Partner Account Manager

OPENTEXT – THE INFORMATION COMPANY

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

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OpenText enables the digital world, creating a better way for organizations to work with information,

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Overview

This is a senior partner management role to drive business growth and pipeline with resellers and distributors in support of the company’s revenue goals. Managing all aspects of the partners in the region, this role is responsible for the execution of the company’s partner strategy, developing plans focused on pipeline generation, marketing and enablement, and driving alignment with Partner Marketing, Field Marketing and Sales teams in Turkiye. This role is critical to the success of the Emerging Markets region, identifying, developing and driving pipeline with partners and to discover and deliver incremental, partner-originated revenue opportunities for the region.

Reporting to the Director Channels & Alliances Emerging Markets, the Partner Account Manager, will apply insight and planning to drive OpenText industry and technology propositions with selected managed partners in order to generate a pipeline of incremental sales opportunities in support of Field Sales revenue goals. The Partner Account Manager, will support sales opportunities, marketing and services initiatives to create OpenText and partner regional alignment.

To achieve these objectives, the Partner Account Manager must work cross functionally through the various OpenText sales, marketing, services and support departments displaying direction and leadership to define and advance the overall team goals.

What You Will Do

Scope

• Work closely with the marketing teams (Partner & Field Marketing) for Turkiye region to drive business and pipeline growth with partners in support of the Turkiye region sales team
• Focuses on strategic partnerships and strong execution to build long term value and sustainable success for both OpenText and its managed partners
• Contributes to the development of the Turkiye region Partner Strategy and Business Plan working with the Sales Director and other stakeholders across the business
• Works closely with Field Marketing and Services Teams, to develop structured, enablement plans and marketing campaigns focused on partner-originated pipeline generation
• Works independently to determine the best approach for achieving personal and team goals
• Interfaces with Senior Management inside OpenText to driver closer engagement between our respective sales, field marketing, professional services and customer services teams
• Understands the partners political structure, and builds senior executive champions to drive change and overcome hurdles
• Interfaces with and shares best practices with other regional partner leads and stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Build a deeper, more strategic and sustainable partnership with Turkiye resellers and distributors, and prepare to increase market share against our core competitors
• Responsible for meeting assigned sales and pipeline targets
• Implement a structured and programmatic execution with a defined set of partners and in accordance with the OpenText Partner Network
• Develop strategies and leverage company resources to generate incremental partner-originated pipeline and to maximize sales volume and profit goals within selected partners
• Effectively engages and builds cooperative relationships with sales resources: SC team, Value Engineering, Global Alliances and Program teams, Product Units, Marketing, Professional Services, Customer Services, Legal, and executives as required on a Turkiye region wide basis
• Understands the partners’ strategy, GTM and future direction
• Communicates business plans and updates through regular team meetings, conference calls, and reviews
• Owns an Turkiye region partner forecast for the channel business
• Ensures commitment from the partners for pipeline generation and revenue goals, focus and capabilities, across the Turkiye region business
• Responsibility to remain updated on partner activities and identify potential risks as changes take place that may contravene compliance or anti-corruption requirements
• Takes ownership of personal development plan
• Fluent in Turkish and English (written & spoken)

Measurement

• Turkiye + Azerbaijan region revenue and partner-sourced pipeline

What You Will Bring

• Preferably a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent. Further technology and/or business education a plus
• Requires a minimum of several years of related software, sales and partner management experience
• Previous enterprise software sales and management experience (both direct and indirect)
• Experience of working with large software vendors particularly SAP, Salesforce and Microsoft is attractive
• Proven track record of managing partners as well as strong success in personally developing partner relationships/ programs with demonstrable results
• Knowledge of Enterprise Information Management or comparable market space, competitors, trends and related industries
• Proven history of being able to work independently and with cross-functional sales, marketing and engineering teams to achieve company and departmental objectives
• Strong business acumen and capable of developing and managing strategic plans with partner and company executives and challenging the status quo
• Proven history of analyzing situations, employing creative and effective decision making to solve problems/achieve results
• Ability to excel in a team environment which emphasizes total cooperation and mutual respect
• Ability to present to both small and large audiences
• Outstanding written/verbal communication skills and excellent negotiating skills

OpenText’s efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected]. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText’s vibrant workplace.

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