Head of Partnership Development - Network

The opportunity

The Head of Partnership Development-Network is a high-profile leadership opportunity to shape the future of Partnership Development across a nationwide adviser network. As Head of Partnership Development – Network, you’ll lead a field-based team focused on helping Partners grow stronger, more sustainable businesses while delivering outstanding outcomes for customers.

Reporting to the Partnership Director, you’ll play a key role in the Partnership leadership team, bringing energy, commercial insight and strong relationship leadership to deliver Openwork’s strategic priorities and Value Creation Plan.

You’ll also be central to an exciting transformation: helping Openwork move from best-of-breed product distribution towards Lifetime Family Financial Planning across the Partnership.

The benefits

Salary up to £115,000
Car allowance of £5,486
On-target bonus of 20%
Generous pension scheme: contribute up to 5% and Openwork will match it, plus add an extra 5%
Critical illness cover, income protection and death in service benefit
27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 10 additional days
A flexible benefits package including private medical insurance, dental insurance and more

What you’ll be doing

Lead and coach a team of Partnership Development Managers to deliver strong commercial performance, Partner engagement and customer-focused outcomes.
Set clear objectives, review performance regularly and support the team to remove blockers and solve complex challenges.
Oversee firm-level business plans, succession plans and growth activity to ensure they are robust, ambitious and regularly reviewed.
Use segmentation, MI and commercial insight to target support effectively and maximise the impact of the team.
Build trusted relationships across Openwork and the adviser community, acting as a credible senior representative of the Partnership.
Provide business development leadership that helps adviser firms grow, improve practice performance and deliver great customer outcomes.
Work closely with recruitment, finance, supervision and specialist teams to support adviser growth, effective governance and proactive risk management.
Manage team resources and budgets effectively while creating an environment where people can perform at their best.

What will you need to succeed?

Level 4 Diploma qualification, or equivalent experience within retail financial services operations.
Strong experience leading B2B or intermediary relationships, with a sound understanding of financial services distribution models.
A track record of leading high-performing teams in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment.
Experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses with business planning, commercial growth and improved performance.
Good working knowledge across investments, protection, mortgages and pensions, alongside the key commercial and regulatory issues facing adviser firms.
Confident stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to challenge constructively where needed.
Experience using CRM or contact management systems, with strong Microsoft Office skills.
Resource planning and budget management experience.

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.