Partnerships Manager - Apple

London, Birmingham or Bristol

3 days in the office/ 2 days wherever

About EE

We're EE. We are the biggest mobile and broadband operator in the UK and we have a relationship in every second household in the country. But we're for everyone, on any network - serving up new tech, new services, and heaps of inspiration for every aspect of your connected life.

We've been awarded the UK's best network for the last 10 years. It's central to our vision - to be the most personal customer-focused technology company in the UK.

That means earning a place on customers' home screens by offering them more than ever before, whether that's helping their home run smarter with EE Home, levelling up their play with EE Game, helping them work on their terms with EE Work, or even unleashing their kids' learning with EE Learn.

We're also part of BT Group, which we're even bigger than you might think. Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We think we've got something special here. We want everyone to feel proud about working at EE - and feel excited about where we're going and what we're going to do. Want to join in?

Why this job matters

In Partnerships, we build best-in-class partnerships with the best companies and brands in the world, creating opportunities to deliver unique and compelling customer experiences for everyone in the UK, and delivering value for our business.

Successful partnerships are vital to our bold vision for New EE - unlocking opportunities to lead in new categories such as gaming and subscriptions, in addition to delivering against our hugely successful core business.

The Partnerships Professional will take an active role in delivering against the wider Apple & Gaming Partnerships team's core KPIs, including hardware sales, subscription activations, and partner investment, with accountability to represent Partnerships both internally-facing (cross-functional stakeholders include Propositions, Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain) and externally to our partners.

What you'll be doing

• Single entry point for strategic partners into Consumer / EE with accountability to credibly represent our business to senior external stakeholders and drive commercial outcomes from our partnership
• Build and maintain a quarterly plan for all lines of business, ensuring plans are interlocked with internal and partner teams for implementation
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders including Propositions, Commercial, Finance and Supply Chain to ensure alignment with and support for our partner plans
• Lead quarterly and in-quarter commercial negotiations to secure investment, optimise partnership outcomes and deliver the EE trading plan
• Track ongoing performance against partnership KPIs and internal budgets, translating analysis into actionable insights to impact performance in-flight, and drive recommendations to improve future activities
• Lead the production of weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews ensuring EE is positioned correctly at all levels of our partnership
• Closely collaborate with Partnership Marketing Managers to ensure marketing activation reflects commercial priorities, and committed activities are delivered to the highest standards
• Scope the medium-term roadmap of future partner opportunities

The skills and experience you will have under your belt

• Commercial Acumen - strong awareness of the value of opportunities as they arise, and ability to manage multiple variables to deliver a strong commercial outcome.
• Negotiation - confident in driving fast paced negotiations, with a clear understanding of deal value and ideal outcomes for EE and our partnerships
• Partner Management - substantial knowledge and broad experience of successful partner management
• Business Planning - adept at building and delivering mid-long term business plans, with the flexibility and pace to adapt to market demands, showing commercial creativity to problem solving and new opportunities
• Clear Communicator - ability to communicate complex scenarios succinctly and with impact, adapting positioning in order to influence both internal and external stakeholders
• Stakeholder management - comfortable in presenting to and gaining support from broad network of key stakeholders to MD/Director level, ensuring business engagement in key initiatives
• Data Analysis - ability to translate performance reporting, trends, and market intelligence into tangible insights and recommendations to improve our business performance
• Delivery - proven ability to deliver against plans, upholding commitments and demonstrating a strong determination and resilience to see the job through
• Change - adept at managing change in a fast-moving trading environment
• Competency in key office productivity tools - strong competency in both PowerPoint and Excel

What's in it for you? What are the benefits?

BT, we entertain, educate and empower millions of people every single day. We're a brand built on connecting people - whether that's friends, family, businesses or communities. Working here, you'll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but - more than that - you'll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration and inclusivity, that takes a genuine and proactive interest in your progress and development.

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 10% on target performance bonus
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme if you pay in 5% BT will pay in an additional 10%
• Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
• 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
• BT TV, including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
• 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
• World class training and development opportunities
• Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community

BT is an equal opportunities employer. We're working hard to create an inclusive working environment, where people from all backgrounds can succeed. We want to make sure your recruitment experience is the best it can be - so, if you're selected for an interview, please let us know if there's any adjustments we can make that would be helpful for you.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. 'We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It's fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.'

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you'll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won't be alone: we'll be there with help and support, learning and development.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.]]>