Vice President - Strategic Partnerships Manager

Job Description

About the Function

Global Business Operations keeps our business moving, connecting markets, streamlining processes and keeping everything running efficiently at scale. With teams across Bangalore, Budapest, Bogotá, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the essential services that support our day-to-day performance, from finance to operations and beyond. It’s a truly global environment, where collaboration across time zones and cultures is part of everyday life. You’ll gain exposure to different markets, build skills for the future and develop a broad understanding of how a business operates at scale. It’s a great place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture.

About the role

Lead the development and management of Diageo's strategic partner portfolio to maximise enterprise value and business outcomes, accelerate enterprise transformation and strengthen the company's external partner ecosystem. The strategic partnerships manager is responsible for developing trusted executive relationships with key strategic partners, leading complex commercial and transformation initiatives, and ensuring partnerships deliver measurable business outcomes. Working closely with Strategy, Product Groups, Procurement, Legal, Finance and other enterprise functions, the role provides strategic partnership leadership while enabling Product Groups to retain accountability for operational delivery and service performance. The role may manage a portfolio of strategic technology, business service or innovation partners, with portfolios evolving over time in line with Diageo's business priorities.