Senior Manager - Alliance Partner - Bangalore - GO/JC/4672/2026

Golden Opportunities; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Opportunities in Bangalore seeks an Alliance Partner – Leader with 14+ years of experience in strategic alliances and partner management. The role focuses on defining alliance roadmaps, governance, and ecosystem growth to drive commercial outcomes and joint value propositions across the service and platform teams.

You will build and govern partner relationships, lead negotiations on contracts and SLAs, and drive go-to-market initiatives while mentoring a high-performing alliance team.

Qualifications

• Define and execute alliance strategy, governance frameworks, and partner ecosystem initiatives.
• Build, manage, and strengthen strategic partner relationships to drive pipeline, revenue growth, certifications, and overall partner performance.
• Identify, validate, and prioritize alliance opportunities through market research and competitive intelligence.
• Develop business cases, financial and commercial models, and joint value propositions with solution and platform teams.
• Evaluate partner technologies, solutions, and capabilities to support business growth and client opportunities.
• Review and provide strategic inputs for RFP responses, proposals, and alliance-led client engagements.
• Lead contract, SOW, SLA, and commercial negotiations with alliance partners.
• Drive internal and external positioning of alliance offerings through joint go-to-market initiatives and partner engagement.
• Track and report alliance program success, including pipeline, revenue, productivity, certifications, and partner performance metrics.
• Build competency development frameworks, knowledge management initiatives, POVs, concept papers, and thought leadership assets.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing alliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute alliance strategy, governance frameworks, and partner ecosystem initiatives.
• Build, manage, and strengthen strategic partner relationships to drive pipeline, revenue growth, certifications, and overall partner performance.
• Identify, validate, and prioritize alliance opportunities through market research and competitive intelligence.
• Develop business cases, financial and commercial models, and joint value propositions with solution and platform teams.
• Evaluate partner technologies, solutions, and capabilities to support business growth and client opportunities.
• Review and provide strategic inputs for RFP responses, proposals, and alliance-led client engagements.
• Lead contract, SOW, SLA, and commercial negotiations with alliance partners.
• Drive internal and external positioning of alliance offerings through joint go-to-market initiatives and partner engagement.
• Track and report alliance program success, including pipeline, revenue, productivity, certifications, and partner performance metrics.
• Build competency development frameworks, knowledge management initiatives, POVs, concept papers, and thought leadership assets.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing alliance teams.

Skills

Strategic Alliance Management

Partner Ecosystem Development

Alliance Governance

Contract, SOW, and SLA Negotiation

Commercial and Financial Modeling

RFP and Proposal Management

Joint Value Proposition Development

Partner Technology Evaluation

Market and Competitive Intelligence

Knowledge Management and Competency  |

Thought Leadership and POV Creation

Team Leadership and Stakeholder |

Education

Graduate / Post Graduate/MBA Minimum

Job description

Job Title: Alliance Partner – Leader

Job Location: Bangalore

Work Model: Work from Office

Candidate Location – Anywhere

Education: Graduate / Post Graduate/MBA Minimum

Experience required: 14+ years of overall experience, with strong experience in Strategic Alliances, Partner Management, and Alliance Governance.

Role Overview

The Alliance Partner – Leader is responsible for defining and driving the organization's strategic alliance roadmap, partner governance, and ecosystem growth. The role focuses on building high-value partnerships, driving commercial outcomes, strengthening partner capabilities, and enabling business growth through joint value propositions and alliance-led opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute alliance strategy, governance frameworks, and partner ecosystem initiatives.
• Build, manage, and strengthen strategic partner relationships to drive pipeline, revenue growth, certifications, and overall partner performance.
• Identify, validate, and prioritize alliance opportunities through market research and competitive intelligence.
• Develop business cases, financial and commercial models, and joint value propositions with solution and platform teams.
• Evaluate partner technologies, solutions, and capabilities to support business growth and client opportunities.
• Review and provide strategic inputs for RFP responses, proposals, and alliance-led client engagements.
• Lead contract, Statement of Work (SOW), Service Level Agreement (SLA), and commercial negotiations with alliance partners.
• Drive internal and external positioning of alliance offerings through joint go-to-market initiatives and partner engagement.
• Track and report alliance program success, including pipeline, revenue, productivity, certifications, and partner performance metrics.
• Build competency development frameworks, knowledge management initiatives, Points of View (POVs), concept papers, and thought leadership assets.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing alliance teams.

Required Skills

• Strategic Alliance Management
• Partner Ecosystem Development
• Alliance Governance
• Contract, SOW, and SLA Negotiation
• Commercial and Financial Modeling
• RFP and Proposal Management
• Joint Value Proposition Development
• Partner Technology Evaluation
• Market and Competitive Intelligence
• Knowledge Management and Competency Development
• Thought Leadership and POV Creation
• Team Leadership and Stakeholder Management