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Reporting to the Director of Alliances for Middle East, the Partner Account Director responsibilities include develop and driving execution of revenue-driving programs & initiatives, sponsorships, technical enablement, certification and support and plays a critical role in driving customer success through partner success.
Responsibilities:
- Define the joint short and long term business goals and go to market plans for the Middle East.
- Develop and execute jointly agreed go to market strategies and business plans with top tier partners in the Middle East. This includes demand generation activities, training/education, and development of joint offerings to deliver against revenue, certification and customer satisfaction targets.
- Execute, manage and deliver regional pipeline and revenue tied to wider partner strategies and initiatives in close alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
- Work with partners, account executives, marketing teams and management to provide alignment and clarity for the delivery of customer implementations and incremental revenue
- Provide partner management to both existing and new SI partners to ensure that they are developing sales, pre-sales, and delivery capabilities in line with Salesforce strategy.
- Identify whitespace in your territory and recruit consultanting partner with the industry, product, or market segment expertise to round out the partner ecosystem in the territory
- Lead qualification for new consulting partner leads
- Responsible for the onboarding of new partners into the program in collaboration with Middle East Partner Success Managers.
Position Requirements:
- 8+ years experience managing (strategic) partner relationships in technology industry (e.g.; SaaS)
- Experience of the KSA region experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to drive significant new software revenue through partnerships
- Demonstrated experience in establishing new partnerships, negotiating, and managing contracts
- History of successfully developing and leading multiple strategic partnerships
- Highly motivated with ability to succeed in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Time management and prioritization skills, managing multiple competing deadlines and objectives
- Partner development experience (all types including; Referral, Reseller, Services Implementation, OEM)
- Success in establishing joint go-to-market plans and drive co-sell activities with partners
Bachelor degree
- Excellent interpersonal and executive-level relationship building skills
- Goal oriented with entrepreneurial self-starter drive
- Innate comfort and drive to achieve sales-focused metrics
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