Digital Partnerships Transformation Manager
About The Role
As part of BT Digital, we’re spearheading and driving the digital transformation of one of the UK’s most recognisable brands. We’re driving new digital experiences for our customers in new markets, transforming our architecture and developing industry‑leading capabilities in Data, AI, Fintech and Healthcare. We’re stripping out unnecessary complexity for customers and colleagues and introducing agile methodologies.
The Finance community, including Partnerships, plays a critical role in driving the Digital transformation: we set and implement the overall BT Digital strategy and plans and are the engine room driving the outcomes required for our customers. We work across multiple customer units (e.g., Consumer, Enterprise, Global divisions) covering needed updates to products, customer journeys, platforms, 3rd parties, strategic partners, IT architecture and innovation.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Partner with Digital to drive outcomes required to deliver the Digital and BT transformation.
* Enable the Digital strategy and plans, delivering an ambitious Digital transformation for ecosystems of partners across performance, data insights and commercial optimisation, utilising data and AI capabilities to create a world‑class partner‑ecosystem management engagement.
* Execute Digital ecosystem transformation initiatives, including benefit realisation from ideation through to execution on renewals‑related landscape and manage Digital’s partner efficiency plan through an interlock process between programmes and units on key commercial renewal portfolios.
* Drive cost‑reduction initiatives related to third‑party spend for Digital Partner Ecosystems efficiency and sourcing initiatives, including benefit realisation from ideation through to execution and associated benefit realisation that drives Digital vision and strategy for architecture domains and supplier portfolios and footprints in BT.
Essential Skills / Experience
* Significant experience with Digital transformation, strategic sourcing & cost reduction and sourcing operating‑model design & implementation.
* Experience in contract reviews and software supplier product portfolios to explore and articulate alternative solutions to reduce cost and improve service outcomes.
* Proven track record of developing and delivering impactful sustainable change programmes.
* Deep understanding of technology‑industry architecture principles and trends, using this insight to influence business decisions and outcomes.
* Advanced MS Office skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Desirable Skills / Experience
* Practical experience in digital transformation, strategic sourcing, cost reduction, supplier innovation and benchmarking.
* Experience defining and delivering transformation strategy that includes restructuring large deals.
* Experience defining and managing transformation strategy.
* Experience defining and delivering commercial management and cost reduction projects.
* Knowledge of vendor‑management function.
* Experience in at least one of the key Technology Sourcing domains: Application Development, Application Maintenance (ADAM), Networks, Data Centres, Cloud, Hosting or End‑User Computing.
* Commercial acumen for financial and commercial negotiation and full TCO analysis over medium and long term with internal and external factors.
Our Package
* Annual on‑target bonus of 10% (personal and company multipliers).
* BT pension scheme – minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%.
* Life assurance.
* Direct share scheme.
* Exclusive colleague discounts on BT broadband packages, 50% off EE mobile pay‑monthly or SIM‑only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM‑only plans.
* My Discounts access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers.
* Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership.
* Great support for working parents, paying during maternity, adoption, and paternity leave.
* Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships, etc.
* 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service and a buy‑holiday option.
* Volunteering days to give back to the local community.
* Brand‑new electric vehicle salary‑sacrifice arrangement (My EV).
Job Location: UK – Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester
Advertised Salary: Competitive salary & benefits.
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