Digital Partnerships & Engagement Manager Airways

General Information

Apply for Digital Partnerships & Engagement Manager at Qatar Airways in Doha, DAW, QA. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

General Information  # 236341 Location Qatar-Doha Job family Corporate & Commercial
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Lead strategic innovation partnerships to accelerate digital transformation and foster sustainable growth for Qatar Airways by managing a broad portfolio of engagements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, compliance with security standards, and effective stakeholder collaboration.

Oversee the entire lifecycle of partnerships while building a collaborative ecosystem with internal and external partners across the open innovation landscape.

Strategic:

Develop and execute a comprehensive partnership and engagement (P&E) strategy aligned with the QR’s digital innovation roadmap. Build and maintain strong relationships with external and internal partners, conducting regular performance reviews, feedback loop, and collaborative design thinking workshops. Develop and manage partnerships with government bodies to align innovation initiatives with Qatar’s vision, public policy and secure funding. Design and execute open innovation programs such as hackathons, industry challenges, and co-creation workshops.

Operational:

Proactively identify, evaluate, and engage with potential partners, including startups, technology firms, academic institutions, and government agencies. Engage with universities and research centers to drive collaborative R&D, technology transfer, and knowledge sharing. Conduct market scan and trend analysis to inform strategic decision-making and identify new opportunities for digital disruption. Develop co-creation innovation ecosystem powered by partnerships. Lead the development, negotiation, and management of partnership agreements, including commercial terms, procurement processes (RFI, RFP, Tenders, Trial agreements), and intellectual property arrangements.

Manage a partnership portfolio, ensuring delivery within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards. Oversee data and information security management for all partnership activities, ensuring compliance with relevant Qatar Airways policies and regulations. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration within the Qatar Airways ORG to support joint innovation initiatives. Define, track, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for innovation initiatives and partnerships. Perform other department duties related to his / her position as directed by the Head of the Department.

Management & Leadership:

Establish the department or teams’ objectives and priorities to align with and support business objectives. Regularly evaluate the department or teams’ objectives, plans, procedures and practices, and makes appropriate changes if needed. Oversee and supervise employees. Direct daily activities, recruit, train, develop and discipline to ensure a high standard of service delivery. Train and develop other employees, to ensure succession planning is in place.

To be committed and contribute to the National talent development, by coaching the national developees, preparing them for a career with boundless potential. Leading to the program’s continued growth and success. Be part of an extraordinary story.

To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. Together, everything is possible.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional to join our IT Team. The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Essential Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 6 years of job-related experience
• Strong expertise in technology trends and ability to inspire future possibilities
• Proven experience in organizing events and forging impactful partnerships with diverse entities
• Proven track record in driving corporate technology innovation initiatives
• Strong experience in vendor and procurement management
• Proven experience in problem-solving frameworks such as design thinking and service design
• Experience in continuous integration and delivery, agile and lean Startup…