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The Senior Partner Alliances Specialist at NTT DATA is a pivotal role focused on managing and nurturing partnerships with external organizations. This position requires advanced skills in negotiation, business development, and project management, along with a bachelor's degree in business or a related field. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT services and experience in channel sales. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work in a diverse and inclusive environment, contributing to the company's growth and competitive advantage.
Job Responsibility:
Develops and nurtures relationships with key partners to foster collaboration and mutual benefit
Supports with partnership agreement negotiations, ensuring terms are favorable and align with company objectives
Collaborates with internal cross functional teams such as sales, product management, or marketing to develop join offerings or solutions with partners
Supports with driving initiatives to integrate partner technologies or services into company's products or platforms
Supports with management of go-to-market initiatives and campaigns to promote joint offerings or solutions
Supports with tracking partner performance against established metrics and KPIs
Identifies areas for improvement or expansion with existing partnerships
Supports with optimizing processes and workflows related to partnership management to increase efficiency and effectiveness
Supports with educating internal stakeholders on the value and benefits of partnerships
Stays informed about industry trends, competitor activities and market opportunities that could impact partnerships
Supports with managing contract renewals and amendments as necessary throughout the partnership lifecycle
Performs any other related task as required
Requirements:
Advanced interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
Advanced analytical skills and displays excellent business acumen
Advanced relationship building skills with the ability to engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
Excellent team players and maintain the integrity and displays good attention to detail
Advanced negotiation skills to renew partnership agreements
Advanced knowledge of strategic partner programs
Great presentation, verbal, and writing skills
ability to communicate complex ideas effectively across a wide range of audience levels and functions
Advanced network of industry contacts
Able to focus and execute in a changing environment
Ability to make things happen
Advanced project management skills to effectively manage partnership initiatives/programs
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, computer science, or information technology or a related field
Advanced demonstrated business development experience, preferably in IT services environment
Advanced demonstrated experience in channel sales or channel management role
Advanced demonstrated experience establishing and managing alliance programs that produce revenue
Proven history of working independently and with cross-functional sales, marketing, and product management teams to achieve alliance objectives
Advanced demonstrated experience leveraging those contacts to build mutually beneficial partnerships to drive revenue
Advanced demonstrated experience in running programs relating to partner plan execution