Industry Partnerships Manager

Requisition ID
- 11865
- Country- Singapore- State / Province- Singapore- City- Singapore- About Us**Korn Ferry** is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than _50 countries_. We offer five core solutions:

- ** Organizational Strategy**:

- ** Assessment and Succession**:

- ** Talent Acquisition**:

- ** Leadership Development**:

- ** Total Rewards**
- Job descriptionKorn Ferry Academy is a distinct service line within the Singapore Advisory division of Korn Ferry, with a mission is to help organizations transform in the wake of Industry 4.0. Our programs are uniquely designed to help organizations access cutting-edge human capital and leadership insights at scale and invest in their people to be future-ready.

We operate like a close-knit start-up within a larger community that is rooted in our global consultancy brand. We have a high-performing culture that is focused on delivering our best to enable others to become better while having fun. We enjoy working in a team but also celebrate individual uniqueness and mastery. You will be respected for your contributions and be given an opportunity to innovate, experiment, and grow.

**INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER**

Korn Ferry Academy is currently seeking an **Industry Partnerships Manager** to join the team. This is a full-time permanent position that will be based in **Singapore**.

Reporting to the General Manager, the Industry Partnerships Manager is a critical role in nurturing our partner ecosystem for the purpose of furthering Korn Ferry Academy’s vision and acts as a central point of contact and steward of this high-value asset.

Key Responsibilities include:
**Industry Partnerships and Engagement Strategy Development**
- Take the lead, in consultation with the Leadership Team, to strategize and map a focused approach to establishing critical industry links and partnership engagements to deliver competitive advantages to the Academy and its stakeholders
- Collaborate and mobilize a healthy ecosystem (including private companies, institutes of higher learning, government agencies, associations, tripartite partners, and program partners) to devise and support innovative opportunities and solutions that create positive systemic changes

**Industry Partnerships and Engagement Strategy Activation**
- Actively market, identify, onboard, and deepen our ecosystem of curated partners through strategic partnership and sustainable engagement programs
- Promote the value of our ecosystem and help business development efforts to drive adoption of the Academy programs and services through a series of networking forums, business meetings, and other events
- Manage and host visits to the Academy by external parties, visitors, and guests

***Driving Partnership Success and Industry Insights**
- Define a measurement of partnership outcomes and impact
- Collect, review, and analysis of partnership success data for agile modifications if applicable or useful insights that inform future program design and operations

***Operations Management**
- Manage the Academy’s budget for industry engagement which includes budget planning and accounts management to ensure adherence to guidelines and policies
- Lead the coordination with various functions within the Academy to plan and execute partner events and engagement activities
- Set up and manage our partner contacts and contracts database
- Analyze and report on event success

**To be successful in this role, you should have**:

- Degree or Diploma in any discipline
- Minimum of 5 years experience in business development or account management capacity within a professional services environment
- High level of written, communication, and presentation skills, preferably with public speaking experience
- Strong relationship and stakeholder management skills
- Strong project management and event organization skills
- Ability to negotiate and establish win-win trusted partnerships
- Ability to work independently as well as enjoys being part of a collaborative team
- Ability to navigate between customer centricity and process orientation
- Ability to be resourceful, especially in the face of uncertainty and change
- Ability to provide sufficient attention to detail while thinking strategically
- Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/ Veteran. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law._