Partnership Manager

📋 Description

• Actively identifying, cultivating, and securing high-value corporate partnership opportunities to establish a robust and sustainable new business pipeline across key sectors.

• Leading initial discussions with potential partners, shaping opportunities, and confidently navigating them through the pipeline until closure.

• Developing engaging, customized proposals, pitches, and partnership models that align commercial goals with the mission of Marie Curie.

• Collaborating closely with internal teams from fundraising, communications, and caring services to bring partnership concepts to fruition.

• Utilizing trustee, senior volunteer, and stakeholder networks to forge new relationships and uncover opportunities.

• Overseeing multiple opportunities at once, effectively prioritizing to meet and surpass income targets.

• Representing Marie Curie in external settings, fostering trusted relationships, and enhancing awareness of our work and its impact.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated success in new business development, sales, commercial partnerships, or corporate fundraising.

• Ability to engage and influence senior decision-makers with confidence.

• Strategic, commercially-minded perspective combined with strong negotiation capabilities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver proposals and pitches effectively.

• Resilience, motivation, and the capacity to manage competing priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working.

• 25 days annual leave (in addition to Bank Holidays).

• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (with a matching contribution of up to 7.5%).

• Loan schemes available for bikes, computers, and season tickets.

• Opportunities for continuous professional development.

• Access to industry-leading training programmes.

• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes.

• Enhanced bereavement, family-friendly, and sickness benefits.

• Eligibility for Blue Light Card membership.

• Subsidized Eye Care.