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Description

The V&A has one of the most established Partnership programmes of any cultural organisation and we are seeking a Head of the team, who will play a vital role in leading the strategy for maximising corporate income from a wide range of brands, and developing new sponsorship opportunities for the V&A’s family of sites. The Partnerships team in the Development Department helps enable the V&A to realise its ambitions through raising funds for our world class exhibition programme, alongside support for capital redevelopment programmes, acquisitions, conservation and learning activity. As well as delivering a well-established Corporate Membership scheme. The Head of Partnerships will play a meaningful role in helping secure the museum’s reputation, reach and long-term financial sustainability.

About the role:
1. Develop and direct the strategy and plans for corporate partnerships to maximise income, resources, profile and influence from the private sector.
2. Manage major exhibition partners throughout the development of the exhibition, contract negotiations and partnership delivery to ensure high levels of satisfaction with a view to maintain support for the museum beyond the exhibition.
3. Negotiate key partnerships from contract initiation to signature and oversee effective account management. The role is responsible for circa £10-20+ million in accounts annually.
4. Create new and enhanced packages and opportunities across all V&A sites to increase marketplace interest and engage corporate support for areas beyond the exhibition programme i.e Learning programmes, capital projects, acquisitions and increasingly cataloguing and digitisation projects.
5. Establish specific and clear objectives with each sponsor/partner and ensure these are communicated internally and implemented by the Partnerships Team and colleagues across the museum.
6. Leading a team of 7, work closely co-operatively with rest of Development & Licensing teams & wider V&A departments including Senior Management Directorate,V&A East Exhibitions Curatorial Research Marketing Press Events Visitor Services Learning Finance.
7. Build relations with V&A Advisory Board members CEO’s CMOs CFOs & relevant Trustees to maximise their networks & expand V&A’s portfolio of corporate sponsors.
8. Oversee & deliver corporate membership strategy ensuring retention members growth income attracting new members scheme ensuring cost effective museum competitive wider market.
9. Ensure team deliver best-in-field stewardship partnerships corporate members patrons
10. Be responsible creating managing corporate income targets annual expenditure budgets.

What we are looking for:
• Strategic thinker able identify cultivate existing new partnerships achieve annual targets
• Outstanding presentation negotiation relationship-building skills exceptional attention detail
• Must demonstrate calm confidence ability negotiate benefits resolve issues
• Significant experience working fundraising commercial brand partnerships leadership level
• Proven track record sales account management including six/seven figure value accounts
• Experience leading team line management
• A collaborative team player confidence manage prioritise share projects delegate tasks necessary whilst maintaining overview current business
• Good knowledge UK international business retail sectors
• Shares our Values Sustainability Equity Creativity Collaboration Generosity

Full job description list benefits available on our website.

Applications close 16 March @ 23:59