Head Of Programmes & Partnerships (Leadership Residencies)

Head Of Programmes & Partnerships (Leadership Residencies)
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Paresa Collection — Remote (Southern Europe or Asia preferred)

Paresa Collection is a curated platform of immersive leadership residencies for board members, family principals, and senior leaders who value clarity, legacy, and private perspective.

Paresa Collection brings together leadership, culture, and place with precision. Each residency is a
- circle experience: intimate, discerning, and distinctly unlike the
- driven world of executive retreats. Our work sits at the intersection of leadership advisory, editorial thinking, experiential design — and requires the intellectual discipline more often associated with
- tier advisory firms than hospitality or events.

We are now strengthening our core team with someone who can think as well as build: a strategic enabler who understands senior leaders, appreciates refined environments, and can translate vision into coherent programme design while contributing meaningfully to business development. This role is not operational support. It is a
- architect position at a formative moment.

Please note:

Only emailed applications will be considered — details below.

What You Will Lead

Programme Design & Development

Co-create
- circle leadership residencies shaped around succession, alignment, legacy, and clarity.

Residency Architecture

Craft the arc of each residency — content, dialogue, extraordinary destination, and faculty — into an experience that feels purposeful and quietly elevated.

Business Development & Growth Intelligence

Support
- led growth through
- driven BD: identifying aligned clients, cultivating partnerships, preparing tailored materials, and contributing to discreet
- level conversations. No
- selling — this is
- based and strategic.

Partnership Cultivation

Build and maintain relationships with facilitators, convening circles, institutions, and destination partners whose calibre enhances the quality of our work.

Editorial & Narrative Alignment

Ensure our programmes, materials, and environments reflect a coherent tone — thoughtful, refined, and distinctly Paresa Collection.

Strategic Delivery

Guide the
-
- end experience with calm precision, ensuring each residency flows seamlessly from concept to execution.

What Matters Here

Exceptional communication

— clear, intelligent, emotionally attuned

Business development maturity

— relational, strategic, quietly persuasive

Editorial instinct

— shaping narrative, meaning, and tone with ease

Cultural fluency

across European and Asian leadership contexts

Resourcefulness and ownership

— comfortable building in lean environments

Service intelligence

— anticipatory, discreet, attuned to senior leaders

Calm execution

— steady under pressure, grounded in judgement

Refined thinking

— able to shape resonance, not just logistics

Who This Is For

Your background may sit in leadership advisory, experiential learning, executive education, luxury hospitality, or a boutique consultancy — but the underlying pattern is the same:

You know how to create

meaningful
- level experiences, and you are comfortable contributing to

relationship-led business development.

You may have:

Designed executive or
- level programmes at a business school or advisory firm

Crafted offsites, learning journeys, or curated convenings for C-suite leaders

Supported senior clients within leadership advisory or boutique search

Worked in
- touch environments where service, setting, and story converge

Contributed to BD by preparing proposals, shaping partnerships, or supporting founders in client conversations

Regardless of your path, you:

Are confident engaging senior leaders, principals, and board directors

Understand how to shape a room — its intention, energy, and arc

Bring a natural BD sensibility — discerning, subtle, and
- based

Thrive in environments where clarity, accountability, and autonomy matter

Prefer influence over hierarchy, and creation over instruction

We welcome profiles with

4–12+ years

of relevant experience — whether stepping into more strategic ownership or entering a second chapter with deeper intent.

How We Work

Paresa Collection is
- led,
- driven, and built with
- term intent.

We are not pursuing scale. We are curating something with staying power.

Remote role, with preference for candidates across

Southern Europe or Asia

Consultant-based engagement, with room to evolve based on contribution

High-trust environment, working directly with the Co-Founder

A chance to shape a platform that blends leadership, culture, and place in a way that is globally rare

To Apply

Please email your CV and a tailored cover letter (both required)

to:

corporate@selionglobal.com

Subject line:

Application – Director of Strategic Programmes & Residencies

Only emailed applications with both documents will be reviewed.

Applications submitted via platform or
- apply will not be considered.