Strategic Partnerships Lead

This is a full-time role based in London hybrid with some flexibility to exceptional candidates that can frequently travel to London from elsewhere in the UK and Europe, with a salary dependent on experience.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is seeking an experienced partnerships expert to lead the SBTi’s cross‑organisational approach to managing strategic partnerships.

This role will be part of the SBTi’s Strategic Partnerships team, reporting to the Associate Director, Strategy & Partnerships. The Strategic Partnerships Lead is responsible for implementing the partnerships strategy, including building the alignment of partnerships across the SBTi, and growing strategic relationships. This role will offer the chance to demonstrate leadership skills to shape the SBTi’s partnership model in a period where the SBTi is implementing a new strategy, where partnerships are a key lever for growth.

The ideal candidate should have experience building partnerships to deliver impact in an organisation going through a growth/evolution phase. They should also have an excellent network in the corporate climate action space (ideally including some public and private sector experience), strong relationship building skills, and project management and organisational skills. The candidate should also clearly demonstrate their alignment with the SBTi mission and values, as well as flexibility, and a spirit of collaboration and growth.

The SBTi is a global body enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reduction targets in line with the latest climate science. It is focused on accelerating companies worldwide to halve emissions before 2030 and achieve net‑zero emissions before 2050.

The SBTi defines and promotes best practices in science‑based target setting, offers resources and guidance to reduce barriers to adoption, and independently assesses and approves companies’ targets.

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• Activating effective partnerships across the organisation: ensuring that partnerships are managed in line with the SBTi strategy and 2026 business plan by partnership points of contact across the SBTi. This includes regularly monitoring the quality of partnerships and working with the Associate Director of Strategy and Partnerships to ensure alignment with the strategy.
• Training partnership points of contact across the SBTi: to ensure the partnerships strategy is being strategically utilised across the organisation to meet our goals, while also collecting feedback for continuous improvement.
• Building strategic partnerships
  : working with the Associate Director, managing sensitive and important partnerships, while also acting as a central point of contact for new partner prospects. This includes regularly meeting with partners online and in person, including attending events to build partnerships (for eg London Climate Action Week, and other major global climate events).
• Deeper partner alignment: ensuring partnership points of contact are keeping their partners updated on the SBTi’s activities and equipped with materials to support growth of the SBTi, while also sharing important feedback within the SBTi.

• Previous experience building and leveraging a partnerships strategy for an organisation undergoing growth.
• Experience working with public and private sector actors.
• Understanding of sustainability standard setting and corporate engagement in sustainability contexts.
• Project management: Strong cross‑organizational project management and collaboration skills.
• Corporate Sustainability Expertise: Good knowledge of climate change, GHG emissions accounting, and corporate mitigation strategies.
• Flexibility: Proven ability to work in a hybrid working, fast‑paced environment.
• Strategic and Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Demonstrated strategic thinking capability, with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills. Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and environments.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Experience: 8‑10+ years of experience,…