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As we scale our commercial offer across one of the UK's most respected founder communities, we're looking for a Partnerships Manager to own new business across our full portfolio of programmes and events: from programme workshops and intimate dinners, to ecosystem forums.\nThis is a revenue-critical role. You'll be the primary driver of new commercial partnerships, identifying the right partners, building the relationships and converting them. Our community is tight-knit and well-connected, so you're looking for partners who bring genuine value to our founders and get real value back. You'll need to get across a varied and nuanced product portfolio quickly, and represent it confidently from day one.\nYou'll work closely with our Partnerships Coordinator, who manages the existing book, and with Programme Leads to make sure what you sell is delivered brilliantly.\nKey Responsibilities\nNew Business\nOwn the new business pipeline across Tech Nation's full portfolio of programmes and events, from prospect identification through to signed agreement\nBuild and manage relationships with prospective partners across financial services, professional services, the tech ecosystem and beyond\nAttend and represent Tech Nation at events, acting as a credible and knowledgeable ambassador for our programmes and community\nDevelop a fast, deep understanding of our full product offering and communicate it compellingly to different prospect types\nPipeline & Reporting\nMaintain accurate, real-time pipeline and revenue records\nReport on conversion, activity and forecast to the Head of Partnerships on a regular cadence\nWork within agreed targets and contribute to commercial planning\nCollaboration & Delivery\nWork alongside the Partnerships Coordinator and Programme Leads to ensure new partners are onboarded well and set up for a successful experience\nFeed insights from prospects and the market back into the wider commercial strategy\nPerson Specification\nProven track record in B2B sales, partnerships or sponsorship, ideally in tech, events or media\nRelationship-first approach: motivated by the quality of the match as much as the close\nComfortable in a world where everyone knows everyone; instinctively mindful of reputation and how you show up\nFast learner with the ability to get across a complex, varied product portfolio quickly and confidently\nHighly organised and detail-oriented, from pipeline hygiene to proposal copy\nFamiliarity with the UK tech ecosystem strongly preferred\nRequirements\nDetail oriented and organized while being able to understand the big picture\nYou possess excellent written and verbal communication skills via telephone, email and in-person and are able to select the appropriate form of communication for a given situation\nYou are a highly motivated self-starter with ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines and adapt to last-minute adjustments and rapidly changing agendas\nYou have experience of working in a customer-facing role, or have a general understanding of sales principles and practises.\nExperience with MS Excel and Powerpoint\nExperience with Affinity and Salesforce (desirable) \nBenefits\nWe offer a range of flexible, discretionary benefits to our team. 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