Senior Partnerships Manager – Co‑Branded Products
Dubai, UAE
AED 20,000 – 25,000 per month
A leading, region‑wide retail loyalty programme is building a next‑generation, customer‑centric engagement ecosystem and launching co‑branded financial products (credit cards and more) across the GCC. They're hiring a Senior Partnerships Manager – Co‑Brand to own and grow these strategic partnerships.
Key Focus
Partnership Development & Management
- Lead end‑to‑end onboarding of co‑brand partners: project scope, business cases, implementation, go‑to‑market.
- Act as day‑to‑day account owner: performance reviews, operational issue resolution, payments and reconciliations.
- Build senior‑level relationships with banks and partners, manage governance forums, and ensure delivery against contracts.
Strategy, Product & Campaigns
- Develop annual and quarterly joint business/marketing plans with partners, including targets and budgets.
- Oversee marketing campaigns with internal teams: brief, approve, and review post‑campaign performance.
- Shape and refine Customer Value Propositions (CVPs) for co‑branded products to drive acquisition, usage and loyalty.
Market, Data & Insight
- Use market intelligence to identify new opportunities, mitigate risks and refine partnership strategies.
- Own data and performance analytics: build dashboards, track KPIs and feed insights into partner and product decisions.
Compliance & Governance
- Ensure all partnerships meet regulatory, legal and contractual requirements, including SLAs and payment terms.
- Embed best‑practice partnership and key account management frameworks, proactively addressing any compliance gaps.
Leadership & Delivery
- Lead and mentor a small support team, setting clear objectives and driving performance.
- Run cross‑functional projects across product, marketing, tech and finance to launch and optimise co‑branded products on time.
Profile
- 5–7 years experience in Key Account Management / Business Development, ideally in:
- Loyalty & rewards
- Co‑branded financial products
- E‑commerce or payments/fintech
- Proven track record signing, growing and managing strategic partnerships.
- Strong regional network and existing book of relevant contacts.
- Highly target‑driven, organised and commercially sharp, with a clear growth mindset.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable at senior level.
- Confident working with CRM and Microsoft Office; data‑driven and metrics‑focused.
- Able to work independently, hit deadlines and make things happen.
- Fluent English (written and spoken); Arabic a plus.
- Based in Dubai, with a valid UAE driving licence and car; willing to travel as needed.
