Partnerships Manager, Founders Forum

• Applicants must possess excellent communication and organisational skills, be highly motivated and self-driven
• Applicants must also be capable of working in a deadline-oriented environment, handling daily tasks including, but not limited to: customer service, financial reporting and tracking, partnership nurturing, Salesforce administration
• This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is eager to enter into an events, media or sales role and gain exposure to a high quality roster of tech clients, investors and founders
• Track record of securing and managing successful partnerships, sales
• Detail oriented and organised while being able to understand the big picture
• You 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
• You are a highly motivated self-starter with ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines and adapt to last-minute adjustments and rapidly changing agendas
• You have a general understanding of sales principles and practises
• Experience with MS Excel and Powerpoint

• We are looking for a partnerships manager to play a significant role in this journey and help to write the next thrilling chapter of innovation in the UK
• In this role, you will be at the front-line of generating leads, engaging with potential partners, ensuring customer satisfaction and that each sponsor gets maximum value from the partnership
• Identify, secure and onboard new commercial partnerships for Founders Forum, reaching out to potential partners and gathering relevant information
• Proactively research and generate new leads to secure partnerships in new and expanding products
• Organise and manage information related to partners within our backend systems (salesforce), streamlining processes to optimise efficiency
• Work with the team to enable events for our global community, ensuring smooth delivery, deliver on our team operational and commercial KPIs and maximum customer satisfaction
• Proactively contribute to the optimisation of current processes, seeking opportunities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Partnership team
• Coordinate and manage various communication across relevant departments to deliver synchronised messaging to the market and our customers
• Act as a key support for the Partnerships Team and wider events team, to ensure partnerships are in place for Tech Nation events

• Access to the Founders Family network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem
• 26 days annual leave, with the option to work remotely abroad for up to 2 weeks/year
• Wellbeing budget via Juno
• Learning and development budget
• Private healthcare insurance (Bupa)
• Join an ambitious and passionate team with quarterly socials and team lunches 1/week
• Great new office at 180 Strand, London

Founders Forum started in 2005 to create an optimised environment for collaboration. The community was established as a response to the lack of credible, peer-to-peer European entrepreneur networks to rival those that existed in Silicon Valley.