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DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
The Salesforce Global Technology Partnerships team establishes, grows, and executes ISV Partnerships for Salesforce globally. Our partnerships drive revenue, increase customer success, deliver innovative solutions on the Salesforce platform, and differentiate our company. We strive to build an organization of intelligent, trusted top-tier partnership sales professionals committed to our vision of changing the ISV sales and software landscape. Our team values trust, persistence, high standards, and curiosity

Role Description:
Our ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Partnerships Team in EMEA is looking for a partnership sales professional. The ideal candidate has at least five years of experience in partnerships, business development, or selling enterprise software into the enterprise market or large service provider markets. The ISV Growth Partner Account Manager is responsible for developing a designated territory and concentrating on building and nurturing OEM/ISVForce partnerships. This person will also be responsible for positioning and selling the Einstein 1 Platform and their Services to partners. The ISV PAM helps partners grow in the Salesforce ecosystem and ensures that partners adopt our new technologies like Agentforce.

Your Impact:

Establishing long-term partnerships with ISVs, support them to grow their business in the Salesforce Eco-System and become their trusted partner advisorPlanning a comprehensive strategy for the territory of an average of 20 ISV Growth Partners that takes into account partner strengths, market opportunities, and Salesforce objectives.Meeting or exceeding quarterly and annual revenue targets through effective partner management and strategy executionWorking with various internal teams such as Product, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Legal, and Operations to align efforts and drive partner successGenerating new revenue with existing horizontal ISVs via new ISV markets, apps, industries, use cases, etc.Up-selling and maximising business from new and established partner relationshipsCrafting, executing, and closing on GTM joint value partnership initiativesAct as GTM interface for Direct Sales, Alliances & Channel, Field Marketing and Customer Success org in your specific geography

Requirements:

Account planning (including GoToMarket + Technology adoption planning) and execution skillsProven ability to conduct and assist in business case development with partnersAbility to partner with senior leadership teamsAbility to sell both bundling an application and deployment of a platform5+ years of solution sales experience selling OEM, ISV or direct software or SaaS solutions or similarConsistent overachievement of quota and revenue goalsStrong forecasting skillsStrong time management skillsStructured work approach and process managementStrong critical thinking and problem solving skillsManaging Ambiguity - Comfortably working in situations that may be ambiguous or fluid, and making decisions that drive partner and Salesforce success.Proven consultative sales solution skills, including the ability to articulate a clear, concise return on investment value statementUtilizing and understanding of business to navigate more sophisticated partner dynamics and market challengesWillingness to travel up to 20% of the timeTeamwork - taking over projects related to GTM + Technology benefits for ISV Growth Partners (webinar + event lead)

Preferred Requirements:

Passion and dedication for partner successEntrepreneurial & Commercial ThinkingAbility to maintain a high level of efficiency, balance multiple challenging priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, sophisticated, collaborative, and team-oriented environmentProficient in English and German plus Knowledge of French language would be beneficialOffice flex-workingIdeally looking for a candidate in Central Europe but other regions might be considered

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