Strategic Alliance Manager, eCommerce Loc: Boston, MA
100,000 - 200,000
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities And Duties:-
- Establish new partnerships with financial technology providers, financial technology resellers and system integrators
- Collaborate with Marketing to drive prospects and customers to regional marketing events
- Research, prospect and cold-call new financial technology provider or system integrator prospects
- Oversee Inside Sales Representativeâ??s cold calling and prospecting efforts
- Present company overview, business solutions and partnership value drivers through online and in-person presentations and demonstrations
- Create and deliver proposals and quotations
- Lead negotiations between potential alliances
- Collaborate with Contracts and Compliance on creating contracts
- Manage existing partnerships with key financial technology providers including but not limited to ACI, FIS, Fiserv and Fundtech
- Educate partners on industry trends and best practices to secure users and sign transactions
- Introduce new product offerings and discuss future offerings with partners
- Penetrate and grow existing customer base by cross-selling and up-selling to increase revenue opportunities
- Support financial technology partner relationships as point of contact for escalation
- Ensure prompt and effective service delivery by Customer Support
- Analyze and review metrics on existing partnerships and identify new opportunities
- Identify and target new strategic partnership prospects
- Set goals and strategies for each existing partnership as well as new prospect
- Review plan on an ongoing basis
- Manage and maintain an accurate pipeline and forecast in Salesforce.com on a weekly basis
- Provide ongoing advice and consultation to financial technology partners and prospects on best practices to secure users and sign transactions across different channels (mobile, retail, commercial and employee access)
- Identify and attend industry roundtables, tradeshows, conferences, and other industry events to develop financial technology partnership opportunities, to grow existing partnerships and to get recognized as a go-to-expert on banking security
- Participate in public speaking engagements to build brand and reputation as an banking security industry expert
Qualifications
- 5+ years of Partner Management experience including experience with financial technology partners
- Experience as successful quota carrying software Sales professional
- Security Software Sales experience preferred
- Ideally has worked with ACI, FIS, Fiserv or Fundtech or similar financial technology partners
- Professionally trained in Sales Principles, Process and Techniques
- BA/BS degree preferred but at minimum high school diploma or equivalent is required for employment
- Proven track record of exceeding multi-million dollar quotas
- Tenacity and hunter mentality
- Ability to work independently
- Superior ability to identify partner value drivers
- Superior negotiation skills
- Ability to lead the customer, be a resource, solve problems, and apply pressure
- Ability to qualify leads and close deals
- Ability to offer unique perspectives with excellent two-way communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills