Manager,Business Job London area,Greater London England UK,Business

Location: Greater London

About the Role

We'relooking for an ambitious team member to play a central role in that sits at the heart of our ambition:stewarding partnerships withorganisationsand leaders who have the power to shape a better future.

Thisis agenuineopportunity toauthor the role as you grow into it, at a moment of real growth and momentum for us as an organisation, with the exposure andopportunitythatcomes with it.

It is a relationships-focused role, working within the Institute’sPractice.

You'llbe the point of contact for partners across business, government, and civil society. You will build on and translate trusted relationships into new opportunity as our thinking becomes real interventions for the leaders who need them most.
Three core responsibilities

Owning and developing a partner portfolio

Build the deep contextual understanding to keep our work aligned to what each partner is really navigating: their pressures, their strategic focus, the leadership challenges that matter most.

You’ll be the champion for your partners inside FI, and actively managepartnershiphealth, owning opportunities, spotting risk, and growing relationships in impact and value over time.

Designing and delivering leadership interventions

Coordinate the delivery of ourbespokeofferings alongside Principals, Directors and expert contributors, supporting critical moments with executive teams, and learning how we shape the advice we give the country's most powerful leaders.

Over time, take on increasing ownership of design, developing how our ideas become tangible leadership interventions that help leaders think differently and shape their organisation’sfuture.

Drive organisational growth

Build and manage a pipeline of new opportunities across your partners, writing proposals, preparing pitches, and expanding our network with ambition and impact.

Working closely with Directors, you'll convert trust into opportunity in a way that feels natural, not transactional, and help growthe impact ofthe Practice with the commercial discipline that lets us do more of the work that matters.

We are looking for someone with strong relational instincts, an emerging consulting foundation, and a real belief in responsible leadership. You'll be comfortable in the room with senior leaders,energised by ambiguity, and ready to work at the intersection of ideas, relationships and impact. These are the core responsibilities, but this isn't a fixed job spec: we'll shape it with you, building your mastery and impact as you go.

About

You Mindset

Ambitious and entrepreneurial,youspot opportunities, take initiative, and find creative routes through challenge
Motivatedbypurpose and drawn toorganisationswhere impact and commerciality go hand in hand
Deeply curious aboutideasofleadership and responsibility,andvalue learning from the perspectives of others
Collaborative,andyou thrivein a dynamic environment

Capabilities

You build relationships with confidence and care, canadapt how you communicate
Youcan structure problems clearly, communicate with precision, andorganisecomplex work without losing sight of what matters
A strong executor who brings quality and attention to detail, taking ownership of how work is shaped, not just delivered
Organised and dependable, comfortable working across multiple priorities at pace

Experience

Experience in a client-facing, partnerships, or consulting role
Comfortable working with or around senior leaders and complex stakeholder environments
Familiarity with CRM tools and a willingness to use AI tools to work with greater pace and insight.

About us

We are a leadership organisation with a single founding conviction: the future will be shaped by the quality of leadership at the top of our most important organisations.

We work with senior leaders across society - from FTSE boards and global companies to central government, the military and national institutions. Our partners are the people whose decisions shape markets, allocate capital, set policy, and determine the direction of theorganisationsthat millions of people depend on.

The world is at an inflection point. The decisions being made right now - about AI, about climate, about the shape of our institutions and economies…

Manager, Business