Global Financial Services Alliance Director

EY; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 373,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks a Global Microsoft Financial Services Alliance Relationship Director to coordinate and activate alliance opportunities across EY and Microsoft for the Financial Services sector. The role balances enterprise technology knowledge with deep sector insights and requires executive relationship management and program governance across regions.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration, ensure compliance, and deliver actionable insights on pipeline, performance and account activation while

Qualifications

• Provide leadership in relationship management, governance oversight, marketing strategy, contract management, financial management, content management, operational support, strong relationship building skills and highly organized.

Responsibilities

• Execute Microsoft Financial Services alliance strategy and objectives in alignment with Microsoft Global Alliance priorities and EY Financial Services sector growth agenda.
• Facilitate top-to-top Microsoft and EY Financial Services relationships and program management to mobilize on strategic sector opportunities, accelerate field engagement and drive action.
• Drive results through disciplined, industrialized governance with clear accountability across Global service lines/practices, sectors, priority accounts/regions and Microsoft counterparts.
• Provide actionable insights to Microsoft Alliance executives and EY Financial Services leadership, including pipeline, performance, account activation and market observations.
• Support the identification, development and activation of Microsoft priority solutions and partner programs across Financial Services, including local/regional activation and compliance requirements.
• Deliver alliance intelligence with complete and accurate financial reporting, Microsoft impact/influence, sector pipeline visibility and account activation insights.
• Identify and activate priority Financial Services accounts, supporting business plans, executive relationship mapping, operating cadence and enabling alliance contracts where required.
• Drive compliance with internal policies, independence requirements, alliance governance and commercial requirements.
• Collaborate with enablement and Brand, Marketing and Communications (BMC) teams to define sector-specific messaging, sales collateral and campaign materials for Financial Services execution.
• Partner with regional alliance, sector, account and BMC leaders to execute Financial Services alliance marketing and enablement activities.
• Contribute to the Global Alliance and Ecosystem Relationship network through content development, knowledge sharing, market insights and leading practices relevant to Microsoft and Financial Services.

Skills

Relationship management

Governance

Marketing strategy

Contract management

Financial management

Content management

Operational support

Organization

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Microsoft ecosystem

Azure

Data & AI

Copilot

Security

Business Applications

Job description

EY seeks a Global Microsoft Financial Services Alliance Relationship Director to coordinate and activate alliance opportunities across EY and Microsoft for the Financial Services sector. The role balances enterprise technology knowledge with deep sector insights and requires executive relationship management and program governance across regions.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration, ensure compliance, and deliver actionable insights on pipeline, performance and account activation while