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We are looking for someone who can take an ambiguous strategic\nobjective, translate it into a clear execution plan, identify dependencies and\ndecision points, drive accountability across stakeholders, and keep initiatives\nmoving without requiring constant direction.\nThis person will effectively operate as an extension of the\nVP of Partnerships, helping ensure that strategic priorities translate into\nexecution.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nWithin the first 6-12 months, this\nperson will have:\nEstablished aclear operating cadence across the Partnerships organization's most\nimportant initiatives.\n\nCreatedtransparency around ownership, milestones, risks, dependencies, and\ndecisions.\n\nSignificantlyreduced the amount of day-to-day project coordination required from the VP\nof Partnerships.\n\nAcceleratedlaunches by proactively resolving blockers and driving cross-functional\naccountability.\n\nBuiltcredibility across senior stakeholders as someone who can be trusted to\nmove complex initiatives forward.\n\nDevelopedrepeatable processes that allow Proximus Global to manage a growing\nportfolio of strategic partnerships on a scale.\n\nThe Profile We're Looking For\nYou may be a\nstrong fit if you are the person who naturally walks out of a meeting\nthinking:\nWhat did we actually decide? Who owns each action? What couldprevent this from launching? And what needs to happen next?\n\nYou arecomfortable entering situations where the answer is not obvious, creating\nstructure where none exists, and driving a diverse group of stakeholders\ntoward a common outcome.\n\nYou don't waitfor someone to tell you the next step.\n\nYou figure outwhat the next step should be, and make sure it happens.\n\nKey\nResponsibilities\nStrategic Partnership Execution\nOwn projectmanagement for Proximus Global's highest-priority strategic partnership\ninitiatives from concept through launch.\n\nDevelop andmaintain detailed project plans across commercial, technical, operational,\nlegal, finance, marketing, and go-to-market workstreams.\n\nTranslate broadpartnership objectives into specific deliverables, owners, milestones,\ndependencies, and timelines.\n\nIdentify risks,blockers, and unresolved decisions early and drive them toward resolution.\n\nMaintainrelentless follow-through with internal and external stakeholders to\nensure commitments are delivered.\n\nCoordinatecomplex initiatives involving multiple Proximus Global entities, products,\nand functions.\n\nCross-Functional Leadership\nServe as thecentral point of coordination between Partnerships and teams including\nProduct, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations,\nSecurity, and Procurement.\n\nEstablish clearownership and accountability for partnership deliverables.\n\nDrivestakeholders toward decisions when projects encounter ambiguity or\ncompeting priorities.\n\nEscalate issuesthoughtfully and proactively when executive support is required.\n\nReduce theadministrative and coordination burden on senior leaders by ensuring\nmeetings result in decisions, owners, and actions.\n\nExecutive Support & Operating Cadence\nWork closelywith the VP of Partnerships to prioritize strategic initiatives and ensure\ntime and resources remain focused on the highest-impact opportunities.\n\nBuild andmaintain a centralized view of major partnership initiatives, milestones,\nrisks, and executive decisions.\n\nPreparebriefing materials, project updates, decision documents, and executive\npresentations.\n\nRun weeklyoperating reviews for strategic partnership initiatives.\n\nEnsure actionitems and commitments from executive and partner meetings are tracked\nthrough completion.\n\nHelp preparethe VP of Partnerships for important internal and external meetings by\nsynthesizing relevant context, decisions, risks, and outstanding issues.\n\nStrategic Initiatives\nLead specialprojects that may fall outside traditional organizational boundaries but\nare critical to the Partnerships organization's objectives.\n\nHelp structurenew programs and operating processes as the Partnerships organization\ncontinues to scale.\n\nIdentify gapsin ownership or execution and proactively step in to help close them.\n\nConductanalysis and develop recommendations to support partnership investment and\nprioritization decisions.\n\nHelp establishrepeatable launch frameworks and playbooks for future strategic\npartnerships.\n\nEssential\nRequirements\n5+ years ofexperience in project management, program management, strategy, business\noperations, consulting, partnerships, or a similar cross-functional role.\n\nDemonstratedexperience managing complex initiatives involving multiple teams and\nsenior stakeholders.\n\nExceptionalorganizational skills and attention to detail.\n\nStrongexecutive communication skills, both written and verbal.\n\nAbility tosynthesize complex information and quickly identify the decisions and\nactions required.\n\nComfortablechallenging stakeholders and driving accountability regardless of\norganizational hierarchy.\n\nStrong judgmentregarding when to resolve issues independently versus when to escalate.\n\nComfortableworking in environments where ownership is distributed and priorities\nevolve quickly.\n\nAbility to moveseamlessly between strategic discussions and detailed execution.\n\nExperienceworking in technology, telecommunications, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity,\ncommunications, or a related industry is preferred.\n\nExperienceworking with major technology ecosystems such as Microsoft, AWS, Google,\nSalesforce, or similar platforms is a plus.\n\nWe are\noffering\nGoodcompensation - Competitive € salary plus benefits package.\n\nDevelopmentopportunities.\n\nChallengingbut also a friendly working environment.\n\nAndmuch, much more...\n\nAbout\nProximus Global\nProximus Global, combining the strengths of Telesign, BICS,\nand Route Mobile, is transforming the future of communications and digital\nidentity. Together, our solutions fuel innovation across the world’s largest\ncompanies and emerging brands. Our unrivalled global reach empowers businesses\nto create engaging experiences with built-in fraud protection across the entire\ncustomer lifecycle.\nOur comprehensive suite of solutions - from our super\nnetwork for voice, messaging, and data, to 5G and IoT; and from verification\nand intelligence to CPaaS for personalized omnichannel engagement - enables\nbusinesses and communities to thrive. Reaching over 5 billion subscribers,\nsecuring more than 180 billion transactions annually, and connecting 1,000+\ndestinations, we honor our commitment to connect, protect and engage everyone,\neverywhere.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7172,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Design & Creative","Government","Branding","Information Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-11T19:17:53Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":35,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.639,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":33,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/proximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/proximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T17:28:13Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":26556,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":54371},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=54371"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fproximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fproximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fproximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/proximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fproximus-partnership-strategy-operations-manager"}]}