Partnership Manager - Lifestyle at Ten Group

Singapore, , Singapore -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

14 Jul, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Partnership Management, Contract Negotiation, Live Entertainment Procurement, Account Management, People Management, Strategic Planning, Data Analysis, Project Management, Mandarin Fluency, Cantonese Fluency, Stakeholder Management, Commercial Strategy, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Social Media Marketing, Customer Service Excellence

Industry

Travel Arrangements

Description

Driving Innovation and Trust: Ten’s Journey to Redefine Service Excellence Ten is on a mission to become the most trusted service business in the world. 🌎Technology-driven Product is at the centre of our strategy to create a hugely successful service and business. Millions of members already have access to Ten's services across lifestyle, travel, dining and entertainment on behalf of over fifty clients including HSBC and Swisscard. Ten's partnerships are based on multi-year contracts generating revenue through platform-as-a-service and technology fees. We have the advantages of already being at scale globally with a critical mass of high net worth members via stable, multi-year revenue-generating contracts. We already have a market leading consumer proposition and credibility (and many integrations) with the leading suppliers/partners across our ‘big 4’ service categories of restaurants/travel/entertainment and luxury retail. We are profitable and the first B Corp listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM market). Our plans are to continue to invest into technology (including AI) to become the main way that our members organise their leisure lives. The next few years will see Ten speed up our progress via our Growth Engine strategy, making the next huge steps to achieve our ambitions together. For more information, please watch Ten's Growth Engine Video https://tenlifestylegroup.com/investors/#growth-en... Overview 🌟 Join Our Team as a Partnership Manager 🌟 We want to drive and develop our supplier relationships and partnerships to provide our members priority/guaranteed access to the world’s most popular live events, restaurants and luxury brands. To deliver unique access, key benefits and experiences for our members and relevant corporate clients across the world of Sport, Music, Theatre and the Arts plus other categories. Your role is to grow revenue for the business and delight members through positive NPS results and feedback. As well as fulfil contractual obligations for client exclusive benefit programmes. Your role as Partnership Manager, will ensure that you are working with other key stakeholders both within live entertainment proposition and with the wider teams in general; Ensuring that together as a team proposition are delivering and meeting business expectations by achieving key metrics. You will share your work across other departments and offices, ensuring they have an excellent knowledge of our partnerships and are making the most effective use of them. As an industry lead, your knowledge and passion to motivate and drive performance of lifestyle managers, operational teams and the platform should consistently be shared. You (and in turn the lifestyle management team(s)) should always be up to date with current market trends, what competitors are delivering, what our members are obtaining access to, unique market leading partnerships and eager to develop entertainment knowledge, based on growth of Ten and corporate clients. The mentality of the successful candidate must be “if you build it, they will come” rather than seeing the development of our proposition programme as “chicken and egg”. They will also need to be passionate about learning and widening commercial skills into other sectors. You will think ahead to develop and execute new strategies and processes ensuring growth of relationships leading to enhanced team revenues and member experiences. You to have the ability to drive and implement new innovations and changes with support and buy in from senior stakeholders across the business. Who we’re looking for An experienced, dynamic and reliable individual that is looking to grow their experience within the business and take on line management responsibility. Most importantly you’ll be passionate about people, and helping them to perform to the best of their ability. Key Responsibilities To take full accountability for all partnerships and contracts secured by you that fall within your market across all genres. Develop clear strategies to ensure we have best in market offers, inventory (e.g. Ticket allocations) commission agreements in place (where not detrimental to access), and proposition materials (e.g. Social Media assets) To support Lifestyle Managers within Singapore & Kong Kong market (or those using APAC suppliers) to maintain relationships with partners to ensure we are nurturing an ongoing sustainable relationship for future growth To monitor performance of partnered suppliers and ensure they are delivering a consistently high-quality service; driving improvements to member satisfaction/NPS and efficiencies Monitor redemption, data analytics and demand of live events and ticketing genres to ensure it’s resonating with the member base. Based on this continued understanding make improvements to the strategy by member group (or client) and region ensuring we have relationships in place which are driving engagement, acquisition, loyalty and revenue Work closely with the Global Proposition Director, Content and Marketing department ensuring all offers and events have maximum exposure to members To be continuously aware of competitors and what they are delivering to ensure we are always one step ahead in the market To work closely with the relevant operational teams across the business to ensure you are fully aware of all best practice to ensure we are consistently improving processes To work with the relevant stakeholders across the business to create a holistic strategy for approaching vendors. To ensure teams across the business are kept fully up to date with changes and new processes implemented To drive efficiency within entertainment teams (or entertainment requests) by continuously developing and improving processes; sharing successes and implementing processes learnt from other regions Propose and implement new strategies, campaigns and to positively impact on member satisfaction/NPS, corporate revenue and efficiencies Contribute to wider strategic goal, and offer procurement for the global team or for wider region with support from your Director Work with Client Services and Regional Business Development Managers with all client related matters; supporting on new business proposals Be available to lead, maintain and support on any established client and member relationships We are looking for someone who is: Fluent in Mandarin and/or Cantonese on a professional level Experience in procuring and maintaining Live Entertainment relationships (across multiple levels e.g. Promoters, Ticketing Platforms, venues eg), benefits and offers, contract management and negotiation. Has experience in, but not essential: Broad working knowledge of key brands and partners globally across various lifestyle industries (retail, dining) Ability to initiate and lead on new business initiatives and proposal; ensuring these are aligned with the Live Entertainment and general proposition key objectives People management skills; having the ability to motivate and drive performance in others (whether line reports or colleagues). Effectively communicating and motivating people to ensure you are always obtaining the best results. Can demonstrate experience of working within a customer-led industry and strives to continuously deliver excellent customer service. Project management; being able to manage highly complex global projects with multi-stakeholders internally and externally Account management; to interact with Senior stakeholders building trust and loyalty, ensuring you deliver on all requirement agreed, point of escalation and present new business initiatives Able to create and drive strategy within the Live Entertainment sector, using performance data, industry knowledge and leadership skills to make analytical decisions. Ability to use Excel and Powerpoint to an independent, competent, professional level Experience in marketing and use of social media to drive promotion and usage of assets and proposition negotiated To be a beacon of best practice in your leadership style at all times, to create and nurture a culture of success, professionalism Proven track record of negotiating and procuring relationships offers or events; or managing a sales/negotiation team Natural commercial drive and innovation, always seeking new opportunities and creativity with the partnerships, clients or internal stakeholders. A natural networker who can develop and implement new initiatives to commercially impact the team and business A passion for working in a business that places members and customer service at their core as well as commercial success A passion for motivating and developing people A natural communicator who always takes the time to keep their team and colleagues informed and up to date, always considers the best way to tailor communication to different individuals rather than robotically forwarding emails and reports Great people management skills; you can demonstrate the ability to influence and persuade senior stakeholders and colleagues in other departments, and will be recognised as a supportive and effective colleague particularly during busy or high-pressure periods for the business Benefits & Rewards Our people are at the heart of the business, and we have a culture of recognition and reward - both through regular appraisals but also annual Extra Mile Awards where we celebrate those who have gone that extra mile in their role. We also encourage all our staff to incorporate their aspirations and interests into their career at Ten and we are there every step of the way in supporting development. All our employees also enjoy a range of benefits: A competitive salary will be offered depending on experience Offer flexible work arrangements including Hybrid work possibilities Annual Leave of 25 days per annum and an additional 3 extra days of annual leave in the third year One (1) month paid Sabbatical after every 5 years of Service, without tapping into annual leave Lucrative Ten Loyalty Rewards program Remote Working Holidays - Travel and Work for up to 4 weeks per year! Access to lots of great travel and entertainment discounts as our clients’ members would! Be part of our global, dynamic, and inclusive Team, with diversity at its core. Possibility of growth within a dynamic and international company Join us and experience a workplace where you can truly thrive. https://tenlifestylegroup.com/ten-tv/ Commitment to Diversity We encourage diverse philosophies, cultures, and experiences. We appreciate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive work environment for our employees. This idea unites the teams at TEN. All aspects of our relationship, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or terminate, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. “Ten works with a small, preferred supplier list of recruitment agencies only. Please note we are not accepting any further recruitment agencies at this time.” Join Ten Group – Apply before 31 Aug 2025 Please note: We may close this job advert early if we receive a high volume of strong applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

The Partnership Manager is responsible for developing and managing supplier relationships in the live entertainment and luxury lifestyle sectors to provide members with exclusive access and benefits. The role focuses on driving revenue growth, improving member satisfaction (NPS), and executing commercial strategies across the APAC region.