Strategic Partnerships Manager

About Growth Kitchen (GK)

Growth Kitchen is the leading franchising platform for restaurant delivery in the UK.  We are on a mission to transform how the world eats, by bringing amazing restaurant experiences to the homes of millions of underserved customers across the UK. We do this by enabling underused professional kitchens to sell well-known restaurant brands such as GBK, Coco di Mama, Tortilla, and The Athenian on delivery apps, from their existing kitchens.

The role

We are hiring a Strategic Partnerships Manager to act as the end-to-end owner of a portfolio of 3 to 4 restaurant brand partners, effectively operating as a “General Manager” for each brand within Growth Kitchen.

This is a high-impact, highly cross-functional role at the intersection of strategy, operations, and growth. You will own the relationship and performance outcomes of your brand partners within Growth Kitchen; driving revenue, operational excellence, and long-term partner success.

You will work directly with brand partner executives, delivery platforms, Growth Kitchen founders and internal teams to scale brands across the UK, while continuously improving performance.

Key responsibilities

• Own the strategic relationship with GK brand partners and ensure that the partnership is successful on both sides, overseeing sales per store & operational targets 

• Collaborate with GK Ops & Sales teams to ensure that Service Levels and Growth plans are executed successfully 
• Drive & execute strategic projects to improve sales per location for your brand partners, across new sub-brands creation, menu improvements, visibility, conversion metrics, based on performance data, customer feedback, and evolving market trends
• Oversee strategic marketing for your brand partners, working with the marketing lead: coordinate the execution of brand marketing initiatives, including social media campaigns, influencer partnerships, and platform-specific activations
• Oversee strategic supply chain workstreams for your brand partners, working with the supply chain lead: oversee end‑to‑end supply chain, including demand forecasting, inventory and cost control, relationship management with distributors and suppliers
• Help assess and onboard new brand partners  

• University degree from a renowned academic institution
• 2 to 5 years experience, with a background in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, a fast paced start-up environment, or another high-impact role
• Strong analytical skills and a curious mindset; empathy and adaptability
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently
• Commercially driven, you are focused on business outcomes and growth 
• Enjoy solving complex problems proactively, get your hands dirty and get things done, collaborating with an array of internal and external stakeholders with a focus on outcomes
• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguity: a “playbook builder” you have experience dealing with new situations, and enjoy building repeatable processes 
• Passionate about the restaurant industry

• Fluent in English and right to work in the UK is a must

• Work directly with founders, restaurant brand owners, executives & decision makers
• Have end-to-end ownership of the brands relationship, with an incredible wide array of exposure to most aspects of the business 
• Be at the cutting edge of the restaurant sector
• Work with ambitious & fun individuals
• Build knowledge and experience required to become a leader at Growth Kitchen, or at a high pace scale-up 
• Competitive salary and stock option compensation, pension scheme & health insurance