Partner Account Executive

このポジションは、シスコのパートナーとのビジネス関係を統括し、戦略的パートナーシップを構築・強化する役割を担います。

主な役割と責任

• パートナー戦略の策定・実行: パートナーのビジネスモデルや戦略を深く理解し、シスコの製品やサービスを採用・拡大するよう導きます。
• ビジネスパフォーマンスの最大化: インセンティブプログラムの活用や、需要創出（Demand Generation）活動の推進、定期的な業績レビュー（QBR等）を通じて、パートナーの収益成長を牽引します。
• エコシステムの構築: パートナーのエコシステムをシスコの技術ポートフォリオと整合させ、イノベーションと市場拡大を促進します。
• 社内連携のハブ: 社内のセールスチームやスペシャリスト（ソリューションエンジニア等）と連携し、パートナーの能力開発と収益機会の最大化を図ります。
• エグゼクティブ・コンサルティング: 大規模かつ複雑なパートナーに対し、経営層レベルへの提案や戦略策定を行い、パートナーのビジネス変革を支援します。

職務の要点

• 担当範囲: 1社または複数の大規模・複雑かつ重要なパートナーを専任で担当。
• 活動比率: 80%の時間をリレーションシップ構築、戦略策定、ビジネス開発に割く。
• 成功指標: 年間ビジネスプランの達成度、売上目標、前年比成長率、パートナー価値指数、投資収益率（ROI）など。
• 社内インターロック: ビジネスユニットや地域リーダーとの連携（中程度）。

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【必須要件（Minimum Qualifications）】

• 学士号取得者：関連する実務経験 8年以上
• 修士号取得者：関連する実務経験 6年以上
• 博士号取得者：関連する実務経験 3年以上

【歓迎要件（Preferred Qualifications）】

• ビジネス開発実績: パートナーを通じた新規ビジネスの創出および立ち上げ経験。
• 営業・事業開発の専門性: ハイタッチ営業（特定顧客やパートナーへの深耕営業）またはビジネスディベロップメントにおける高度な経験。
• Owns the Partner business relationship.
• Establishes, develops and maintains trusted advisor relationships with Partners  and understands their business models, strategy and capabilities.
• Guides partner business strategies towards Cisco, encouraging the adoption and expansion of Cisco technologies and business practices and driving Cisco preference.
• Leverages market trends and insights to position Partners as preferred providers of Cisco technologies, expanding their practices to align with key products, services, and segments.
• Develops and executes strategic partner account plans, identifying priorities for performance optimization and transformation, while enabling capability development.
• Builds and/or strengthens Partner capabilities & practices and develops differentiated GTM strategies to drive growth across each practice.
• Orchestrates Partner ecosystems to align with the company’s technology portfolio, driving innovation, market expansion, and competitive differentiation.
• Engages sales teams early to align Partner capabilities with Cisco strategies, exposing and building upon services to enhance partner profitability and co-sell opportunities.
• Advocates for Partners within internal teams, integrating their capabilities into account plans and engaging specialists (e.g., solution engineers, practice sellers) to support Partner readiness and solution development.
• Plans and drives demand generation activities aligning Partner offerings and customer needs to create pipeline.
• Manages and maximizes business performance.
• Maximizes Partner programs and incentives, leverages and drives Partner investments, and drives operational excellence through integrated planning, forecasting, and performance monitoring (e.g., QBRs).
• Monitors and optimizes Partner performance through data-driven insights, utilizing profitability programs and methodologies to strengthen Partner success
• Specialization and Focus - Guide and influence Partners to align with the full portfolio of Cisco products and services with Partner’s strategic priorities; and fully utilize Cisco's programs, promotions and resources
• Customer Engagement and Accountability - Strong/primary influencer in Partner’s decision to make an investment, 80% of time spent on relationship orchestration, strategy & planning, practice development and business development with assigned Partner(s)
• The Internal Sales Process - All stages of the deal
• Corporate Interlock - Low to medium corporate interlock  (interaction with BE, region leaders)
• Typical Sales Cycle - Sales cycle varies, Deal complexity varies (may be high complexity if the Partner is moving toward more complex deals as solution selling becomes more prevalent, or involve ecosystem, software and/or architecture)
• Success Measures - Annual Business Plan with Key Initiatives and Revenue Goals ($ Target), Partner’s Cisco business growth (% Y/Y), Partner’s Value Index Score across the Portfolios (#), ROI on investments and Demand Generation activities (%)

What You'll Do:

• Typically manages/ is dedicated to one or more large or complex, tactically important Partners
• Book of Business: Responsible for significant and impactful revenue growth and business contributions
• Partner Profile: Partners are typically  large, national, may be global integrators, managing sophisticated Cisco needs
• Partners with Cisco’s Partner business development teams to identify complementary Partner alliances and create Partner ecosystems
• Negotiates complex agreements covering revenue sharing, IP rights, and go-to-market commitments
• Constructs large and complex growth initiatives leveraging extended resources and eco-system Partners
• Co-designs transformative value propositions (e.g., ecosystem-wide solutions), presenting to C-level audiences to drive buy-in
• Anticipates and addresses enterprise-level challenges (e.g., scalability) with bespoke strategies, solidifying executive trust
• Fosters enduring partnerships by championing Partner innovations internally, ensuring alignment with Cisco GTM strategies
• Identifies resources for Partners (e.g. technical strategy councils) to help Partners align plans with next-gen innovations
• Anticipates disruptive tech shifts  and advises GTM leadership on practical ways to future-proof strategies, sharing insights with senior/executive leadership
• Ensures any Partner governance frameworks align with global regulatory standards
• Leads cross-functional task forces to address strategic challenges impacting Partnerships; represent the company as a thought leader at global industry event
• Inspires collaboration across teams by demonstrating executive presence during high-stakes negotiations
• Provides consultative engagement to unlock large scale opportunities
• Drives alignment between corporate priorities and partner ecosystem strategies effectively

Minimum

Qualifications:

• Bachelors + 8 years of related
• experience, or
• Masters + 6 years of related
• experience, or
• PhD + 3 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Varies based on the team and business needs | Preferred Qualifications are desired education, experience, and skills that are in addition to Minimum Qualifications.
• THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY FOR EMPLOYEES IN AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY & NETHERLANDS

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