases and commercial models for new partner opportunities.
• Advance priority opportunities from hypothesis to market assessment and final recommendation.
• Build Vodafone's partner development capability with repeatable tools and decision frameworks.

Skills

Strategy & partnerships

Business development

Corporate development

Proposition development

Opportunity assessment

Stakeholder alignment

AI & cloud familiarity

Job description

Vodafone Limited seeks a senior strategy partnerships professional to shape growth through external collaborations across Strategy, Product, Propositions and Sales. You will develop business cases, assess markets and partners, and secure alignment with senior stakeholders and external ecosystems.

The role blends strategic thinking with pragmatic, evidence-based decision making. You’ll work in a hybrid setup, guiding opportunities from concept through mobilisation while contributing to the