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Anaplan is looking for a Partner Field Engagement Director to lead the Manufacturing & Life Sciences segments in the Americas. This is a stellar opportunity to get involved in a highly visible, large-scale SaaS cloud company. If you're ready to conquer complex problems that no one else is solving, keep reading.
This role is responsible for executing Anaplan's partner strategy in conjunction with
AMER Alliance Leaders: who manage our largest partner relationships through detailed business plans at the region levelGlobal Alliances Teams: who develop best practices and where you will identify new partners, support new routes to market, ensure deal registration processes are followed, encourage partners to register for "industry" and "functional" badges, and collaborate with our hyperscaler/ISV teamsAnaplan Sales: responsible for organic sales, working closely with partner leaders at the industry level to identify partner originated opportunities and to work with partners to influencing client/prospect salesCustomer Success: responsible for customer retention and expansion, to ensure partners are inclusive of our success business managers and to encourage expansion salesMarketing: responsible for extending the message of the Anaplan platform, to help measure mROI (marketing return on investment)This will involve a deep understanding of Anaplan partner ecosystem including global system integrators, cloud service providers, technology ISVs and boutique consultancies at the field level (by region, industry, function).
This role will be focused on Anaplan's Emerging Industries segment in North America. Core industries include: Pharmaceuticals, Medical Device, Discrete Manufacturing, and Automotive.
Understanding the complexities and functional value drivers of Enterprise Performance Management, along with the knowledge of Anaplan's addressable market, client needs, and go-to-market approach is required.
The role is a direct report into the VP of Partner & Alliances, Field Execution for the Americas with dual accountability to the Manufacturing Industry Vice President of Sales for the Americas.
Strategy Responsible for authoring and delivering originated revenue, influenced revenue and pipeline creation to meet/exceed Americas Emerging Industries goals through the development of detailed business plans and in coordination with Americas alliance managers.
Contributes to the development and evangelism of the Partners & Alliances strategy as it supports Anaplan's overall growth goals. Strives to help build a best-in-class partner program within SaaS.
Manages policies/plans to avoid conflict with partners who participate in both a direct and indirect channel. Communicates clear rules of engagement to the internal teams and partners. In strategy development, helps illuminate where conflict may occur and proposes recommendations to resolve.
Work with Anaplan field sales to identify potential new partnership opportunities to augment our global partner organization.
Execution & Alignment with Sales NNACV and Pipeline Goals Success is tied directly to the Industry Sales Vice President sales goals and the % of NNACV sourced, influenced and pipelined by Anaplan partners.
Builds a comprehensive network/relationship map electronically of Anaplan partner leaders in the Emerging Industries segment and with CSPs/ISVs, continuously adding new relationships and curating existing relationships to influence greater Anaplan sales.
Creates awareness of partners capabilities with Anaplan's sales teams by developing programs, in conjunction with the Partner Business Manager, on how to increase awareness and fair representation of all partners in the ecosystem. Helps to identify and drive solution offerings that provide value to Anaplan in key vertical and horizontal solution areas.
Responsible for the day-to-day, field level relationship management of channel partners at the Emerging Industries sales pod level. Within each sales "pod", and other field team members, regularly evaluates the partner talent ecosystem and provide regular insights to the GPAO leadership on areas where existing partners are succeeding and where they may not have sufficient sales, pre-sales, model-builder and solution architect talent to support the needs of the pod in both a direct and indirect model.
Facilitate and extend relationships for the Emerging Industries Sales Vice President and other members of Amer leadership with thought leaders and change agents at impactful partners.
Manages and monitors compliance/hygiene of all sales processes ensuring accurate data (e.g., pipeline, origination, co-sell, resell, cloud) are properly tagged with minimal attribution conflict.
Your Qualifications: To be successful in the role, you must possess the following skills You have experience in Cloud and SaaS software sales, consulting, customer support and/or partner managementYou are a strategic thinker, but execution oriented. This role is a catalyst for driving change in our overall go-to-market strategy with PartnersYou possess industry knowledge and have the gravitas to interface with both global system integrator partners and C-suite leaders at boutique partner organizationsYou can prioritize an intense workload, while identifying the opportunities that will drive the biggest ROIYou have a track record in business transformation and are able to articulate results you have drivenYou are metrics driven and able to measure, manage and adjust to achieve your goals.Evidence of your ability to multi-task across objectives, services lines, sales reps, leadership, partners, marketing, and product functionsEvidence of how you have established trusted, deep relationships with key stake holders on all sides of the partnership landscapeDemonstrable experience of Business Development including alliance establishment, alliance management and marketingExperience in identifying market opportunities with a track record of instigating go-to-market plans and subsequent sales follow-throughCommercially astute with the ability to promote the Anaplan proposition on a conceptual basis by illustrating business benefitsAbility to communicate with both technical and non-technical audience and present the business value aspects of the propositionA good communicator and presenter, who possesses strong negotiation skills as well as sound interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence all levels of an organization Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Build your job in a place that thrives on diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in maintaining a hiring and working experience in which all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your true self to work every day!
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