Partner Engagement Manager

Boardwave; Time; Hybrid; NOK 706,000 - 962,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid London office in a WeWork

Competitive salary

25 days' holiday + Bank Holidays

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Personal development budget

Mentor from within the network

Office presence and events at London"

Job summary

Boardwave in London is seeking an external-facing Partnerships Manager who owns day-to-day relationships with our partner portfolio, from top-tier investors to professional services firms, ensuring they get value from the network.

You’ll tailor engagement strategies by partner, align commercial goals with Boardwave events, content, and community touchpoints, and drive delivery across onboarding, activation, and quarterly reviews.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in account management, customer success, or partnerships.
• Background in sponsorships, media, events, or professional networks is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with marketing and growth teams to deliver partner value.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day partner relationships from onboarding to quarterly reviews.
• Support Head of Partnerships with commercial opportunities.
• Build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships (Partners, MDs, CMOs).
• Map partner goals to Boardwave events, content, and community touchpoints; ensure delivery.

Skills

Account management

Partnerships

Stakeholder management

Marketing collaboration

Event coordination

Job description

About Boardwave

Boardwave brings together Europe's most ambitious technology leaders in a way that actually accelerates growth. With 2,000+ founders and CEOs, members access stage-matched support, real-time benchmarking, and ego-free collaboration with peers who have solved their exact challenges. Whether you're scaling internationally , navigating Series B, or building towards €100m+, membership is free thanks to our partner ecosystem. Together, we're proving Europe's leaders can scale faster and stronger.

About Boardwave

Boardwave brings together Europe's most ambitious technology leaders in a way that actually accelerates growth. With 2,000+ founders and CEOs, members access stage-matched support, real-time benchmarking, and ego-free collaboration with peers who have solved their exact challenges. Whether you're scaling internationally , navigating Series B, or building towards €100m+, membership is free thanks to our partner ecosystem. Together, we're proving Europe's leaders can scale faster and stronger.

The Role

This is an external-facing role sitting at the heart of what makes Boardwave work. You'll own the day-to-day relationships with our partner portfolio ranging from top-tier investors to law firms and professional services firms, making sure each one gets value from the network and our programme through engagement.

Your role will be understanding what each partner is actually trying to achieve: engaging with the right members, collaborating with the right programme and making sure they're in the right rooms. You’ll approach every partnership differently , shaping each strategy around the stage and geography that matters most to the partner. Then make it happen, using every lever the Boardwave community offers.

What You'll Do

• Work alongside all our partner accounts end-to-end: onboarding, activation, and quarterly reviews
• Support our Head of Partnerships with commercial opportunities
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders (Partners, MDs, CMOs) and become the person they call, not just the person who sends the update email
• Map each partner's commercial goals to Boardwave's events, introductions, content, and community touchpoints, holding yourself accountable for delivery
• Spend time deeply understanding a partner’s business and how they map to our community, owning co-marketing plans that we can bring to life (via our marketing team)
• through activities like roundtables, offers and content.
• Support renewal conversations with confidence, bringing data, stories, and a clear view of what the next year could look like
• Represent Boardwave at events and dinners, building your own presence within the community

What We're Looking For

We're a small, fast-moving team. The right person is someone who gets energy from figuring things out, moves quickly , and takes ownership without being asked.

• Proven experience in account management, customer success, or partnerships, ideally managing a portfolio partners (marketing background is a plus but not required)
• Background in sponsorships, media, events, or professional networks. Y ou understand how relationship-based commercial models work
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and you're expected to get things done without a big team around you
• Ability to ideate with partners around marketing plans and think about unique ways to bring their services to our members, working alongside a marketing executive and a growth marketer to bring your ideas to life.
• Strong communicator who can work closely with senior stakeholders at a partner.
• Commercial instinct: you understand the difference between a happy client and a client who's getting ROI, and you know how to close the gap
• Organised and rigorous. Managing multiple relationships means being on top of the detail without being buried in it
• A genuine interest in the European tech and startup world

Why Boardwave

• Work with ambitious tech leaders who are disrupting the industry alongside some of the largest investor and professional services firms driving the shift in European tech
• A role with autonomy: you'll own your portfolio, not just service it
• Work alongside a great team who are ambitious and hard working
• Purpose-driven from day one: to date Boardwave has donated over £400,000 to Cure Parkinson's.

Among a Host Of Other Things, We Offer

• Hybrid working with a central London dedicated office in a WeWork - we usually meet on
• Wednesday but many of the team go to the office through the week.
• Competitive salary
• 25 days' holiday + Bank Holidays
• Birthday day off
• Private medical insurance
• Personal development budget
• A mentor from within the network to support you on your personal career journey