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The Greater Change

Partnership Executive - Technology, Wellbeing & Longevity Partnerships

Business Development & PartnershipsPosted on Nov 7
Full-timeDubai - United Arab EmiratesIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Public Relations, or a related field.
  • Two to four years of experience in partnerships, business development, account management, public relations, or a related coordination role.
  • Experience initiating professional outreach and building relationships with external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple opportunities, departments, and follow-up actions.
  • Strong research skills and the ability to understand unfamiliar business requirements quickly.
  • Experience working with agencies or managing client and partner communications.
  • Interest in technology, wellbeing, longevity, hospitality, and emerging business concepts.
  • Confidence preparing proposals, meeting summaries, trackers, and presentation materials.
  • Excellent written and spoken English.
  • Confidence in outreach and professional relationship-building.
  • Proactive curiosity about the needs of the wider business.
  • Commercial awareness and sound judgement on partnership relevance.
  • Clear communication, active listening, and persuasive presentation.
  • Strong organisation and disciplined follow-through.
  • Ability to turn broad requirements into practical briefs and actions.
  • Effective coordination across departments, agencies, and external partners.
  • Resourcefulness and initiative in identifying opportunities.
  • Professional discretion when handling business information.
  • Confidence working independently while seeking approval for commitments.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Marketing, Technology, Development, Design, Sales, customer-facing teams, and other departments to understand their partnership needs.
  • Engage internal stakeholders to identify upcoming requirements, challenges, and opportunities for external collaboration.
  • Translate requirements into clear briefs covering objectives, partner capabilities, expected benefits, timelines, and internal ownership.
  • Research prospective partners across technology, wellbeing, longevity, hospitality, lifestyle, and other relevant sectors.
  • Assess potential partners for relevance, credibility, audience fit, and practical value to the business.
  • Maintain a prioritised opportunity list for review with the Senior Brand & Marketing Manager.
  • Approach prospective partners through professional outreach, introductions, networking, and relevant industry events.
  • Communicate the Company’s approved proposition and adapt conversations to the interests of each prospective partner.
  • Arrange introductory meetings and prepare background information, discussion points, and materials.
  • Build relationships with partner contacts and maintain purposeful follow-up.
  • Gather information on partner capabilities, interest, commercial expectations, and potential collaboration formats.
  • Identify when specialist input or senior involvement is needed and involve appropriate colleagues in discussions.
  • Act as the day-to-day coordination contact for the appointed Partnerships and PR Agency.
  • Share approved business priorities, partnership briefs, project updates, and relevant assets with the agency.
  • Coordinate agency research, introductions, meetings, proposals, and follow-up actions.
  • Maintain a shared pipeline with clear ownership to avoid duplicate outreach or conflicting conversations.
  • Track agency deliverables, agreed next steps, and outstanding requirements.
  • Connect partnership opportunities with relevant public relations, leadership profiling, event, and communications activity.
  • Escalate delays, gaps, or misalignment to the Senior Brand & Marketing Manager.
  • Coordinate feedback from relevant departments on proposed partnerships.
  • Prepare concise opportunity summaries outlining strategic fit, proposed activity, costs, dependencies, and expected value.
  • Gather technical, operational, brand, and commercial requirements from the appropriate business owners.
  • Support partnership proposals and meeting materials with Marketing, Content, and Creative.
  • Track decisions and approvals, ensuring proposed commitments are reviewed by authorised stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with Legal, Procurement, and Finance on due diligence, agreements, onboarding, and payment requirements.
  • Maintain clear records of agreed terms, responsibilities, deliverables, and timelines.
  • Coordinate approved partnership activity with the relevant internal owner, agency, and partner teams.
  • Develop action plans covering deliverables, assets, approvals, milestones, and launch requirements.
  • Support co-branded campaigns, customer benefits, product demonstrations, events, and other agreed initiatives.
  • Work with Events, Social Media, Content, PR, and Digital Marketing to schedule relevant activity and communications.
  • Ensure partners receive approved brand guidelines, messaging, assets, and practical instructions.
  • Monitor fulfilment of commitments by both parties and promptly flag delivery risks.
  • Coordinate changes through the appropriate approval process.
  • Maintain an accurate partnership tracker covering contacts, conversations, status, decisions, commitments, and next steps.
  • Provide regular updates to the Senior Brand & Marketing Manager on opportunities, progress, and matters requiring intervention.
  • Gather feedback from internal teams and partners to assess whether collaborations meet their objectives.
  • Track outcomes such as delivered customer benefits, engagement, commercial opportunities, or operational improvements.
  • Monitor agreement milestones, review dates, and renewal requirements.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen existing relationships or extend successful collaborations to other business areas.
  • Stay informed about relevant businesses, industry developments, and emerging partnership models.

Desired Qualifications

  • UAE market experience and an existing professional network are advantageous.
  • Arabic language ability is an advantage.

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