Develop and nurture a strategic/mutually beneficial relationship with the partner or with a targeted set of resellers, distributors, Systems Integrators (SIs) and/or Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and their ecosystem partners to drive additional revenue with joint sales efforts
Coordinate all company activities with the partner, including education, marketing, executive briefings, business planning and client engagements.
Actively engage company resources and senior executives to build strategic relationships with the partner which ensures long- term business opportunities for company.
Promote company offerings to become a key part of the partner's business and solutions; May be brought by partner to sell company brand to end-customers.
Establish and maintains account plans to promote sales growth.
Achieve assigned quota for company products, services and software.
Transactional and relationship selling within, and influencing, a team of selling professionals; physically visit partner customers at their offices.
Create, fill-in and manage company funnel for deals with partners and transform potential leads into joint sales activities.
Provide the business rationale and risk assessment for making company investments in the partner.
Recruit and develop business relationships with new partners.
Requirements
Minimum 10 years of channel account management experience in the software industry.
Experience developing strategic plans with the partner to grow the business.
Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure coordinated efficient account management.
Thorough understanding of pipeline management discipline and ability to explain benefits to partners/other sales teams members.
Exercises independent judgment methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
Excellent communication skills: you are articulate, straightforward, thoughtful, and consistent
Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross-functional audiences.
Strong attention to detail, with strong analytical problem-solving ability
A natural inclination for building and fostering relationships with clients and project teams
A team player – you’re at your best in a closely collaborative environment
Ability to maintain multiple deadlines, with various stakeholders while delivering consistent results.
Strong business acumen with a demonstrated track record of driving results.
Able to travel up to 50% as required with in accordance with safe guidelines.