Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
DOE

About the Role
Bauer Media Outdoor is one of the UK’s leading Out of Home media owners and infrastructure companies, with more than 33,000 advertising sites in our portfolio. Our talented team of over 600 people work in 14 locations across the country, creating and delivering some of the most memorable advertising campaigns in the UK. We are committed to providing a Platform for Brands and a Platform for Good, transforming our estate and practices to build a sustainable business that benefits public, partners, and advertiser stakeholders through ad-funded social infrastructure, digital innovation, and proactive societal efforts. The Bauer Media Outdoor Way helps us deliver more impact for advertisers, with more value for communities, and less impact on our planet.

As Portfolio Partnerships Manager, you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong strategic relationships across the Essex County Council (ECC) contract, acting as the senior lead and primary point of contact both internally and externally. You will own the overall contract strategy, working closely with the Estate Manager and Estates Executives to ensure full delivery of BMO’s obligations, whilst optimising performance and value for both parties. You will also collaborate with Operations and Construction teams to ensure effective, joined-up delivery.

This is a leadership role, heading up the Essex Portfolio team with direct line management responsibility for the Estate Manager. Success will be measured through the strength of stakeholder relationships, contract performance, and delivery against key KPIs.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead the ECC contract, ensuring full understanding of contractual commitments and driving performance, optimisation and value across the region
- Act as the senior point of contact for ECC, building and maintaining long-term relationships with key stakeholders and influencing groups at all levels
- Own and evolve the regional engagement strategy, ensuring consistent and effective contact across the business and with the client
- Work closely with the Estate Manager, Operations and Construction teams to identify and resolve delivery risks early
- Lead on contract negotiation and manage any changes to contractual terms
- Champion the wider Bauer Media Outdoor and OOH proposition, ensuring ECC stakeholders are informed, engaged and positioned as long-term partners
- Oversee data accuracy, governance and reporting across the contract, ensuring systems are fully maintained and compliant
- Monitor competitor activity and market trends, feeding insight into the wider Portfolio Strategy team
- Present regional strategy, engagement plans and performance updates to internal stakeholders

What’s in it for you?
We are part of the Bauer Media Group, a multi-business, family-owned company that entertains, serves, and inspires over 200 million people. At Bauer Media Outdoor, we embrace diversity and foster a culture we are proud of. We offer a great place to do great work, for all.

Benefits include:
- Participation in our Core Bonus Plan/Quarterly Incentive Scheme
- Car Allowance or Company Car
- Flexible working (typically 3 days in office, 2 days remote)
- 25 days’ annual leave including bank holidays
- 2 paid volunteering days per year
- Company Pension Scheme matched at 5% or 8%
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life Insurance and group income protection scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Travel/Season ticket loans
- Discounts across hundreds of retailers

At Bauer Media Outdoor, we are committed to fairness, respect, and inclusivity. We support reasonable adjustments for candidates and employees and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Experience
- Senior customer or contract management experience, ideally within Local Authority or PTE environments
- Experience in OOH or infrastructure environments is desirable but not essential

About you
- Strong strategic thinker with excellent commercial awareness and negotiation skills
- Confident leader with experience managing teams and driving performance through others
- Excellent communicator, able to influence and build credibility at all levels internally and externally
- Highly organised and data-literate, comfortable working across systems such as D365 and Salesforce (desirable)
- Collaborative by nature with a track record of working effectively across multiple teams and disciplines

Qualifications
No specific qualifications required; focus is on relevant experience, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset.