Partnerships Manager at Maisha Meds

About the role

• We are looking for an enthusiastic and diligent Partnerships Manager who will join our team with a focus on growing our customer base in Nigeria.
• The candidate should have experience in partner engagements and have a track record of fostering partnerships that have led to the significant business growth in the health-tech sales spaces or other relevant sectors. 
• The Partnerships Manager will need to negotiate and draw up MoUs that foster collaborative growth with relevant industry stakeholders in the retail pharma private sector.
• The Partnerships Manager should enjoy a fast-paced working environment, be skilled at working with and interacting with regulators and professional associations. You should be a negotiator, and have the capacity to lead teams working remotely or onsite.

Responsibilities

This role reports to the Country Expansion Manager Nigeria and will support on the following:;

• Identify potential scale partners in line with Maisha Meds growth projections
• Negotiating and drafting MoUs with identified partners
• Developing and implementing  acquisition/referral strategies in collaboration with the Sales Manager
• Continuous performance review of existing partnerships to identify areas for improvement 
• Ensuring partner compliance with the terms and conditions in the MoU
• Ensuring that Maisha Meds delivers on agreed commitments  and escalates potential challenges in a timely manner
• Proactively identifying potential risks to existing partnership arrangements
• Evaluate the success of our partnerships and if providing a return on investment 

Qualifications

• Degree (minimum) in business, customer service, pharmacy business or other related fields
• Tech conversant and ability to quickly learn and become a proficient user of both our app and internal tools.
• Minimum of 5 years experience of working in a business development or account management role
• Experience working with government stakeholders, health institutions or pharmaceutical bodies. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Experience with sales processes and CRM systems a plus
• Excited and energetic to work tirelessly on establishing meaningful partnerships
• Growth mindset and enthusiasm for learning, feedback, and continuous improvement
• Humility and personal stability. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with conscientiousness, patience, and a humble approach to service
• You care deeply about what we’re building and how it may change how healthcare is accessed for millions of patients.

Why You Should Join Us

• On a roll: Doubling year over year with new funding partnerships soon to be announced and recent expansion into Uganda, Nigeria, and Ethiopia
• Great team: Founded, managed and backed by successful veterans of Stanford School of Medicine, Google, mPharma, I&M bank.  We have technologists, clinicians, and economists working side by side to solve difficult problems.
• Great funders: We’re backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID Development Innovation Ventures, CIFF, WHO FIND, and Pfizer to pay for healthcare on behalf of patients, with others to be announced soon.
• Huge market: Disrupting a massive, growing $50+ billion market for healthcare payments for low-income patients, with a focus on paying for health outcomes to ensure patients get better.
• Great customers: Create incentives that ensure our nurses, pharmacists, and clinicians provide excellent care and pay them when this happens.
• Impact: A fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its people to make a huge impact.