VodafoneThree - Senior Manager, Partner & Contract Management

Overview

In this role, you will own the network partner relationships and lead a team to maximise value from strategic contracts. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to govern commercial activity and ensure risk and performance are managed effectively. You’ll drive lifecycle management, governance, and MI to enable informed leadership decisions. This is a chance to influence how VodafoneThree delivers reliable connectivity at scale and supports digital inclusion across the UK. You’ll join a collaborative, hybrid culture focused on responsible growth and continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• excellent pay
• bonus
• up to 28 days off plus bank holidays
• pension plan
• discounts and vouchers
• learning tools

Responsibilities

• Lead the Network business relationship with the L2 organisation for governance, contracts, and commercial matters.
• Coach and prioritise a team of Partner Managers, setting objectives and developing capability.
• Oversee strategic partner relationships, ensuring governance and value alignment with risk and criticality.
• Ensure commercial agreements deliver value while protecting against commercial, operational, financial, and compliance risk.
• Drive contract lifecycle management including change control, renewals, and performance tracking.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, and delivery teams on sourcing, decisions, and in-life management.
• Establish robust partner governance with regular reviews, risk assessments, and escalation paths.
• Provide market and partner performance insights to support Network leadership decisions.
• Embed standard partner management processes, tools, and MI across the team to support a unified operating model.

Key requirements

• Strong experience in partner management, supplier relationships, contract management, procurement, or related Networks environment.
• Proven people leadership with performance management and coaching capabilities.
• Solid understanding of telecoms networks, managed services, and supplier ecosystems.
• Strong commercial acumen with knowledge of contracts, change control, service credits, and risk management.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Data-driven with ability to use MI to identify trends and manage risk.
• Experience in complex, matrixed organisations with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Commitment to compliance, auditability, and continuous process improvement.

• stakeholder management
• leadership
• communication
• partner management
• contract management
• procurement

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