SEEK Pass is a trusted digital passport used by over 5 million people to manage and share their verified identity, credentials and documents. We aim to integrate across the HR ecosystem to provide more value, security and convenience for individuals and organisations in employment-related processes.

Our primary use case today is helping job seekers to stand out on SEEK by pre-verifying their qualifications, licences and other credentials so that employers can shortlist them with confidence and speed. We operate as a distinct cross-functional business unit, with integrations into SEEK’s job marketplaces across Asia-Pacific. Learn more about SEEK Pass at: https://seekpass.co

The SEEK Group

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation. Find out more about us by visiting https://www.seek.com.au/about/.

‘Our SEEK’

At SEEK our biggest asset is our people, and we are proud of our community of valued, talented and diverse individuals who really know their stuff. Our culture statement, Our SEEK, is all about what makes SEEK unique and a little bit different. Our SEEK clearly outlines the Principles and the Behaviours of our best people, which include:

- Passion: we are passionate about SEEK, our purpose, our customers and our community
- Team: we care about each other and collaborate to achieve together
- Delivery:



we execute with excellence and achieve excellent results
- Future: we think and act for the long term

The Role

The Strategic Partnerships Manager is a newly created role within the SEEK Pass Growth function, responsible for identifying, shaping and scaling high-impact commercial growth opportunities across strategic partnerships, business development and cross functional growth initiatives. Reporting to the Senior Growth Manager (Ecosystem), this role will focus on building a high-quality pipeline of ecosystem opportunities, progressing priority partnerships and helping turn SEEK Pass’s growth strategy into clear actions, strong execution and measurable business impact.

This role will work closely with external partners and internal stakeholders across Growth, SEEK Pass squads and broader SEEK teams to ensure growth efforts are focused on the highest-value opportunities and delivered effectively. As the first role of its kind in the team, it requires a commercially astute, strategically strong and highly effective operator who can move between business and partnership development, go-to-market thinking and hands-on delivery, while helping build more repeatable and scalable approaches to ecosystem growth over time.

The Team

This role sits within the SEEK Pass Growth function, which is responsible for marketing & enablement, country partnerships, government and vendor engagement,



ecosystem integrations, compliance and accreditation. Reporting to the Senior Growth Manager, this role sits within the SEEK Pass Ecosystem Growth team, comprising of ecosystem growth and integration management. The role will also work closely with a diverse set of stakeholders, including SEEK Pass squads and team members across growth, product, operations, and engineering, as well as SEEK sales, partnerships, product, go-to-market teams and external partners.

Job Description

- Identify, prioritise and develop high-impact ecosystem growth opportunities across strategic partnerships, business development, partner channels, propositions and routes to market.
- Build and manage a high-quality pipeline of prospective ecosystem partners, from early opportunity assessment and commercial shaping through to negotiation, onboarding, launch and ongoing performance management.
- Develop and execute partnership strategies for priority opportunities, including clear business cases, proposals and plans that align partner value, customer impact and commercial return.
- Lead senior partner conversations across discovery, qualification, commercial negotiation, launch planning and growth planning, and act as a trusted point of contact for shared outcomes.
- Work closely with SEEK Pass squads and internal stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, Sales and other SEEK teams to translate ecosystem opportunities into practical delivery plans and measurable business impact.
- Develop clear partner propositions, narratives and playbooks that articulate the value of integrating with SEEK Pass and support both internal teams and external partners to

📌 Strategic Partnerships Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 SEEK
📍 Melbourne