Strategic Partnerships Manager

BTE Partnerships are seeking an innovative Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our market-leading business on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity to support the Senior Strategic Partnership Manager with a portfolio of strategic BTE partnerships, holding responsibility for supporting, building, and developing long-term and consultative relationships with ARAG's strategic partnerships.

The successful candidate will look to drive mutual growth objectives and assist in creating, maintaining, and delivering partnership development plans to drive sales & marketing strategies, ensure excellent service delivery, adherence to governance & regulatory requirements, and ultimately secure retention & loyalty across our partners.

This is a unique opportunity where the successful candidate will work alongside a team of Senior Managers to retain and manage large and high-value partners, and work closely to develop strategic goals together.

We are keen to hear from candidates with proven success supporting, leading, and developing partnerships, including exploiting wider business opportunities within existing partnerships. Ideally, you will have previous experience working in the insurance or financial services industry, or within a regulated environment.

In addition, we are looking for a candidate that can demonstrate the following:

1. Ability to deliver innovative and quality customer solutions
2. Collaborative and able to work with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions to enhance the effectiveness of the business
3. The ability to influence and communicate with confidence at senior levels
4. Success at developing and managing internal and external stakeholders to build effective working relationships and collaboratively develop customer offerings
5. Flexible and adaptable communication style with the use of appropriate tools, techniques, and skills to allow effective and efficient communication
6. Highly accountable with the ability to drive loyalty and success across our partners with clear commercial acumen
7. Ability to support development of strategic account objectives and apply them in tactical decision making
8. Passion for the 'Art of the Possible' contributing to a highly innovative and collaborative partnership culture
9. Influence and first-rate stakeholder management skills to create stakeholder investment in partnership strategy and transformation
10. Understanding of corporate and regulatory governance requirements ensuring compliance is at the forefront of decisions and activity

This role is a hybrid opportunity, and on occasion will require country-wide travel, as well as a specific requirement for presence in the Bristol office.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, and we encourage our people to work flexibly and achieve a work-life balance that suits them. We will offer you generous remuneration and an attractive benefits package that includes:

• 26 days holiday, with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company Pension Scheme with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection and Group Legal Protection for all employees
• European Motor Assistance and Home Emergency Assistance
• Salary sacrifice benefits, including Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to our Employee Discounts Hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• Option to join our Sports & Social Club, who organise discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience, please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.