Partnership Strategy & Operations Manager

Proximus Global is seeking a highly driven Partnership
Strategy & Operations Manager to support the execution of our most
strategic global partnerships and partner-led growth initiatives.
This role will work directly with the VP of Partnerships and
serve as the connective tissue across a broad range of high-priority
initiatives involving Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Sales, Marketing,
Operations, and external partners.
Our strategic partnerships increasingly involve complex,
cross-functional launches that span multiple business units and require
coordination across both internal and external stakeholders.
The ideal candidate is more than a traditional project
manager. We are looking for someone who can take an ambiguous strategic
objective, translate it into a clear execution plan, identify dependencies and
decision points, drive accountability across stakeholders, and keep initiatives
moving without requiring constant direction.
This person will effectively operate as an extension of the
VP of Partnerships, helping ensure that strategic priorities translate into
execution.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 6–12 months, this
person will have:

- Established a
clear operating cadence across the Partnerships organization's most
important initiatives.
- Created
transparency around ownership, milestones, risks, dependencies, and
decisions.
- Significantly
reduced the amount of day-to-day project coordination required from the VP
of Partnerships.
- Accelerated
launches by proactively resolving blockers and driving cross-functional
accountability.
- Built
credibility across senior stakeholders as someone who can be trusted to
move complex initiatives forward.
- Developed
repeatable processes that allow Proximus Global to manage a growing
portfolio of strategic partnerships on a scale.

The Profile We're Looking For

You may be a
strong fit if you are the person who naturally walks out of a meeting
thinking:

- What did we actually decide? Who owns each action? What could
prevent this from launching? And what needs to happen next?
- You are
comfortable entering situations where the answer is not obvious, creating
structure where none exists, and driving a diverse group of stakeholders
toward a common outcome.
- You don't wait
for someone to tell you the next step.
- You figure out
what the next step should be, and make sure it happens.

Key
Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership Execution

- Own project
management for Proximus Global's highest-priority strategic partnership
initiatives from concept through launch.
- Develop and
maintain detailed project plans across commercial, technical, operational,
legal, finance, marketing, and go-to-market workstreams.
- Translate broad
partnership objectives into specific deliverables, owners, milestones,
dependencies, and timelines.
- Identify risks,
blockers, and unresolved decisions early and drive them toward resolution.
- Maintain
relentless follow-through with internal and external stakeholders to
ensure commitments are delivered.
- Coordinate
complex initiatives involving multiple Proximus Global entities, products,
and functions.

Cross-Functional Leadership

- Serve as the
central point of coordination between Partnerships and teams including
Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations,
Security, and Procurement.
- Establish clear
ownership and accountability for partnership deliverables.
- Drive
stakeholders toward decisions when projects encounter ambiguity or
competing priorities.
- Escalate issues
thoughtfully and proactively when executive support is required.
- Reduce the
administrative and coordination burden on senior leaders by ensuring
meetings result in decisions, owners, and actions.

Executive Support & Operating Cadence

- Work closely
with the VP of Partnerships to prioritize strategic initiatives and ensure
time and resources remain focused on the highest-impact opportunities.
- Build and
maintain a centralized view of major partnership initiatives, milestones,
risks, and executive decisions.
- Prepare
briefing materials, project updates, decision documents, and executive
presentations.
- Run weekly
operating reviews for strategic partnership initiatives.
- Ensure action
items and commitments from executive and partner meetings are tracked
through completion.
- Help prepare
the VP of Partnerships for important internal and external meetings by
synthesizing relevant context, decisions, risks, and outstanding issues.

Strategic Initiatives

- Lead special
projects that may fall outside traditional organizational boundaries but
are critical to the Partnerships organization's objectives.
- Help structure
new programs and operating processes as the Partnerships organization
continues to scale.
- Identify gaps
in ownership or execution and proactively step in to help close them.
- Conduct
analysis and develop recommendations to support partnership investment and
prioritization decisions.
- Help establish
repeatable launch frameworks and playbooks for future strategic
partnerships.

Essential
Requirements

- 5+ years of
experience in project management, program management, strategy, business
operations, consulting, partnerships, or a similar cross-functional role.
- Demonstrated
experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple teams and
senior stakeholders.
- Exceptional
organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong
executive communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to
synthesize complex information and quickly identify the decisions and
actions required.
- Comfortable
challenging stakeholders and driving accountability regardless of
organizational hierarchy.
- Strong judgment
regarding when to resolve issues independently versus when to escalate.
- Comfortable
working in environments where ownership is distributed and priorities
evolve quickly.
- Ability to move
seamlessly between strategic discussions and detailed execution.
- Experience
working in technology, telecommunications, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity,
communications, or a related industry is preferred.
- Experience
working with major technology ecosystems such as Microsoft, AWS, Google,
Salesforce, or similar platforms is a plus.

We are
offering

- Good
compensation - Competitive € salary plus benefits package.
- Development
opportunities.
- Challenging
but also a friendly working environment.
- And
much, much more...

About
Proximus Global

Proximus Global, combining the strengths of Telesign, BICS,
and Route Mobile, is transforming the future of communications and digital
identity. Together, our solutions fuel innovation across the world’s largest
companies and emerging brands. Our unrivalled global reach empowers businesses
to create engaging experiences with built-in fraud protection across the entire
customer lifecycle.
Our comprehensive suite of solutions – from our super
network for voice, messaging, and data, to 5G and IoT; and from verification
and intelligence to CPaaS for personalized omnichannel engagement – enables
businesses and communities to thrive. Reaching over 5 billion subscribers,
securing more than 180 billion transactions annually, and connecting 1,000+
destinations, we honor our commitment to connect, protect and engage everyone,
everywhere.