Innovation and Partnerships Manager

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

As Innovations and Partnerships Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Optus Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) and Strategic Technology Forum (STF). You will ensure flawless execution and delivery of these high-value platforms, contributing directly to our business development outcomes.

What You’ll Do:

• Support planning and logistics for enterprise community and corporate partnerships (e.g., AICC, TTBC), ensuring alignment with sales objectives.
• Coordinate sponsorship activations, positioning Optus executives with priority customers and tracking commercial outcomes.
• Contribute to partnership ROI reporting, measuring leads generated, opportunities influenced, and customer advocacy impact. 
• Serve as the ‘SAB & STF Concierge’, managing all communications, enquiries, and touchpoints with executive members to ensure a high-value experience.
• Coordinate logistics and lead all aspects of end-to-end delivery for SAB/STF engagements, including masterclasses, boardroom sessions, global and local study tours, and custom executive experiences.
• Maintain accurate program calendars, run sheets, and action trackers for SAB/STF initiatives, ensuring critical timelines and achievements are met.
• Manage program budgets, including cost forecasting, supplier/vendor negotiations (local and global), and financial reporting to ensure value for money and a strong return on investment.
• Provide executive-level hospitality and customer care, reinforcing Optus’ premium positioning with C-suite customers.

What You Bring 

• Strong organisational and project management skills, with experience delivering executive-level events or programs.
• Demonstrated experience in executive hospitality and concierge-level service for senior collaborators.
• Proven ability to manage complex budgets and negotiate effectively with a range of suppliers and vendors.
• Commercially minded with an understanding of how executive programs and partnerships drive pipeline and revenue growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of succinct executive briefings and reports.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment with senior collaborator visibility.

The good stuff…

• Competitive remuneration and colleague discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and outstanding shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym, and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U’s industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through colleague-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity

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