Manager Partnerships

Company Description

Established in 2006, Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) is a global clean energy leader, transforming how the world produces and consumes energy through bold innovation and commercial excellence.

Masdar is a clean energy investor, developer and operator, advancing renewable energy projects across key markets and technologies, with a global project portfolio capacity to date of over 65 gigawatts (GW).

Jointly owned by TAQA, ADNOC and Mubadala , Masdar is driving the scale-up of renewables worldwide, targeting a portfolio capacity of 100GW by 2030.

Job Description

To develop and implement the Zayed Sustainability Prize's partnership strategy, securing and managing financial and in-kind partnerships that advance the Prize’s strategic objectives. The role works with senior management to build the partnership pipeline, forecast performance against agreed targets and budgets, and ensure the effective delivery of partner commitments.

Key Accountabilities :

• Support in developing and delivering the annual operational business plans and KPIs for the unit and contribute to performance monitoring and reporting for the unit so that overall objectives are met.
• Manage and develop the annual partnership strategy for the Zayed Sustainability Prize across relevant sectors, in conjunction with the Head, Outreach & Stakeholder Relations, ensuring alignment with the Prize’s strategic priorities, targets and objectives.
• Develop partnership approaches that secure both financial and in-kind contributions and strengthen the Prize’s reach, impact and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage the production of monthly forecast reports to forecast performance against the sales strategy and budget.
• Improve business processes and implement changes in order to optimally achieve strategies and plans.
• Research potential financial partners and in order to expand the available options and achieve optimal results.
• Maintain high awareness of industry trends, climate, players, distribution and issues.
• Convert financial prospects by managing the negotiation process, developing the contracts and finalize the invoices in conjunction with Finance and Legal departments.
• Liaise with Prize partners and relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with agreed partnership objectives, commitments and deliverables.
• Manage the delivery of all financial and in-kind partnership commitments with relevant internal teams, including Communications, Marketing, Events, Programmes, Operations, Finance and Legal.