FLEX Senior Manager, Global Partnerships Center of Excellence

This is a temporary position. 

JOB SUMMARY

The Global Partnerships Center of Excellence (COE) is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to provide strategic, operational, and governance support across the Global Partnerships organization during a six-month assignment. This role will serve as the primary driver of the COE, responsible for driving continuity across strategic planning, governance forums, communications, resource development, measurement, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement. 

The successful candidate will operate as a trusted partner to senior leadership, managing critical business processes, facilitating executive forums, maintaining governance tools, and ensuring timely delivery of key initiatives that support the organization's partnership strategy and operational excellence objectives. 

CANDIDATE PROFILE 

Education and Experience 

Required

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field. 


• 6+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, partnerships, project management, business operations, or a related field. 


• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects in a fast-paced environment and demonstrated success in influencing stakeholders across the organization. 


• Experience partnering with senior leaders and leading cross-function processes, supported by exception executive communication and presentation development skills. 

Preferred

• Experience within partnerships, marketing, consulting, or hospitality organizations. 


• Knowledge of governance frameworks, planning processes, KPI development, and performance reporting. 


• Experience working with executive committees and strategic planning initiatives.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES 

Center of Excellence Management 

• Manage and enhance COE resources, including training videos, onboarding materials, playbooks, toolkits, and partnership best practices. 


• Develop and maintain governance trackers, project plans, decision logs, and operational resources to improve team effectiveness. 


• Partner with leadership to document and communicate strategic priorities, milestones, and organizational objectives. 


• Coordinate quarterly updates and reporting against strategic goals and organizational commitments. 


• Support finalization and ongoing management of the Global Partnerships scorecard and measurement framework. 


• Track quarterly progress against key performance indicators and business objectives. 


• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of key Global Partnerships governance forums. 


• Develop agendas, presentations, pre-read materials, templates, meeting recordings, and documentation repositories. 


• Serve as a liaison between Global Partnerships, Loyalty, Marketing, Technology, Finance, and Continent teams. 


• Maintain communications calendars and ensure alignment with organizational priorities. 


• Drive awareness and adoption of COE tools, resources, and governance processes.

Governance & Communications 

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of key Global Partnerships governance forums. 


• Develop agendas, presentations, pre-read materials, templates, meeting recordings, and documentation repositories. 


• Serve as a liaison between Global Partnerships, Loyalty, Marketing, Technology, Finance, and Continent teams. 


• Maintain communications calendars and ensure alignment with organizational priorities. 


• Drive awareness and adoption of COE tools, resources, and governance processes.

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