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  Establish meaningful relationships with key partners to influence opportunities and outcomes. Build strong relationships with key GCT ecosystem stakeholders and cross-functional teams including product, engineering, design, marketing, legal, compliance
• Drive negotiations with new and existing partners, optimizing for achieving shared outcomes in close collaboration with cross functional team members
• Oversee each step of the business development lifecycle: Strategy/planning, pipeline development, prospecting, outreach, terms negotiation, contract drafting, and implementation
• Shepherd all completed partnerships through a successful integration, including internal and external coordination, operations, product, and engineering prioritization

• Track, analyze and communicate regular updates to leadership
• Manage the business outcomes and project budget, putting in place financial disciplines and ensuring their execution to meet or beat KPIs.
• Ensure completion of program deliverables. Ensure projects that are part of the program are delivered on time and on budget with superior quality.
• Oversee teams of individuals from cross functional teams, as well as vendors to accomplish project/program outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with corporate project management office, using appropriate project management tools, processes, and procedures.
• Monitor and mitigate project/ program risks.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent through a combination of education and related work experience.
• 7+ years of strategy, business development and partnerships experience Program management experience leading large programs that involve significant business change.
• Experience leading large teams in a matrix management environment.
• Highly organized individual capable of simultaneously managing relationships and executing agreements across multiple partners
• Highly motivated, self-directed individual who thrives in a fast-paced team environment
• Knowledge of business case development including cost/benefit analysis, NPV, current and future state assessments.
• Proven collaboration and relationship-building experience — with the experience developing working relationships at all levels of management, both internal and external
• Demonstrated track record of establishing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Advanced oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Strong presentation and facilitation skills to communicate with and persuade a wide range of audiences.
• Strong supervisory and matrix management skills and ability to oversee tasks delegated to others.

• MBA: Interest in PMP certification or equivalent or completed work towards PMP certification or equivalent
• Experience in Big 4 consulting environment.
• Tax or financial background.
• At least 3 years of experience with short-term and long-range strategic planning

H&R Block’s purpose is simple: To provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. We’ve been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Since then, we’ve grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world.

We are a people company first and a tax company second. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. A place with an amazing and storied history, but with a strong and urgent focus on the future. Maybe it’s how determined, forward thinking and innovative we are, or how accessible our leadership is. We believe it’s all those things, and much more.

H&R Block is committed to diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. All qualified applicants are welcomed and encouraged to apply.