Partnerships Analyst

**Partnerships Analyst**

**Bogotá**
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**Colombia**

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**ONLY CVs SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH WILL BE CONSIDERED**

**The Opportunity**:
Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale, supporting over 150 million users in 80 countries. Our mission is to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals.

We believe in the power of a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. As we expand globally, we are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of not only our hiring practices but who we are as a company.

The Anthology Partner Program is a differentiator in that it provides an ecosystem that enables our clients with a richer, more engaging educational experience for both learners and educators, no matter what their unique needs may be.

Specific responsibilities will include:

- Contributing to Blackboard’s portfolio operations through managing partnership operations and processes around partner integrations
- Leading cross functional teams to drive change across our partner ecosystem
- Supporting the partner operations team through performing qualitative and quantitative data analysis, developing project plans, holding cross functional teams accountable, driving hard results
- Contributing to Blackboard’s partner operations through managing projects across Blackboard’s portfolio lifecycle
- Managing competing priorities and relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Managing a portfolio of Blackboard Partner relationships at different stages within their lifecycle and maintaining ongoing engagements with integration Partners
- Fostering relationships and collaborating with cross-functional internal teams (Professional Services, Product Management, Product Development) to ensure Partners achieve their business objectives
- Managing day-to-day relationships with Partners, developing an understanding of their products, services, and strategies to help Partners develop their product, sales, marketing, and delivery capabilities in line with Blackboard’s strategy
- Demonstrating the ability to demo Partner technology to internal and external clients
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with a diverse set of internal and Partner constituencies
- Capturing and integrating key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure operational effectiveness and return on investment (ROI) for Partner integrations
- This role requires approximately 5% travel
- Required skills/qualifications:_
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 2-4 years of experience in project management of systems implementations and integrations, including direct external client interaction and working with project teams of functional and technical specialists
- Strong people/team management skills and can provide direction to others as a project lead and/or functional/technical specialist
- Strong client relationship skills and can partner with technical and project leaders from client organizations to drive overall solutions, manage issues, and facilitate schedule/scope conversations
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal and external audiences
- Exceptional attention to detail, drive, and analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multi-task and think strategically while managing multiple projects and Partners
- Experience in the education industry, including the implementation of eLearning technologies and administration systems is preferred
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented, collaborative environment
- Ability to prioritize and delegate in a resource constrained environment and re-prioritize resources rapidly
- Quick thinker, calm in tough situations, adept at problem resolution
- Ability to work collaboratively with outside departments to reach common company goals
- Ability to exercise discretion, creative decision-making, and independent good judgment
- Ability to quickly adapt to specific Partner needs and think independently, addressing unique customer issues
- Comfortable and proficiency with managing conflict and working with diverse populations
- Comfortable working in geographically distributed virtual teams
- Demonstrated ability to act as advocate for Partners
- Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above
- Preferred skills/qualifications:_
- PMP or equivalent certification
- Previous experience in a SaaS company and/or in EdTech
- Background in leading projects that involve a diverse set of technologies, including web-based systems, SaaS environments, and enterprise-level systems supporting critical needs of clients is desired
- Familiar with Project Management tools such as Teamwork and Smartsheet
- Fluency in multiple languages

**The Office**:
We have an office located in Bogota, Colombia as a hub for the LAC market.
- Located in Capital Towers cent