Partnership Lead

About the role

The Partnership Lead is a key member of the Partnership Operations team and is responsible for driving value across Digital Transformation and Innovation (DT&I) initiatives through strategic external and internal partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the full partnership lifecycle, including leading partnership strategy and shepherding each assigned partner through the seven-phase lifecycle and four stage gates (Qualify, Commit, Clear, Launch) of the Partnership Operations Model.
• Maintain the Partnership Onboarding Tracker as the working system of record to ensure accurate visibility into the partner pipeline, onboarding progress, portfolio status, and performance of existing partnerships.
• Provide regular insights, alerts, and recommendations on key metrics, risks, opportunities, and partner performance trends to support stakeholder alignment and informed decision-making.
• Manage monitoring and re-evaluation for all partnerships post-launch, aligning performance tracking with the Partnership Operations Model gates and Phase 6 steady-state governance, including renewal and expiration monitoring two quarters out via the Tracker.
• Lead and manage evaluations of potential partners, including facilitating demos, coordinating internal stakeholder feedback, and providing strategic recommendations to leadership.
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging partners in the digital transformation and healthcare innovation space to identify new partnership opportunities and enhance existing relationships.
• Proactively source, unearth, and develop new partnership opportunities where collaboration with external partners can bring material value to DT&I’s leadership and OKRs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree - Required
• 3+ years of experience in facilitating partnerships with external partners or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in account management, contract management or equivalent
• PREFERRED: 1+ years of experience in market analytics / macroeconomics or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree - Required
• 3+ years of experience in facilitating partnerships with external partners or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in account management, contract management or equivalent
• PREFERRED: 1+ years of experience in market analytics / macroeconomics or equivalent.