Director, Partnerships & Alliances, South East Asia

TRSS; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global enterprise solution provider in Singapore is looking for a Director, Partnerships & Alliances. The successful candidate will leverage extensive sales experience to recruit and nurture partners, drive sales strategies, and achieve corporate targets. Ideal candidates have 10-15 years in business development within large tech firms in South East Asia, with strong strategic thinking and relationship-building skills. This role offers a hybrid work model and robust career development opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Flexible work-life balance

Career development programs

Competitive benefits

Social impact opportunities

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of business development and partnership experience with large enterprise technology companies in SEA.
• Proven success in achieving sales targets and developing new business.
• Strong networks and collaborative relationships with external customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and activate partners according to regional strategy.
• Develop partners’ skills and product knowledge for success.
• Build and lead a partner virtual support team across regions.
• Negotiate and finalize partnership agreements.
• Work with partners to identify sales opportunities and achieve targets.

Skills

Sales experience

Business development

Strategic thinking

Building relationships

Commercial acumen

Job description

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your extensive sales experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? We are seeking for a Director, Partnerships & Alliances who is knowledgeable, capable and charismatic with proven experience working with the big four advisory firms, Global/Regional System Integrators and/or leading Channel and Re-Seller businesses in South East Asia.

You will have demonstrable success in achieving sales targets, building and executing go-to-market strategies via partner models; and be focused on meeting corporate sales, revenue, operational and strategic goals.

About the Role

• Recruiting and activating partners in line with the regional Partners Strategy and under an engagement model appropriate for the SEA market.
• Developing the partners’ skills and product knowledge and ensuring they have what they need to be successful.
• Build a partner virtual support team within Thomson Reuters business units and support functions across the region. Strong coordination skills as well as leadership skills will be required.
• Build partnership network. Review suitability of existing partners, identify new suitable partners, negotiate and finalise partnership agreements. Strategic thinking, commercial acumen and experience dealing with C Level executives will be required.
• Work with partners to identify opportunities, build and review pipeline and execute on sales opportunities to achieve sales and revenue targets.
• Drive sales strategy and planning jointly with partners through strategic relationships, joint account planning and clear go to market approach. Increase partner reach, frequency and yield, as KPIs to achieve revenue and market share goals.
• Develop an effective partner ecosystem to leverage cross sell, up sell, and competitor displacement opportunities. Business development skills, commercial acumen and market knowledge will be required.

About You

• 10-15 years of business development and or sales/partnership experience with large enterprise technology companies in SEA
• ERP solution experience is a plus
• Strong executor of strategies within the SEA market to establish effective alliances with identified partners.
• Successful track record of developing new business and leading multiple strategic partnerships. Demonstrated level of success in achieving sales/revenue targets over a significant period of time.
• Strategic thinker, comfortable with complexity; able to apply a regional perspective to ensure global alignment to broader strategies and framework.
• Strong networks in relevant industries and evidence of long-term collaborative relationships with external customers and partners. Aptitude for identifying and solving customer problems through creative solutions using a consultative sales approach.
• Experience in collaborating across the business and achieve buy in, engagement and commitment from other internal parties. Able to rapidly build strong and effective relationships internally across the business and with Partner ’ s organization.

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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