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Brings stakeholders from different parts of the business together to create demand, bring new ideas to market, establish quality partner connections, and orchestrate processes to set expectations and generate trust. Connects with Microsoft’s sales and partner communities to bridge and support partner-to-partner engagements as needed - aiming to scale the offering also through co-sell-ready partners. Engages partners and co-sellers proactively to ensure right co-sell prioritization and pipeline coverage to support targets. Leverages the voice of partners and customers through direct engagements, field surveys, partner events and surveys, listening systems, and social mechanisms, to identify and alleviate key customer and partner success blockers. Maintains and stays up to date on Microsoft's sales compliance processes.
Job Responsibility:
Collaborates with segment sellers and other internal stakeholders on partner co-selling efforts with portfolio of assigned partners to drive sales pipeline
Develops and executes co-sell strategies that outline activities and expectations that drive Microsoft and partner sales targets
Leads collaboration between internal and external stakeholders to accelerate deal execution, leverage investments, and accelerate sales
Tracks cloud solution area co-sell pipeline performance and independently addresses low performance through correction of errors (CoE) efforts
Tracks partner sales capabilities and capacities for sales practice acceleration and growth
Tracks partner incentive utilization and impact on pipeline velocity, and provides recommendations to partner to improve performance
Tracks quarterly forecast to ensure it meets and/or exceeds revenue accountability
Shares best practices for co-selling with partners and global peers through community forums, contributes to listening circles and contributes to worldwide learning initiatives as a subject matter expert
Shares market local solution area business momentum insights and corporate research for customer demand
Drives the acceleration of cloud solution area sales practice with partners, with a focus on pipeline, go-to-market (GTM) sales and co-sell execution
Drives a predictable cloud solution area rhythm of business (RoB) and addresses performance issues with partners to ensure delivery of cloud solution area partner targets
Independently collaborates with segment sales teams to ensure co-sell performance with partners through joint execution
Independently works with prioritized solution area-aligned partners to identify new opportunities with customers
Drives the qualified partner pipeline and progress it through the sales cycle
Ensures partner adoption of investment levers to create opportunities and accelerate deal velocity
Creates joint solution area sales plans in partnership with prioritized partners in their solution area portfolio relevant to customer segment to address customer needs and drive quarterly revenue accountability
Independently identifies, understands, and evaluates partners' cloud solution area sales practice(s)
Contributes to the strategic alignment with organizational units and overall partner business plans to meet sales objectives
Independently initiates solution area sales planning with assigned partners and ensures coverage to support targets
Owns a predictable sales pipeline rhythm of business (RoB) with assigned solution area partners
Manages top partner deals and overall partner revenue aligned to solution area
Coaches partners on solution play and ensures partners have capability and capacity to deliver the value proposition of the solution play
Facilitates pipeline management meetings and unblocking deals by connecting with Microsoft resources
Develops plans leveraging all of the Microsoft internal resources (e.g., investments, funding) and coaches the partner on how to accelerate their sale process using these tools/resources
Leads business reviews with key partner stakeholders and holds partners accountable for delivery against agreed plan
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR equivalent experience
Doctorate AND 3+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR equivalent experience