Strategic Partnerships Lead
- Location
- Angel Court, London, Victory House, Brighton
- Location
- Full Time
Job Description:
Job Title Strategic Relationships Lead - Partnerships
Contract: Hybrid
Location: Angel Court London EC2R 7HJ
Permanent - Full time
Salary range: up to £100,000 depending on experience
We make health happen
This role is critical to Bupa Global's ambition to expand and evolve its presence in international private medical insurance through high-impact partnerships.
As Strategic Relationships Lead, you will be responsible for managing, nurturing and growing a portfolio of strategic partners, reinsurance and relationships - including new and established partners.
You will be accountable for delivering bold commercial growth outcomes, constantly evolving our existing partner strategies, and co-creating innovative solutions for market delivery.
Your areas of focus will include reinsurance provider but also working with key intermediaries, platforms, and consultancies. This role sits at the intersection of partner engagement, strategic planning, and market innovation.
How you'll help us make health happen:
Manage, Nurture and Grow Partnerships, including Reinsurance:
Own the day-to-day and long-term management of new and existing programme partners
Being the senior contact and relationship lead for strategic partnerships
Developing Executive/C-Suite relationships, deepening and nurturing these to deliver the partner strategy
Deepen engagement, address frictions and drive the growth opportunities within each relationship
Delivering Our Commercial Objectives:
Drive revenue, customer growth and profitability through collaborative go-to-market strategies
Develop and monitor KPIs, commercial plans, and delivery frameworks in partnership with key stakeholders
Evolve Partnership Strategy:
Shape, refine and iterate Bupa Global's strategic approach to reinsurance and social insurance collaboration
Monitor industry, partner, and market trends to inform future direction
Contribute to the long-term roadmap for reinsurance growth & our market solution development
Seek out new routes to market - delivering new growth initiatives
Enable Innovation and Market Solutions:
Identify and deliver new propositions in collaboration with consultancies, intermediaries, and partner platforms
Lead initiatives to launch, test, and scale new solutions in global markets
Influence internal stakeholders (Product, Marketing, Sales, and Compliance) to support partnership-led innovation
Build Internal and External Alignment:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Bupa Global and the wider Bupa Group
Represent Bupa Global in high-value strategic discussions and co-creation workshops
Build trusted relationships with key external partners, senior stakeholders, and delivery teams.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Benefits:
• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling or working abroad.
Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador.
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Business DevelopmentLocations:
Angel Court, London, Victory House, BrightonBupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
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