Help Build the World's Largest Free Education Publisher
Alison is one of the world's largest free online learning platforms, with more than 53 million registered learners across every country in the world.
Our mission is to make high-quality education and workplace skills available to anyone, anywhere, free of charge.
Over the coming years, we have an ambitious goal: to dramatically expand our publishing programme, creating thousands of new courses across every major subject, at every educational level and in every significant world language.
To help us achieve this, we are seeking an exceptional Global Publishing Partnerships Manager.
This is a strategic international role. You will identify, recruit and develop relationships with publishers, universities, professional bodies, corporations, NGOs, government agencies and leading Subject Matter Experts from around the world. Your work will directly influence the scale, quality and diversity of learning available to millions of people.
If you enjoy building international partnerships, working across cultures and helping create educational opportunities on a truly global scale, we would love to hear from you.
Job Description
Reporting to Alison's senior leadership team, you will be responsible for expanding Alison's global publishing network and ensuring a continuous pipeline of high-quality educational content.
You will build long-term partnerships with organisations that already possess valuable educational content while also recruiting leading Subject Matter Experts to create entirely new learning experiences.
Working closely with Alison's publishing, instructional design, AI and production teams, you will help transform expertise into engaging online courses that can reach learners everywhere.
As artificial intelligence accelerates content creation, you will also identify innovative organisations and experts who can combine human expertise with AI-assisted publishing to create educational content faster than ever before.
About the Role
Reporting to Alison's senior leadership team, you will be responsible for expanding Alison's global publishing network and ensuring a continuous pipeline of high-quality educational content.
You will build long-term partnerships with organisations that already possess valuable educational content while also recruiting leading Subject Matter Experts to create entirely new learning experiences.
Working closely with Alison's publishing, instructional design, AI and production teams, you will help transform expertise into engaging online courses that can reach learners everywhere.
As artificial intelligence accelerates content creation, you will also identify innovative organisations and experts who can combine human expertise with AI-assisted publishing to create educational content faster than ever before.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute Alison's global publishing partnership strategy.
- Identify and recruit publishers, universities, professional institutes, training organisations and educational content providers worldwide.
- Build relationships with corporations, NGOs, international agencies and government organisations capable of contributing educational content.
- Recruit outstanding Subject Matter Experts across every discipline to create new Alison courses.
- Identify emerging subject areas and future skills where new learning programmes should be developed.
- Negotiate partnership agreements and establish long-term collaborative relationships.
- Work closely with Alison's publishing, AI and production teams to deliver high-quality learning experiences efficiently.
- Represent Alison professionally with senior executives, academics, authors and industry leaders around the world.
- Monitor partnership performance and continuously identify opportunities for growth.
About You
You are an outstanding relationship builder who enjoys meeting new people, spotting opportunities and bringing ambitious ideas to life.
You have an international outlook and are comfortable engaging with organisations from different cultures, industries and educational systems.
Ideally you will have:
- At least five years' experience developing strategic partnerships within publishing, education, media, digital learning or related sectors.
- Experience negotiating commercial or strategic partnership agreements.
- Excellent communication, networking and presentation skills.
- Strong commercial awareness and sound judgement.
- Outstanding organisational and project management abilities.
- Confidence engaging with senior decision-makers and recognised experts.
- An interest in education, technology, artificial intelligence and lifelong learning.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.
- Excellent written and spoken English. Additional languages would be an advantage.
Why Alison?
Every partnership you create has the potential to educate hundreds of thousands—or even millions—of learners.
You will help shape one of the world's largest free education platforms while working alongside an international team committed to expanding access to education across the globe.
This is an opportunity to play a central role in building what we believe will become the world's largest educational publishing ecosystem.
If you are excited by international business development, educational publishing and making a meaningful global impact, we'd love to hear from you.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Fully remote working with flexible arrangements.
- Opportunity to work with colleagues across more than 30 countries.
- A mission-driven organisation making a measurable global impact.
- Significant opportunities for professional growth as Alison continues its international expansion.
Alison is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Application Process
All applications must be accompanied by the following:
- A Short Introductory Note
- An Up-to-Date CV
- A Cover Letter highlighting why you are applying for the position, and furthermore, explaining why you believe you are especially well qualified for the position.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: €80,000.00-€90,000.00 per year
Work Location: Remote
