Regional Partnerships Manager

Job description / Role

Regional Partnerships Manager, Asia Pacific & Middle East

VisitBritain is looking for a Partnerships Manager for a fixed-term contract for 3 years. You will recruit, manage and shape partnership initiatives across the Asia Pacific & Middle East region in line with the partnership strategy. The role is a high profile external facing position that has a high level of reputational responsibility. It requires developed account management skills with the ability to influence at CEO level and the ability to drive cross functional working internally.

Excellent negotiating and problem solving skills are essential to this role. This person needs to be able to think creatively to craft partnership that meets both VB and commercial partners’ objectives.

Requirements

- Strategic thinking and highly developed knowledge and understanding of British tourism product
- Comfortable as a negotiator at all levels across external organisations
- Strong mediation and facilitation skills
- Highly developed knowledge of international markets and VB’s Marketing and Commercial opportunities
- Strong commercial acumen
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Extensive people and budget management experience
- Awareness and understanding of and sensitivity to the broader political context in which VB operates
- Excellent understanding of Key Account Management practice and relationship management,
- Excellent financial and project management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to produce clear and accurate reports and presentations
- Highly developed influencing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Fully computer literate, IT (Microsoft Office packages)

Acceptance that the role requires the:
- employee to work extra hours when market activity requires
- employee to attend after-hours networking functions as requested

In depth knowledge and understanding of
- 2020 Britain Strategy
- VB Market Plans
- Marketing Strategy and Simplified Britain Strategy

About the Company

VisitBritain is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide & developing Britain’s visitor economy. A non-departmental public body, funded by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, we work with partners in the UK & overseas to ensure that Britain is marketed in an inspirational & relevant way around the world. Our partners include government agencies such as UKTI, airlines & operators, global brands such as Samsung as well as the official tourism bodies for London, England, Scotland & Wales.