Partner Success Operations Manager

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Cincinnati, OH, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Information Technology
The Role
Manages partner relationships and operational success for the Ocado Smart Platform. Serves as the primary liaison between partners and internal teams, using performance data to identify improvements, support roadmap engagement, coordinate deployments and go-lives, promote platform adoption, manage risks, and ensure partners achieve sustainable operational value.
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About Us

We are Ocado Group, and we're bringing world-class automation to online grocery. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) combines cutting-edge robotics, AI, and IoT within our advanced CFCs (Customer Fulfilment Centres). We've mastered the single pick, transforming online delivery for our global partners. Join us and be part of a team pushing the boundaries of retail technology.

About the Role

The Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) is a modular, scalable software and hardware solution supporting highly automated customer fulfilment warehouses (CFCs) integrated with a fully fledged grocery e-commerce platform. The vision is to provide large bricks and mortar retailers across the globe with an online service using our disruptive technology.

Partner Success Managers are the primary point of contact for our OSP Partners to ensure they are using OSP to maximum potential. They work with Partners to identify areas of opportunity to drive maximum performance and business value for the Partners and for Ocado.

Partner Success Managers work closely with Partners from pre go-live through the lifetime of the contract. They form part of the Partner Account Team and collaborate closely with other Partner Success teams and teams across the Ocado Group to ensure Partners receive expert knowledge and support in the effective use of OSP and the seamless deployment of new features and products.

  • The Partner Success Manager is the primary point of contact for their assigned Partner(s) for the effective, stable and value-driven use of the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP), covering fulfilment, supply chain, and last mile  operations.
  • A core member of the Partner Account Team, working closely with Partner operational teams and cross-functional Ocado teams to ensure Partner priorities are clearly represented and delivered in a joined-up way.
  • Uses operational data, performance metrics and analytics to develop and maintain a deep understanding of Partner performance, risks and dependencies, and to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience and service outcomes.
  • Accountable for understanding the Partner’s operating model, contractual scope and operational objectives, and for supporting Partners to achieve strong, sustainable performance within the agreed framework.
  • Acts as the primary operational and platform liaison between the Partner and Ocado, ensuring Partner context, requirements, constraints and business case are clearly understood and appropriately prioritised for implementation.
  • Owns the Partner relationship for operational OSP roadmap engagement, acting as the named point of contact for operational roadmap topics, feature delivery queries and platform evolution in the context of operations.
  • Represents Partner operational requirements and priorities into Ocado’s roadmap and change governance processes, ensuring clear problem definition, Partner impact and business case and operational context are understood.
  • Owns Partner readiness for change, including the preparation and delivery of operational go-lives and deployments, ensuring Partners are informed, prepared and able to adopt new functionality effectively.
  • Ensures Partners are making effective use of relevant and available OSP functionality, promoting adoption of standard capabilities and best practice to maximise operational value.
  • Proactively monitors delivery of Partner-relevant platform changes, working with internal stakeholders to resolve issues, manage dependencies and escalate risks where delivery may impact Partner operations or confidence.
  • Balances Partner support needs with contractual commitments and commercial considerations, ensuring support is delivered in a way that is both Partner-centric and commercially responsible.
  • Builds and maintains strong, positive working relationships with Partner teams and internal stakeholders, fostering trust, transparency and effective collaboration.
  • Contributes to the continuous improvement of Partner Success ways of working through sharing best practice, supporting cross-partner initiatives, and helping evolve processes, standards and tooling across the function.

About you

  • Experience in a retail or logistics operation
  • Familiarity with continuous improvement and optimisation processes
  • Stakeholder, relationship building and networking skills
  • Self-motivated with an ability to deliver to deadlines and multi-task under pressure
  • Highly organised and resilient with an eye for detail
  • Ability to think strategically beyond the needs of the organisation today
  • Understanding of project management frameworks
  • Experience of working cross-functionally both internally and externally to drive partnerships or projects
  • Business management experience and commercial awareness

What we offer

  • 401k Plan; 100% match up to 5% of earnings
  • Paid Vacation and Sick Days
  • 10 Paid Public Holidays
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Medical and Dependent Care
  • Flexible Spending Accounts Health Reimbursement Account
  • Company Contribution of 50% of Annual Deductible
  • Company Paid Life Insurance
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program

Skills Required

  • Experience in a retail or logistics operation
  • Familiarity with continuous improvement and optimization processes
  • Stakeholder relationship-building and networking skills
  • Ability to deliver to deadlines and multitask under pressure
  • Strong organizational skills, resilience, and attention to detail
  • Strategic thinking beyond current organizational needs
  • Understanding of project management frameworks
  • Cross-functional experience working internally and externally to drive partnerships or projects
  • Business management experience and commercial awareness

Ocado Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ocado Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Ocado Group.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity programs include free share awards after six months of service, with additional access to broad-based plans such as SIP, Sharesave, and ESPP in applicable regions.
  • Flexible Benefits Work arrangements often allow hybrid schedules and a limited work‑from‑anywhere allowance, alongside flexible leave options and discount schemes depending on role and location.
  • Parental & Family Support Policies cover birth, adoption, fostering and surrogacy, with returner coaching and additional flexible arrangements after leave where applicable.

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The Company
HQ: Hatfield
6,700 Employees

What We Do

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. Nearly 20 years later, we’re a FTSE 100, client-focused business that provides services, technology, and automation to grocery e-commerce businesses around the world.

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