Partner Ecosystem Manager
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The Challenge:
As a Partner Ecosystem Manager - Technology, you will be responsible for developing and executing global strategies to build incremental revenue streams for Qualtrics through recruiting and enabling key strategic partners/alliances. For a list of our current partners, please visit https://www.qualtrics.com/partnerships/
Position Overview:
As a Partner Ecosystem Manager you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to build incremental revenue streams for Qualtrics through recruiting, enabling and managing key strategic partners/alliances in an assigned geography / market.
Your Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Qualtrics’ Sales Management to identify, target, and contract with partners that allow us to drive incremental revenue, value to customers, and win rates
- Exceed assigned revenue quota on a quarterly and annual basis
- Negotiate new partnership agreements and go-to-market constructs
- Develop joint success plans with partner included agreed to mutual KPIs
- Produce Monthly revenue forecasts for Ecosystem and sales leadership
- Facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews with partners & key Qualtrics stakeholders
- Onboard new partners and educate Qualtrics sales team regarding partnerships
- Partner with Qualtrics’ leadership to eliminate channel conflict and build effective rules of engagement
- Train and influence partner sellers by refining value propositions to meet specific client needs and facilitate client introductions to Qualtrics
- Build and maintain positive relationship with strategic partners that enable Qualtrics products to drive new revenue streams
- Build relationships with Qualtrics’ Marketing team to develop value propositions and marketing/PR campaigns necessary to drive demand for/through channel partners
- Liaise with Qualtrics’ Legal Department to develop contracts for alliance and channel partner agreements; negotiate and finalize all partner agreements
- Participate in industry trade shows & events
What we are looking for:
You are driven, accountable and collaborative. You can make sound decisions, communicate effectively, possess financial acumen, demonstrate initiative, build realistic plans, promote teamwork, influence others and you are able to achieve great results. You can manage a wide range of relationships from the C-level to the sales rep on the frontlines.
- You have 5+ years driving and managing tier-1 partner/alliances business initiatives within a SaaS Software environment
- You have experience carrying and exceeding a revenue quota within the Healthcare Sector
- You are an expert strategic alliance leader with the ability to initiate and develop complex partnerships that deliver results
- You have technology knowledge that helps you engage and have credibility with product groups within Qualtrics and partners up to VP/CTO level engagements
- Relevant experience working with partner sales and IT functions
- Direct SaaS Selling Experience preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and competency in communicating at an executive level
- Proven track record of driving revenue and consistent attainment to quota both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year
- Proven history of negotiating partnership pricing and contracts
- You are open to travel - ~25%
- 4 year University Degree BA or BS is preferred
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