Partnerships Manager/ Senior Manager (UAE Nationals)
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Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University seeks a Partnerships Senior Manager to manage partnership intake, coordination, and lifecycle within the Business Development function. The role requires 6 years of experience in higher education or international administrative roles.
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Responsibilities
- Manage partnership intake and validation, ensuring completeness and alignment before escalation
- Coordinate partnership development and structuring following Business Development direction
- Liaise with internal stakeholders (Sales, Marketing, Events, Academic units) to align requirements
- Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional, corporate, and strategic partners
- Maintain and manage all partnership records (MoUs, agreements, documentation)
- Monitor partnership performance, utilization, and outcomes
- Support periodic evaluation and reporting on partnership effectiveness
- Work closely with Marketing, Events, and Sales to integrate partnerships into Business Development flow
- Ensure all partnerships follow defined Business Development governance process
- Support preparation of documentation for Enterprise Council and Chancellor approval
- Maintain a centralized database of partnerships, contacts, and outcomes
- Provide regular updates and reports on partnership pipeline and performance
Requirements
- 6 years of relevant experience in Higher Education or international administrative/management role
- Bachelor's degree in public relations, Communications, International Business or related field
- Knowledge of intercultural relations and global perspectives
- Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal format
- Ability to accomplish domestic and international business missions requiring extensive travel
- Good knowledge of issues relating to international partnerships and projects
- Experience working closely with senior management, ideally in an HE environment
- Ability to convey complex issues concisely and draft high quality reports
- Excellent organizational and events management skills
- Ability to identify, access, debrief and store information effectively
- Ability to produce high quality communications and marketing documents
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including report writing, briefing materials and presentations
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Description
- The Partnerships Senior Manager is responsible for managing the intake, coordination, and lifecycle of all partnerships within the Business Development function.
- The role acts as the central coordination and communication hub for all partnership related activities, ensuring opportunities are properly structured, aligned, and progressed through governance.
- The position supports the Business Development Director by ensuring efficient flow of opportunities, maintaining stakeholder alignment, and enabling integration across Partnerships, Marketing, Events, and Sales.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Partnership Intake & Validation: Receive and manage all partnership related requests from internal stakeholders; ensure completeness, clarity, and alignment before escalation.
- Partnership Coordination & Structuring: Coordinate development and structuring of partnership opportunities; liaise with internal stakeholders to align requirements.
- External Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional, corporate, and strategic partners; support engagement to facilitate opportunities.
- Partnership Lifecycle Management: Maintain and manage all partnership records; monitor performance, utilization, and outcomes; support periodic evaluation and reporting.
- Cross Functional Integration: Work closely with Marketing, Events, and Sales to ensure partnerships are effectively integrated into the Business Development flow.
- Governance & Compliance: Ensure all partnerships follow defined governance process; support preparation of documentation for Enterprise Council and Chancellor approval.
- Reporting & Data Management: Maintain centralized database; provide regular updates and reports on partnership pipeline and performance; track opportunities.
- Additional Responsibilities: Support strategic Business Development initiatives as directed; perform other duties assigned by the Business Development Director.
Qualifications
- 6 years of relevant experience in Higher Education or international administrative/management role, preferably with international and partnership experience.
- Bachelor's degree in public relations, Communications, International Business or any related field from an accredited university.
- Knowledge of intercultural relations and global perspectives; respectful, with cultural and social awareness and sensitivity.
- Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal format and build and maintain relationships.
- Ability to accomplish both domestic and international business missions that require extensive travelling as needed.
- Good knowledge of issues relating to international partnerships and projects.
- Experience of working closely with senior management, ideally in an HE environment.
- Ability to convey complex issues concisely and clearly and draft high quality reports including when under pressure.
- Excellent organizational and events management skills able to plan and organize highly complex events reliably and successfully.
- Ability to identify, access, debrief and store information and data effectively to deliver information requirements.
- Ability to produce high quality communications and marketing documents.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including report writing, briefing materials and presentations for a range of audiences.
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