Partnerships Development Associate

Isla; Ireland; Remote; EUR 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Performance-related commission

Job summary

Isla Health, a remote-first health-tech scale-up, is seeking a Partnerships Development Associate to help bring Isla's technology to healthcare organisations across the UK and Ireland. You will identify NHS opportunities, reach decision-makers, and guide early conversations to build lasting partnerships.

You'll own outbound activity, demonstrate our Digital Pathway Platform, and collaborate with senior Partnership Leads to develop a strong commercial pipeline.

Qualifications

• Experience in early-stage sales or business development in healthcare.
• Ability to navigate NHS structures and decision-makers.
• Strong listening and questioning skills to uncover needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new opportunities: Research NHS organisations, clinical services and regional priorities to identify where Isla could deliver meaningful value.
• Take ownership of targeted outbound activity across email, phone and LinkedIn, finding thoughtful and effective ways to engage prospective partners.
• Lead early-stage customer conversations: Build relationships with clinicians, operational teams and NHS decision-makers.
• Demonstrate the value of our platform: Deliver engaging introductory demonstrations of Isla to help partners understand potential impact.
• Qualify prospective partnerships: Assess opportunities, stakeholders and potential impact before progressing.
• Build a high-quality commercial pipeline: Work with senior Partnership Leads to progress opportunities and maintain momentum.
• Develop your understanding of the NHS: Build knowledge of NHS structures and challenges to enable credible conversations.
• Continuously improve our approach: Track activity in CRM and use data/AI insights to improve outreach and qualification.
• A consultative mindset: Stay curious, listen, and work to understand what matters to partners.

Skills

Research NHS organisations

Outbound outreach

Relationship building

Discovery meetings

CRM utilisation

Healthcare sales mindset

Tools

CRM systems

LinkedIn Outreach

Job description

This is a full‑time role (40 hours per week). Salary: £29,000 – £35,000pa + Performance‑related commission + Equity options. Location: We're a remote first team, based throughout the UK & Ireland. We offer the flexibility to work outside of the UK/Ireland up to 90 days per year, however you must be able to work and live permanently within the UK or Ireland, and able to travel to London at least four times a year for company meet ups and additionally as needed. #LI-Remote

The role: We're looking for an ambitious, curious and commercially minded Partnerships Development Associate to join our growing commercial team and help bring Isla's technology to more healthcare organisations. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build a career in consultative sales. You'll combine research and proactive business development with the opportunity to connect with NHS clinicians and decision‑makers, understand the challenges they're facing and show them how Isla could help. You'll take ownership of the early stages of our sales process, from finding and reaching out to potential partners to building relationships, running introductory meetings and demonstrating our platform. This isn't just about generating leads or booking meetings. You will get to know the people you're speaking to, ask great questions and understand what matters to them. You'll learn to spot where Isla could make a real difference and work closely with our senior Partnership Leads to turn those initial conversations into lasting partnerships. We're looking for someone who enjoys meeting new people, is naturally curious and loves getting to the bottom of a problem. You'll need the confidence to start conversations, the resilience to keep going when things don't work out and, just as importantly, the ability to listen, build trust and make people feel understood. You don't need to know the NHS or other healthcare systems inside out. We're much more interested in your attitude, initiative and willingness to learn. If you're excited to take on responsibility early, develop your skills and play a part in changing how healthcare is delivered, we'd love to hear from you!

Who we are

Isla Health is a venture‑backed health‑tech scale‑up, supporting our partners across the UK, EU and internationally. We have built a new category of healthcare technology which we refer to as the Digital Pathway Platform (DPP). Founded in 2019, we now support 25% of NHS Trusts and a submission of patient data is made on the platform every 20 seconds. As a company, we're all laser focused on enabling a scalable model of care which empowers healthcare staff and improves patient outcomes. The DPP supports this by setting up digital pathways which are remote‑first and asynchronous. As pathways harness sophisticated automation, clinical algorithms and intelligent cohorting, patients always take the optimised route through their pathway, thereby delivering a step change in clinical productivity.

Over the next 12 months you will:

• Identify and develop new opportunities: Research NHS organisations, clinical services and regional priorities to identify where Isla could deliver meaningful value.
• Take ownership of targeted outbound activity across email, phone and LinkedIn, finding thoughtful and effective ways to engage prospective partners.
• Lead early‑stage customer conversations: Build relationships with clinicians, operational teams and NHS decision‑makers. Run initial discovery meetings, asking insightful questions to understand their challenges, priorities and existing ways of working.
• Demonstrate the value of our platform: Deliver engaging introductory and clinical demonstrations of Isla, adapting your approach to different audiences and helping prospective partners understand how our technology could improve their services.
• Qualify prospective partnerships: Go beyond generating interest to understand whether there is a genuine opportunity for Isla. Explore customer needs, relevant stakeholders, potential impact and next steps, ensuring opportunities are well understood before progressing them.
• Build a high‑quality commercial pipeline: Work closely with senior Partnership Leads to progress qualified opportunities, providing the insights and context needed to develop successful partnerships. Take ownership of follow‑up and maintain momentum throughout the early stages of the sales process.
• Develop your understanding of the NHS: Build a strong knowledge of NHS structures, clinical pathways and the challenges facing healthcare organisations, enabling you to have increasingly credible and valuable conversations with prospective customers.
• Continuously improve our approach: Track your activity and opportunities through our CRM, share insights from customer conversations and use data, feedback and AI tools to make our outreach and qualification processes more effective.
• A consultative mindset: You're naturally curious and enjoy understanding