Offer summary

Qualifications:

A highly commercial, growth-oriented mindset is essential., Deep understanding of sales mentality and ability to relate to sales teams is required., Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills are necessary., Organizational and analytical skills, along with a willingness to travel, are important..

Key responsabilities:

Build and develop commercial and strategic relationships with the partner.

Attend weekly strategy meetings to report on business status and growth initiatives.

Drive quarterly business reviews to track progress on aligned GTM focus areas.

Engage with the partner’s sales, marketing, and product management teams to achieve mutual business objectives.

Job description

At Skillsoft, we propel organizations and people to grow together through transformative learning experiences. We believe every team member has the potential to be AMAZING. Join us in our quest to transform learning and help individuals unleash their edge.

The Strategic Alliance Manager position helps the company to manage strategic partnerships and identify new areas of business to explore with them, developing and implementing business plans with the partner to provide revenue growth. This position creates synergies between Global Knowledge and Cisco and enables synergies in their goals. The Strategic Alliance Manager is crucial to leading the partnership and maintains orientation to mutual success.

The Strategic Alliance Manager - Cisco will be responsible for the relationship as a Cisco Authorized Training Partner (ATP) and will be measured by growth in commercial revenue and internal partnership metrics measurement.

This position will be responsible and tracking and communicating the progress of the overall partnership performance globally. Key functions of the position include global implementation and execution of the partnership governance model, as well as establishing, communicating, and leading regional strategy and business planning, including driving opportunity creation, revenue expansion, cross-functional alignment and GTM execution.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:

The Strategic Alliance Manager - Cisco must be able to develop and maintain broad and deep external partner relations with a highly strategic partner while maintaining a high rate of commerciality and growth perspective. For that reason, the candidate would require:

A highly commercial, growth-oriented mindset
Deep understanding of sales mentality and how to relate to sales teams
A drive for quick, decisive action resulting in commercial returns
Passion for sales and technology
Creativity
Interpersonal relationship skills
Communication skills
Presentation skills.
Organizational skills and analytical skills
Willingness to travel

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Build and develop commercial and strategic relationships with the partner.
Strategize new ways to grow the partnership.
Attend weekly strategy meetings to report on the business status of the assigned strategic partner, the different growth initiatives carried out, relevant marketing or sales actions and any information of interest related to the partner.
Build and nurture relationships with the partner’s sales, marketing, and product management teams to further our mutual business objectives (Co-sell)
Drive quarterly business reviews with region and global sponsors to track progress on aligned GTM focus areas / work streams and other interactions.
Deliver accurate weekly and quarterly forecasts
Joint account mapping & engage global sales teams
Enable to sell, sell thru, sell with sales plays
Understand and drive subsidy programs
Champion partner program changes that increase our impact
Solutions architect/Engineer support

Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be approximately $100,000 - $140,000 annualized with average on target earnings including commissions of approximately $150,000 - $190,000 annually.

We also offer Enterprise benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, and paid time off.

The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.

MORE ABOUT SKILLSOFT:

Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.

Skillsoft is partner to thousands of leading global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company features three award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform, which offers measurable impact across the entire employee lifecycle. Learn more at www.skillsoft.com.

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If this opportunity intrigues you, we would love for you to apply!

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Skillsoft does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Skillsoft employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Skillsoft Employment Agency Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

Skillsoft is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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