Senior Partnerships Development Manager

3 weeks ago


Central London, United Kingdom Bupa Full time

Job Description:

Senior Partnerships Development Manager

London / Hybrid

Competitive salary, bonus, pension, car allowance

Permanent role

We make health happen

We’re a leading health insurer and healthcare provider, with care homes, health centres, dental practices and a hospital. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. Your input will support Bupa to deliver on our purpose, helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

With the customer experience at the heart of decisions, this strategically important role will play a pivotal part in propelling business growth for Bupa UK, across health subscriptions and insurance.

You will leverage experience and relationships gained from other industries (e.g. streaming subscription services, mobile phone or travel insurance, breakdown assistance, etc) and demonstrate a track record of building long term, scalable partnerships.

Key duties:

Create and manage a pipeline of partnership prospects

Project manage the preparation & submission RFP/RFI responses

Lead commercial negotiations, ensuring balanced, viable partnership terms and delivery of great customer outcomes

Maintain detailed knowledge of industry trends, emerging trends, and competitive positioning to secure new partnership deals

Establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders to remain informed of all opportunities and risks

Work with Head of Partnerships & Affinity - support partnerships strategy

Operate within Bupa’s target operating models, monitor control frameworks and MI

Drive a culture of continuous improvement to improve customer outcomes

Support the leadership of the Partnerships & Affinity team

Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role:

Senior sales manager with experience in subscription based products

A ‘hunter’ mentality with a strong understanding of business development, prospecting, and a relevant network with potential partners

Demonstrable track record of securing subscription partnerships in large corporates (B2B)

Excellent negotiation skills, ability to persuade Exec level decision-makers

Proven ability to manage large-scale sales pipelines

Gravitas to engage and influence senior stakeholders

Passionate about leadership and team development

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

In this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, option to buy or sell

10% Management Bonus Scheme (annual, discretionary)

Private Medical Insurance

An enhanced pension plan and life assurance

Free health assessment

Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gyms are available

Various other benefits and online discounts

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