Strategic Alliances Manager building and managing partner relationships for AND Digital. Driving pipeline growth and operational excellence in a hybrid role with occasional travel.
Responsibilities
Drive healthy pipeline generation through partner led opportunities
Coordinate and lead joint business planning with partners
Lead regular business reviews with partners and internal stakeholders to assess performance, identify risks, and drive corrective actions
Equip partners with essential tools, training, and resources to effectively market and sell AND’s services, in alignment with business initiatives
Complete required sales enablement training and certifications for the portfolio of partners you own and manage
Identify upskilling opportunities for ANDi’s and provide access to relevant certifications aligned to roles and business units.
Input partner-specific requirements into internal processes and assets
Ensure all internal processes required to support a partner led go-to-market motion are in place, documented, and compliant
Serve as the primary internal point of contact for alliance related matters, staying current on program changes, incentive models, certification pathways, and strategic opportunities
Manage partner related portals for logging and maintaining opportunities, funding, and certifications
Track all alliance opportunities via Asana boards for alliance KPIs
Tag and manage alliance related opportunities within Luna (AND’s CRM) to ensure accurate reporting and visibility
Support and coordinate joint marketing and promotional activities with partners
Represent AND at industry partner and customer events, gathering insights on market trends, upcoming opportunities, and partner feedback
Share learnings and insights back into the business to inform strategy and execution
Requirements
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Be people orientated, collaborative, comfortable in ambiguity as part of a dynamic team, autonomous but also an effective team player.
Strong organisational skills with experience managing multiple partners, initiatives, and stakeholders
Working knowledge of and passion for Strategic Partnership strategy.
The ability to build mutually beneficial partnerships with Saas, Data, Cloud, and AI, with end-to-end management of these partnerships.
Strong understanding of partner led go-to-market motions, co-selling, and pipeline management
Ability to work cross functionally with various teams to build integrated offerings and joint value propositions.
Comfort working with CRM, partner portals, and project management tools (e.g., Asana)
Experience in Strategic Alliances, Business Development, Partner/Account Management, or a closely related role within the technology sector.
Knowledge and experience of working with leading providers within the SaaS ecosystem including CMS, PIM, Commerce, DXP etc.
Demonstrated success in developing, executing, and scaling Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies with alliance partners, resulting in measurable revenue growth
Experience negotiating complex partnership agreements, contracts, and joint business plans.
Benefits
25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
Flexible bank holidays
Annual budget for training and upskilling
Share scheme
A £1000 flexifund to use on a personalised list of benefits such Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health, dental and optical cash plan
Private medical insurance
6% employer pension contribution, when you contribute 2%
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