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Community & GrowthSimulated project
Partnerships Manager portfolio brief
A simulated community & growth exercise for Partnerships Manager. Treat it as realistic practice, not real client or protocol work.
7 deliverables6 tools referenced3 linked interview questions
Objective
Map one target account and its decision process
Expected deliverables
Account mapQualification memoProposalPipeline forecastNegotiation logJoint launch planAccount review
Recommended workflow
- Map one target account and its decision process
- Draft a qualification memo and partnership proposal
- Define what success should look like six months after signing
- Review the result against the rubric, then package it as a case study.
Constraints and safety
- Use only public sources or clearly simulated data.
- Never include seed phrases, private keys, or wallet secrets.
- Redact private user, company, security, legal, or compensation information.
- State every assumption you make.
Tools in practice
- HubSpot or Salesforce
- Track partner fit, stage, commitments, owners, and follow-ups so the pipeline reflects real progress rather than announcement volume.
- Notion
- Draft, review, and maintain account map and qualification memo, with owners, source links, and change history.
- Research decision-makers, partner history, company context, and relationship paths before outreach.
- Google Sheets
- Track partner fit, stage, commitments, owners, and follow-ups so the pipeline reflects real progress rather than announcement volume.
- contract workflow
- Manage review, approval, rights, disclosure, and signature status without treating an operational tracker as legal advice.
- product documentation
- Draft, review, and maintain account map and qualification memo, with owners, source links, and change history.
What a strong submission shows
- A target-account map
- A qualification rubric
- A partnership proposal
- A deal postmortem showing why the opportunity should proceed or stop
Weak submission patterns
- A contact list with no decision map
- Logos presented as outcomes
- Pipeline stages with no qualification criteria
Review rubric
- Accuracy of claims and sources
- Relevance to the target role
- Decision quality and trade-offs
- Completeness of the deliverable
- Clarity of communication
- Honest limitations and next steps
Present it as a case study
- Explain the problem, sources, decisions, ownership, constraints, output, review, and what you would change.
- Show the final artifact before the process notes.
- State what you owned and what belonged to other people.
- Label the work as simulated, and keep any real contribution clearly separate.
Interview questions this project helps you answer
How do you distinguish a promising conversation from a qualified opportunity?
What internal evidence should exist before a public partnership announcement?
Describe a deal you would recommend walking away from