GSI Partner Development Lead- EMEA

Stripe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

the company in London is seeking a Partner Development Manager to drive joint GTM with Accenture and other GSIs across EMEA. You will enable partner and sales teams, map accounts, and co-create opportunities to grow revenue.

You’ll coordinate cross-functional resources, support deal execution, and help build a scalable joint GTM model with partners for ongoing success.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technology GTM experience.
• Strategy, sales, and development experience with partners.
• Process-oriented mindset with scale in mind.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage leadership.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and leverage resources for impact.
• Willingness to travel and engage with partners and sellers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Global Accenture PDM and other GSI PDMs on strategy, joint solution development, partner enablement, pipeline development, and deal closure in the EMEA region.
• Work closely with Accenture and other GSI counterparts to enable the company and partner sales teams on the unique joint value prop, lead account mapping workshops, blitz days, and co-create opportunities together.
• Orchestrate and partner with cross-functional resources to support the company partner co-sell and GTM activities and create and maintain a long-term, scalable joint GTM model that drives partner and user success.
• Support key deal execution with partners, both pre-sales and post-sales (working with the company PSMs, PSEs, SAs, and AEs).
• Support weekly pipeline reviews to ensure pipeline information is thorough and accurate.
• Broker internal resources, tools, references, and investments needed to achieve quarterly goals.

Skills

GTM strategy

Sales leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Salesforce hygiene

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Who we are

About the company

the company is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use the company to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Global Alliances and Channels team focuses on building, supporting, and going to market with professional services firms including systems integrators, consultancies, and managed services providers such as Accenture, PwC, Deloitte, Infosys, and others. In addition, the team leads the go-to-market initiatives with our strategic technology alliance partners including AWS, Salesforce, Adobe, and others. Our objective is to ensure users have access to the broadest set of solutions leveraging the the company platform and the deepest set of technology and industry experts, while at the same time ensuring our partners and the company build large, mutually beneficial businesses together.

The Strategic Global Alliances (SGA) team focuses on a subset of our highest priority partnerships. These partnerships operate at global scale with the company and present opportunities to create significant sales pipeline, deals sold, joint solutions, and scaled delivery expertise.

What you'll do

You'll support the overall success of the company's Global Alliance with Accenture and other key GSIs in EMEA, driving joint GTM (Go-to-Market) and co-sell. You'll work alongside the Accenture Global Partner Development Manager (PDM) and other GSI PDMs to drive net new demand for the partnership in the field across key markets in EMEA. This position is focused on deepening our joint sales motion, joint solutions, and delivery capabilities. This position is fast-paced, highly visible, and aligned to quarterly metrics. As a Partner Development Manager, you'll hold a holistic view of the business, generated by and engaged with Accenture and other partners in EMEA, and work across the the company Sales segments to enhance and grow partner-related the company revenue.

You'll work cross-functionally with Partner Sales Managers, Partner Development Leadership, and the company AEs. You'll demonstrate an understanding of the the company Partner Ecosystem and the the company sales organization, and recognize high-impact opportunities, solutions, support deals for successful engagement with partners, and maintain high business hygiene.

You'll drive towards end-customer value that results in business growth to both Accenture (and other GSIs) and the company by being partner-centric in all activities, serving as a leader and advocate for them within the company, and accurately representing the company within the partner's organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Global Accenture PDM and other GSI PDMs on building strategy, joint solution development, partner enablement, pipeline development, and deal closure in the EMEA region

• Work closely with Accenture and other GSI counterparts to enable the company and partner sales teams on the unique joint value prop, lead account mapping workshops, blitz days, and co-create opportunities together

• Orchestrate and partner with cross-functional resources to support the company partner co-sell and GTM activities and create and maintain a long-term, scalable joint GTM model that drives partner and user success

• Support key deal execution with partners, both pre-sales and post-sales (working with the company PSMs, PSEs, SAs, and AEs)

• Support weekly pipeline reviews to ensure pipeline information is thorough and accurate

• Broker internal resources, tools, references, and investments needed to achieve quarterly goals

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 10+ years of technology GTM experience

• Strategy, sales, and development experience, working alongside consulting partners or ISVs

• Process-oriented mindset with desire to solve individual challenges while building for scale in mind

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to speak to different functional leadership both internally and externally

• Ability to both lead and be a team player on cross-functional teams that include technical, sales, product, and support resources from the company and the partner. Creative in terms of leveraging resources to drive outsized impact

• Willingness to travel and be present with partners and sellers in front of our users and prospects

• Ability to build and execute territory and opportunity-specific plans, in partnership with the Global PDM and other cross-functional resources

• Excellent ongoing operational hygiene, accurately representing sales and partner activities in Salesforce

Preferred qualifications

• Accenture direct or indirect GTM experience

• Experience driving GTM with GSIs such as PwC, Cognizant, Infosys, and Deloitte

• Exposure to payments, commerce, and Q2C landscape, and understanding of how the the company stack can differentiate and complement ISV solutions in different integration models

• Experience building successful joint GTM solutions with partners