Relationship Manager
£50,000 | Permanent | London (Hybrid) | ASAP start
A high-profile membership organisation is seeking a commercially astute Relationship Manager to take ownership of key stakeholder engagement and revenue-generating partnerships.
This is a pivotal role sitting at the intersection of relationship management, business development and strategic growth, with responsibility for strengthening senior-level networks and driving income across products, services and sponsorship.
The Role
You will lead on building and managing relationships with senior stakeholders across a complex professional landscape, developing engagement strategies that enhance both value delivery and commercial outcomes.
Approximately 70% of your time will focus on cultivating relationships with senior professionals and organisational leaders, while the remaining 30% will centre on growing a business partnerships and sponsorship programme.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing stakeholder engagement strategies to drive uptake of products and services
- Building and maintaining senior-level relationships to improve insight, sentiment and commercial performance
- Growing revenue through partnerships, sponsorship and membership-related income streams
- Identifying and securing new business partners aligned to strategic objectives
- Leading on sponsorship opportunities across events and programmes
- Collaborating cross-functionally with events, marketing and policy teams to maximise engagement and delivery
- Managing budgets and contributing to income strategy
The Person
You will be a confident relationship-builder with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders and delivering measurable outcomes.
You will bring:
- Proven experience in relationship management, partnerships or business development
- Demonstrable success in driving engagement with products or services
- Experience of generating income through partnerships, sponsorship or similar channels
- Strong commercial acumen, including budget responsibility
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- A strategic mindset with the ability to translate insight into action
- Highly organised and self-directed, you will be comfortable managing multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and delivering against targets.
To apply to this Relationship Manager role please submit your CV.
Due to the volume of applications we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 10 working days please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.
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