Senior Strategic Alliances Director - Accenture

Anaplan is looking for a Senior Strategic Alliances Director - Accenture. This role will be responsible for the success of one of our largest alliances in North America (global strategic Integrator); collaborating with all internal and external partners to deliver revenue through co-selling motions; develop and maintain reporting to monitor key critical metrics. The goal of this opportunity is to drive strategic growth across one of Anaplan’s largest partnership and implement programs to support the growth, drive GTM execution and elevated customer value. 

Key Activities Include:

• Drive the development of the multi-year partner business plan, including partnership goals, strategic solution offerings and plays, investments, talent & ecosystem development, marketing programs, and target accounts.
• Work with GTM and Sales leadership to drive engagement and creation of Originated and Co-Sold Pipeline with Accenture
• Expand both ACV and Services Revenue at Target Accounts through focused attention, planning, and investment
• Drive market activation of solution offerings with Accenture  across their target domains and industry sectors
• Provide oversight of the alliance including review and approval of regional go-to-market strategy, partner management and business plan reviews
• Own all communication and activation across Anaplan and with the partner to effectively enable the teams on the strategic GTM plays, marketing campaigns, case studies, and offerings
• Lead overall partner governance, relationship mapping, and collaboration across the Partner, Alliance team(s), Anaplan leadership, partner success, partner marketing, and customer success teams.
• Continuously monitor and report on progress on business plan goals, risks, achievements, and other partner success critical metrics.

Your qualifications, your influence

• If you have previous in-depth experience interacting or working with Accenture we would be very interested in some shared examples of your work.
• The successful candidate will bring a strong knowledge base and a basic understanding of partner, alliance, and channel go-to-market motions. Previous experience working in either sales, go-to-market functions, alliances, or consulting is preferred.
• Self-motivated, highly organized, detailed in your approach and collaborative in developing strategic plans, programs, and initiatives.
• Individuals must quickly establish relative credibility with Partners, principals & sales teams. They must inspire trust and be viewed as a business partner- capable of enabling, coaching, & supporting partners to position Anaplan in customer-facing engagements.
• Communication is key to success. You will demonstrate your ability to listen, make recommendations, and influence direction when required. You will need to be a strategic problem solver with effective communication & interpersonal skills.
• The successful candidate will be customer focused, driven, and possess an impressive executive demeanor. They will bring a true team orientation and collaborative approach and excellent presentation skills, including strong verbal and writing capabilities.
• Finally, you will have a solid level of business maturity, flexibility, and the instincts to adapt to a high-energy, dynamic environment characterized by high growth expectations and a collaborative culture. You will work exceptionally well in cooperative teams but also expect to work independently and with a set of diverse individuals regularly