Strategic Partnerships Manager

Career Moves Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Manager based in London. The role involves building and managing complex relationships with partners, negotiating contracts, and collaborating on product strategy. Candidates should have strong business development experience, excellent communication skills, and familiarity with negotiation processes. This hybrid position offers a rate of £51.92 per hour, requiring commitment to deliver exceptional partner experiences over a 7-month contract.

Qualifications

• Business development and/or partnerships experience.
• Familiarity with negotiation and contracting, including reviewing and drafting legal documents with legal teams.
• Very strong communication skills, as the role involves working with third parties and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end partner/supplier experience to ensure deal integration.
• Conduct partner/industry research and collaborate on product strategy.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with external partners and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Oral & written communication

Opportunity and pipeline management

Data analysis, synthesis and reporting

Navigating complexity

Deal negotiation

Project management and planning

Stakeholder management

Executive influence

Contract knowledge

Industry knowledge

Job description

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Location: London, UK
Length: 7 months
Duration: 20/12/2025 – 28/07/2026
Rate: £51.92 per hour (Inside IR35)
Hours: 40 hours per week (Hybrid)

Job Description

As a Strategic Partnerships Development Manager, you are a relationship builder that thrives in a fast‑paced environment, successfully navigates internal processes, products, and teams, and revels in managing complex and strategically important partnerships for us. You manage and/or deepen relationships with partners, execute agreements, and track impact, enabling us to be successful. You possess strong skills in relationship‑building, negotiation, project management, and collaboration.

Responsibilities include:

• Drive end‑to‑end partner/supplier experience to ensure deal integration which includes negotiating and finalizing contracts, executing on account plans, pitching to partners/suppliers, resolving partner issues and advocating on behalf of partner/supplier.
• Drive partner strategy, including new partner/supplier and opportunity prospecting. Conduct partner/industry research and collaborate on product strategy.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with external partners and internal stakeholders/teams to drive the best partner/supplier experience and ensure product excellence.
• Drive managing partner engagement and relationship by tracking business metrics and insights, building business forecasts, and ensuring strong brand/reputation management.

Minimum role qualification requires proficiency in

• Oral & written communication
• Opportunity and pipeline management
• Data analysis, synthesis and reporting
• Navigating complexity
• Deal negotiation
• Project management and planning
• Stakeholder management
• Executive influence
• Contract knowledge
• Industry knowledge

Required Skills (Must‑Haves):

• Experience: Business development and/or partnerships experience.
• Negotiation & contracting: Familiarity with negotiation and contracting, including reviewing and drafting legal documents with legal teams.
• Communication: Very strong communication skills, as the role involves working with third parties and internal teams.

Preferred Skills (Nice‑to‑Haves)

• Industry familiarity: Familiarity with the ads space, specifically: Search advertising, Display advertising, Video advertising.
• Backgrounds: Experience in management consulting and/or investment banking is considered a plus due to exposure to fast‑paced environments and working with different types of people.