Partner / Vendor Alliances Specialist

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Your day at NTT DATA

The Partner/Vendor Alliances Specialist is a seasoned subject matter expert, responsible for managing partnerships with external organizations that are crucial to the company's business objectives.

This role is required to develop and nurture relationships with key partners to foster collaboration and mutual benefit.

The Partner/Vendor Alliances Specialist plays a pivotal role in building and maintaining partner relationships that contribute to the organization's growth and competitive advantage.

What You'll Be Doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and nurtures relationships with key partners to foster collaboration and mutual benefit.
• Supports with partnership agreement negotiations, ensuring terms are favorable and align with company objectives.
• Collaborates with internal cross functional teams such as sales, product management, or marketing to develop join offerings or solutions with partners.
• Supports with driving initiatives to integrate partner technologies or services into company's products or platforms.
• Supports with management of go-to-market initiatives and campaigns to promote joint offerings or solutions.
• Supports with tracking partner performance against established metrics and KPIs.
• Identifies areas for improvement or expansion with existing partnerships.
• Supports with optimizing processes and workflows related to partnership management to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Supports with educating internal stakeholders on the value and benefits of partnerships.
• Stays informed about industry trends, competitor activities and market opportunities that could impact partnerships.
• Supports with managing contract renewals and amendments as necessary throughout the partnership lifecycle.
• Performs any other related task as required.
  
  

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Seasoned analytical skills and displays excellent business acumen
• Seasoned relationship building skills with the ability to engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent team players and maintain the integrity and displays good attention to detail.
• Seasoned negotiation skills to renew partnership agreements.
• Seasoned knowledge of strategic partner programs.
• Great presentation, verbal, and writing skills; ability to communicate complex ideas effectively across a wide range of audience levels and functions.
• Seasoned network of industry contacts.
• Able to focus and execute in a changing environment.
• Ability to make things happen.
• Seasoned project management skills to effectively manage partnership initiatives/programs.
  
  

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, computer science, or information technology or a related field.
  
  

Required Experience:

• Seasoned business development experience, preferably in IT services environment.
• Seasoned experience in channel sales or channel management role.
• Experience establishing and managing alliance programs that produce revenue.
• Seasoned history of working independently and with cross-functional sales, marketing, and product management teams to achieve alliance objectives.
• Seasoned experience leveraging those contacts to build mutually beneficial partnerships to drive revenue.
  
  

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

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