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The ISV & SaaS Recruit team, as part of Enteprise Partner Solutions (EPS), is responsible for building Strategic Partnerships with market leading & new market disrupting Industry SaaS companies & high growth AI Startups, with a mission to help unlock joint customer opportunities in the Enterprise space. Enterprise Partner Solutions (EPS), part of Microsoft’s Industry & Partner Sales (IPS) organization, is accountable for building and co-selling innovative Microsoft Cloud & AI solutions and services, with our global Enterprise partners. Our Enterprise partner portfolio includes global systems integrators, advisories, high-value management consultancies (SI), independent software vendors (ISV) and software development companies - working together to empower people and organizations to achieve more. As a Partner Development Manager for ISV & SaaS Recruit, you are expected to bring your strong work ethic, enthusiasm, optimism, and passion to drive significant growth and change within our partner ecosystem. Your challenger mindset, knowledge of the technology industry, market insights, understanding of the competitive landscape, and superior interpersonal skills will be crucial in empowering your teams to expand our robust ecosystem of world-class partners. This role offers you the chance to accelerate your career growth as you engage with complex partner organizations, establish strong relationships in the C-Suite, and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to tackle complex issues. Your efforts will enable our partners to deliver market-defining solutions to our customers. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Job Responsibility:
Partner portfolio leadership and optimization - You will establish long-term partner recruitment strategies and expand current partnerships to create a balanced high-performance portfolio, grow business, and anticipate or fill market opportunities
Strategic Vision and Value Partnering / Strategic Alignment - You will lead your team in the creation of a strategic vision, creating and executing business plans that ensure alignment between the overall value of Microsoft and the Partner’s business goals. You will coach and challenge your team to land the partner business plans with partner’s senior leadership
Partner Sales Leadership - You will act as sales manager and coach the team through pipeline and opportunity management, following Microsoft internal sales methodology. You will build a rhythm of business to ensure sales execution with partners in collaboration with internal teams at Microsoft. You will coach teams through resolving blockers to accelerate sales and act as the escalation point for complex situations
Market Insight and Business Opportunity - You will lead and challenge your team to identify top opportunities to pursue with partners incorporating your expertise, market insights, and deep knowledge of the competitive landscape ensuring your teams position Microsoft as the industry leader
Executive Relationship Building - You will guide your team to develop deep relationships with complex partners and provide training and coaching to ensure your teams maintain an understanding of partner and Microsoft priorities and goals. You will be the executive sponsor for top partners and spend more than 50% of your time with partners and customers
Career Development -You will be focused on the development of your team, leveraging resources to help employees grow skillsets, encourage mentorship, and support their career interests. You will be an expert at workforce development, and succession planning, identifying growth opportunities, building development plans with direct reports, and conducting development discussions
Requirements:
Prior Cloud, Data and AI commercial sales experience and/or working with software development organisations
Significant prior experience in partner management, sales, business development, or partner channel development in the technology industry or partner ecosystem