Strategic Business Alliances COE Manager - CyberArk/SailPoint (Location Flexible)
About The Position
We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM. RSM is seeking a Strategic Business Alliances Manager to join our Enterprise Sales, Strategic Business Alliances Center of Excellence team to accelerate growth for our service line through our strategic business alliances with CyberArk and Sail Point. To achieve operational excellence, this position will work closely with functional teams across all service lines, finance, operations, sales, and marketing. The Strategic Business Alliances Manager is responsible for driving overall revenue growth with our strategic relationships while demonstrating value to help meet the needs of our clients. This position will focus on accelerating our strategic business alliance relationships, working closely with sales and service line leaders to generate pipeline and new opportunities, and contribute to our firm’s success.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- 6+ years professional experience in alliance management and sales
- 6+ years working consulting to CyberArk / SailPoint and developing relationships within that ecosystem
- Track record of success resulting in joint realization of relationship goals (market penetration, revenue, pipeline, etc.)
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
- Demonstrated track record of working with external strategic alliances in the co-development of priorities/objectives shared by the firm and building external relationships
- Demonstrated ability to work with practice leaders and other internal stakeholders to build strong coalitions and ongoing collaboration
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with external company(s) executives and field sales.
- Professional services industry experience
- Experience navigating legal, regulatory, independence and risk management policies and procedures
Responsibilities
- Manage the overall daily activities and relationship health for third-party alliance companies
- Serve as the primary contact for alliances, channel, and partner development managers
- Establishes strong executive relationships between RSM and alliances
- Foster and develop relationships with RSM service line and capability leaders to champion alliances
- Orchestrate engagement between RSM and alliance companies, including relationship mapping across sales, presales, account management, pipeline development, marketing, and cross-functional teams to drive incremental opportunities, and influence revenue growth
- Position RSM as the first-choice strategic alliance to drive growth and new opportunities
- Work closely with RSM leaders to identify and execute strategic priorities
- Develops and manages go-to-market plans and initiatives with extended team, including education and awareness, and helps align the marketing strategy and campaign execution
- Drives joint pipeline activities, supports joint account planning, client initiatives, and collaborates with member firms across the RSM global network
- Bring overall awareness of alliance programs aligned to RSM and communicate any programmatic updates or changes
- Advise on resell and commercial incentive strategies
- Collaborate with sales enablement to develop content and assets and for joint offerings, pitch decks, solution overviews, playbooks, and case studies
- Manages RSM participation in alliance programs including all aspects ranging from qualifications, pre-requisites, required skills and certifications
- Drive, capture, and monitor progress for key metrics including but not limited to pipeline, deals registered and influenced revenue
- Maintain an accurate joint pipeline for alliances
- Review and communicate pipeline results, bookings, and support reporting needs
- Coordinate and deliver joint business reviews, communication plan, and meeting cadences between RSM and third-party alliance
- Support the overall Strategic Business Alliances COE plan as requested
- Assists to develop alliance tools, improve process and procedures to align best practices
- Support legal and risk teams for all contractual requirements, business cases, and to negotiate the agreements where necessary with the extended team
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- competitive benefits and compensation package
- flexibility in your schedule
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
