Strategic Impact Partnerships Manager

Around the world, men are facing a health crisis: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and suicide. At Movember we’re on a mission to change the face of men’s health by making it easier for men to talk, act and live longer healthier lives.

Every project, every campaign, every idea adds up to real change. You’ll be part of a purpose-fueled crew who believe making an impact and having fun should go hand in hand. Your mission is calling.

Some of the most important partnerships Movember will ever build won’t be measured in dollars raised. They’ll be measured in credibility earned, policy shaped, and reach into the communities and institutions that determine how men’s health is understood, funded, and addressed.

As Strategic Impact Partnerships Manager, you’ll build and manage Movember’s portfolio of mission-aligned partnerships across the UK, working with research institutions, NGOs, sector bodies, professional associations, and advocacy organisations whose primary value to Movember is what they know, who they reach, or who they have the ear of. These are the partners who make Movember’s programs more credible, more scalable, and more influential, particularly with the organisations and individuals who shape government policy, public discourse, and sector practice around men’s health across suicide prevention, mental health, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.

You’ll own the full partnership lifecycle from identification and proposition development through to activation, stewardship, and review. That means mapping the policy and influence environment, building compelling mutual value propositions, developing co-investment, grant, or in-kind contribution arrangements where appropriate, and maintaining the kind of trust-based relationships that deepen over time rather than plateau after the first year.

Critically, this role requires genuine commercial fluency alongside mission expertise. Strategic impact partners often represent latent opportunities to grow the Movember movement through fundraising activation, brand association, or income generation. Recognising those opportunities, knowing when and how to raise them, and doing so without compromising the mission relationship is a core part of the role.

You’ll work closely with Portfolio Leads, the Institute and Impact team, the Advocacy and Policy leads, and the Marketing and Communications team, acting as the connective tissue between external partners and the internal teams who can put their expertise, networks, and advocacy to work.

• Deep understanding of the men’s health landscape, including the research, policy, advocacy, and sector bodies that shape it, with the ability to map and navigate the policy and influence environment to build credibility, access, and advocacy weight through strategic partnerships.

• Proven ability to develop and manage partnerships where the primary value exchange is mission-based rather than financial, and to articulate that value clearly to both internal and external stakeholders.

• Skilled at identifying and structuring partnerships with diverse organisations, from large research institutions to small specialist advocacy groups.

• A self-starter who proactively identifies and develops new opportunities rather than waiting for them to arrive.

• Ability to build trust and credibility quickly with senior stakeholders in academic, NGO, and sector body contexts, and to sustain those relationships over the long term.

• Understands when and how to introduce financial or in-kind elements into a mission partnership without…