Overview
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We're looking for a Partnerships Manager to take ownership of our Adrenaline, Tours (Football Stadiums and beyond) & Sport categories as part of our Partnerships team.
The Partnership team are the trend-setters in everything experiences. We’re racing to find the next best thing to keep inspiring our customers. We source, grow and retain outstanding experiences, and manage relationships with our fantastic partners. The front line of the business, we work our hardest to meet the needs of all stakeholders to deliver incredible results.
Why we want you!
From flying down a zipline at 60mph, to standing pitch-side at an iconic stadium, the Partnerships Manager for our Adrenaline, Tours & Sport categories knows exactly how to gift bucket-list moments.
Whether it’s bungee jumping, white-water rafting, stepping into the locker room of your favourite football team, or a private lesson with a pro golfer – you understand how to source, shape, and showcase the types of experiences that get pulses racing and fans talking long after the final whistle.
What you\'ll do
* To build on and accelerate product growth with existing experience partners by continually reviewing product performance
* Onboard new, exciting, high-impact experience partners across adrenaline, sports and tours
* Increase overall BIM across your categories
* Use Microsoft Dynamics and Power BI to track, report and understand category performance
* Work with the wider Product team to build a strong competitive product portfolio
What you\'ll need
* A genuine passion and interest in the Adrenaline, Tours & Sport categories
* Industry experience, within a sales and partnerships focussed role
* Exceptional communication skills
* A strong commercial understanding, with the ability to measure partner and product effectiveness and contribution to the bottom line
* Excellent negotiation skills with an ability to convert leads
* Ability to use tools and techniques to profile, benchmark, research and assess the experiences market as a whole
* Account Management, Sales or Business Development experience is essential
* Strong grasp of calculating margins and ability to analyse sales data to make decisions on future products
* Used to working in a dynamic, fast moving, customer focused environment
Perks
* Work from our modern offices based in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire (SL8 5YS)
* Free breakfast in the office (cereal, toast, spreads, fresh fruit, coffee, tea)
* Make use of our hybrid working policy (minimum 2 days office based)
* Enjoy Flexi-time, working core hours of 7.5 hours per day with one hour for lunch; flexible starting and finishing times
* Access to an award winning employee assistance programme to support your health and wellbeing
* Generous health cash plan
* £150 to spend each year on our experiences, for you to enjoy our products yourself
* Access to our discounts scheme within the Virgin Group (Virgin Family Membership)
* Share extraordinary experiences with your friends and family with a discount
About us
The home of anti-ordinary gifts
The best things in life aren’t things. It’s why we gift the way we do. We’re one of the world’s leading experience gift brands, making it easy to give the unexpected and deepen connections through anti-ordinary gifting.
In the UK, you\'ll know us as Virgin Experience Days - one of the first brands to pioneer the premise that the best gifts can\'t be boxed, way back in 1988. We kicked things off with track days and flying experiences. Now we\'re home to more than 5,000 amazing experience gifts - from immersive theatre, to virtual reality, VIP stadium tours, Michelin-starred dining and more.
Operating in the US as Virgin Gifts, we\'re proudly part of the Virgin family, working alongside the likes of Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Hotels, and Virgin Voyages to deliver extraordinary experiences everywhere.
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