Growth and Partnership Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Identify and highlight strategic opportunities that align with Zenysis' mission and priorities.

• Facilitate connections and access to key decision-makers and institutional partners.

• Share insights on market trends, emerging opportunities, funding sources, and stakeholder engagements.

• Assist in shaping early-stage opportunities by clarifying demand, stakeholder dynamics, timing, and revenue pathways.

• Provide guidance on the strategic alignment, political feasibility, and commercial viability of opportunities.

• Offer strategic input regarding positioning, value propositions, and partnership frameworks.

• Support qualified opportunities through the formal contracting and booking process.

• Engage in selected discussions, negotiations, and strategic meetings with partners.

• Help resolve issues related to stakeholder alignment, contracting progress, and payment timing.

• Participate in regular calls focused on growth and specific countries.

• Coordinate with the Chief Partnership Officer and relevant colleagues at Zenysis.

• Document actions, introductions, and the progress of opportunities in the CRM and designated reporting channels.

• Utilize judgment in assessing commercial, legal, operational, and reputational risks.

• Work independently within a high-autonomy, results-oriented consulting relationship.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

• An advanced degree in public health, public policy, international development, business, economics, or a related field is preferred.

• Significant senior-level experience in business development, partnerships, donor engagement, public sector collaboration, or strategic advisory roles relevant to Zenysis’ markets.

• Proven experience collaborating with governments, multilaterals, donors, or implementing partners in global health, development, digital systems, or related sectors.

• A strong track record of originating, shaping, negotiating, or closing strategic opportunities.

• Experience in navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and advancing opportunities from initial engagement to formal agreements.

• Ability to originate, qualify, and progress business development opportunities.

• Capacity to represent Zenysis externally to senior government, donor, multilateral, and implementing partner stakeholders.

• Demonstrated skill in shaping opportunities and providing capture support, including crafting compelling narratives and framing value propositions.

• Ability to develop donor-ready Statements of Work and budgets.

• Strong market intelligence and strategic synthesis abilities.

• Capacity to work independently and proactively in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with internal Growth and country teams.

• Willingness to travel and engage in priority countries on short notice.

• Professional fluency in English, both written and verbal.

• Proficiency in French or Portuguese is an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Engaging work in global health.

• Collaboration with an international team.

• Performance-based incentives tied to successfully booked opportunities and revenue generation.

• A booking incentive of up to 6% of the total contract value for significant contributions to opportunities.

• Potential additional incentives for rapidly converting opportunities that lead to strong, near-term client payments.