Overview
Overview
The Senior Partner Development Manager for GSIs is a strategic role responsible for managing high-impact partnerships with top-tier Global System Integrators. This role drives joint go-to-market (GTM) strategies, accelerates co-sell motions, and ensures partner-led growth across enterprise segments.
Responsibilities
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- Establishes trusted-advisor relationships with C-suite leaders of complex partners, driving strategic alignment, practice growth, and joint business outcomes.
- Leads business design engagements and develops multi-year partner business plans aligned to Microsoft priorities, cloud consumption, and digital transformation objectives.
- Builds partner capability through integrated skills, capacity, and readiness plans; drives a learning culture through targeted sales and technical enablement.
- Shapes long-range strategic vision for high-impact partners, leveraging deep industry, product, and market expertise to articulate Microsoft's value and competitive differentiation.
- Maintains end-to-end knowledge of Microsoft solutions, channels, and industry trends to guide commercial and marketing strategy while ensuring compliance and partnership governance.
Partner Sales and Consumption
- Coaches partners to transform sales motions around consumption, pipeline health, and key performance targets; leads reviews of priority deals and drives tight alignment with field teams.
- Develops co-selling and go-to-market strategies, allocating incentives and program resources to maximise revenue impact.
- Leads cross-functional campaigns, offer creation, and GTM planning; oversees execution of demand-generation activities and optimization of incentive structures.
- Drives execution of Partner Solution Plays, identifies new GTM funding opportunities, and accelerates the launch of industry-specific solutions, including Marketplace offerings.
Partner Performance and Impact
- Ensures timely resolution of complex escalations, driving accountability across internal teams.
- Executes a structured rhythm of business, including MBRs and QBRs, to track progress, identify gaps, and align corrective actions.
- Guides partners in building high-performing sales and technical teams aligned to cloud transformation priorities.
- Acts as a trusted advisor on cloud sales transformation, leveraging Microsoft resources to accelerate partner execution and improve sales cycles.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business Operations, Computer Science or a related field AND 8+ years experience in partner management, sales, business development, or partner channel development in the technology industry or related experience OR equivalent experience.
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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