Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships - FTC​/Secondment

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Manchester:
Cardiff:
Full time:
Posted Today:
End Date:
November 28, 2026 (14 days left to apply):
165504
** End Date
** Friday 27 November 2026
** Salary Range**£78,098 - £91,880
** We support flexible working –  for more information on flexible working options
**** Flexible Working Options
** Hybrid Working, Job Share
** Job Description Summary**.
** Job Description
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* JOB TITLE:

** Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships - 12 Month FTC  
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* LOCATION:

** Manchester or Cardiff  
** Salary:** £78,098 - £91,880  
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* HOURS:

** Full-Time  
** WORKING PATTERN:
** Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in the office.

** About this opportunity
** We’ve an exciting senior role working in the Transport division running a portfolio of brand relationships. This is a high-profile role which requires effective collaboration across LBG to build long term and sustainable partnerships. There will be a real focus on supporting your brand’s retail finance, leasing and wholesale requirements and working with them to develop the right partnership operating model for them.  

Intense relationship management driving growth, income, and sales through highly effective collaboration with key internal and external partners. Responsible for delivering our market leading products and services to our partner and customers, working with customers and collaborators to achieve strong customer advocacy and retention. Ability to demonstrate strategic awareness alongside a skilled ability to understand operational detail with continuous improvement focus.

Proficiency to direct the content of and use business, customer, dealer, market, and competitor intelligence to develop opportunities and transform into deliverable plans that align to the strategic goals of the business.
** What will I be doing:
*** Lead, empower and develop the team to ensure successful interaction with this key partner and retail network at all levels and provide a high level of service to focus on wining and retaining customers.
* Lead the cultural, behavioural, and business changes necessary to achieve our focus, grow and change strategy.
* Ensure the effective implementation and optimisation of change and new technology.
* Deliver financial and non-financials targets agreed in the operational plan/P&L
* Ensure compliance and regulatory oversight in line with LBGs policies, procedures, and requirements.
* Develop and maintain external network and cultivate strong relationships across all customer demographics.
* Develop a strong working relationship with risk to ensure that business is transacted and processed to meet customer needs and within agreed risk, compliance, and technical parameters.
** What you'll have
*** Customer Relationship Management – customer centric approach with ability to anticipate and identify customer needs and translate these into broader proposition requirements. Strong relationship management, influencing and negotiation skills..
* Change - understands the businesses overall aims and strategy and ability to drive the change agenda across colleagues and external partners. Can demonstrate innovative thinking to support the design and successful implementation of small and large change initiatives.
* Commercial Competence - proven ability to shape and drive all elements of a Profit & Loss / budget through the management and interrogation of margin and volume and other critical metrics, analysing all aspects of partner profitability to ensure all priced and important metrics assumptions are delivered.
* Pricing Models – Overall…