Strategic Partnerships Executive

About the Role

This is a varied role where no two days are the same.

The Strategic Partnerships Executive is an exciting role that manages and maximises the commercial value of our strategic associations.

This role is responsible for creating, developing, and progressing opportunities from already established partner relationships, ensuring that strategic partnerships actively contribute to pipeline generation and revenue growth.

This is a commercial role, not an administrative or support function. It owns the front end of the commercial process within existing memberships, turning engagement into measurable business outcomes. At the same time, you'll work closely with our Business Development team to identify, qualify and develop opportunities that also contribute to revenue growth.

• Own the day-to-day commercial management of a portfolio of strategic associations

• Build strong, proactive relationships with key partner stakeholders

• Develop a deep understanding of partner priorities, member needs, and commercial opportunities

• Create and execute structured engagement plans to maximise partner value

• Identify, build, and progress opportunities within existing memberships and partner networks

• Proactively engage membership base and partner relationship, to uncover commercial needs, challenges, and opportunities

• Own the early-stage pipeline development process:
  Identify → qualify → develop → progress

• Maintain clear ownership of pipeline generated from strategic partnerships

• Ensure opportunities are commercially viable, well-qualified, and actionable

• Progress opportunities to a high-quality standard before BD engagement

• Collaborate with Business Development to convert opportunities into revenue

• Ensure strong handover, continuity, and context

• Track opportunity progression and contribution to revenue outcomes

• Drive active participation across memberships with a commercial lens

• Use engagement to stimulate opportunity creation

• Shape conversations toward commercial outcomes

• Support delivery of events and content as tools for opportunity creation

• Align all activity to partner objectives and opportunity generation goals

• Use interactions to surface business needs and leads

• Coordinatelogisticsfor client-facing webinars and internal events (invitations, registrations, slide decks, post-event follow-ups).

• Assist with hosting,moderatingor producing digital events using tools like Zoom or Teams.

• Track pipeline generated, opportunities created, and revenue influenced

• Maintain accurate CRM tracking

• Use insights to optimise commercial output

You’ll be someone who enjoys combining creativity with commercial thinking and is excited by the opportunity to influence business growth.

You’ll ideally have:

• 18 months + experience in a commercial, account management, or business development role

• A strong commercial mindset and the confidence to identify opportunities within existing relationships.

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience using CRM systems and Microsoft Office.

• A creative eye with experience using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar design tools would be advantageous, but not essential.

At Leyton, we believe great partnerships are built through creativity, collaboration and innovation.

This is an opportunity to work in a role where your ideas genuinely matter. You’ll have the freedom to shape partner experiences and play a direct role in generating business growth.

In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme

• Ongoing training and professional development

• Genuine opportunities for career progression

• A collaborative, supportive and creative working environment

• Employee wellbeing initiatives and a comprehensive benefits package

If you’re a commercially minded professional who enjoys building relationships and delivering campaigns that drive results, we’d love to hear from you.

Join Leyton and help us transform strategic partnerships into lasting business success.