Global Alliance Director - Birmingham, United Kingdom - KPMG-UnitedKingdom

KPMG-UnitedKingdom

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Job description

The team

KPMG has built a strong network of Strategic Alliances with some of the world's leading technology, data, and services companies, including Microsoft, Coupa, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, ServiceNow, Salesforce & Workday.

Together, we offer global reach, added value and a combined portfolio of transformational capabilities and solutions that are designed to help solve the most pressing challenges our clients face today.

As part of the Global Alliances team, you will play an integral role in helping KPMG member firms meet their alliance-enabled growth ambitions; promoting consistency and collaboration and helping to ensure that KPMG becomes the most trusted choice for our clients.

The role

Working with the Global Microsoft Alliance Lead Partner is responsible for developing and managing the global Alliance between Microsoft and KPMG, including building high-value relationships, and driving a joint go-to-market (GTM) approach that will deliver a step change in sales growth across the KPMG network.

The role also presents an exciting opportunity to build relationships with senior leaders across member firms throughout the global network.

Specific responsibilities:

Drive increase in contribution of the Microsoft Alliance to KPMG's business on a global level
Understand and help meet Microsoft's needs and partnering drivers. Manage and help ensure fulfilment of expectations (aligned definitions of success, aligned resource plans, joint target account lists, joint GTM plans and governance)
Lead the development and approval of a joint business plan that is aligned with the KPMG Global Alliances' Strategic Growth Plan that includes clear Revenue goals and investment needs
Lead the development and execution of a global Industry plan that is aligned with the global Microsoft 360 strategy, global sectors as well as with Microsoft's Industry Cloud's. The plan should lead to sector specific portfolio of assets to be sold at scale.
Establish and execute Global Sales GotoMarket governance and coselling best practices, including a Big Deals program. In addition, development of MS Sales content strategy and execute in collaboration.
Agreed global Microsoft Industry Sales Activation and GotoMarket plan aligned to global Microsoft Alliance and sector strategy including revenue/bookings targets
Support Member Firms and account teams globally and locally to identify opportunities to leverage Microsoft's technology to identify, define and drive innovative solution development in key vertical and horizontal areas
Collaborate with the Alliance teams in the KPMG member firms and align with their respective Microsoft counterparts
Work with member firm Alliance Directors to ensure that pipeline results, booking reports, fiscal planning are accurately captured and shared for his/her member firm
Align with relevant priority global sector leaders to identify sectorfocused strategies that leverage Microsoftrelated solutions
Manage Alliance and Sales GTM governance though executive contact facilitation, operational reviews (QBRs), and manage the constant & frequent communication between both organisations
Work with member firms and the Alliance Partner stakeholders to develop and execute a joint annual marketing plan
Oversee all aspects of contracting / contract negotiations required to be a functioning alliance partner

Deliverables and accountabilities

Agreed global Microsoft Alliance plan aligned to global Alliance strategy including revenue/bookings targets
Progress in execution of the global Alliance plan in regions and countries
Alliancerelated strategy implemented within key accounts / Global Platinum accounts plan
Increased global pipeline value and conversion rate
Achievement of annual alliance bookings targets
Strength of key relationships KPMG-Microsoft
Development of cofunded KPMG-Microsoft based solutions
Number of Alliance based solutions leveraged from one country to others
Agreed marketing and comms strategy between Microsoft and KPMG to drive market perception
Positive feedback from national Alliance Lead Partners

Skills and experience

Strong Alliance and project management skills
Significant consulting experience in the technology enablement / solutions area with a proven record of selling and delivering complex services and solutions
Experience with the Microsoft cloud platform offerings
Motivated, proactive, and hardworking team player who is resultsdriven, action oriented and outcomes focused
Attention to detail, a fast learner and well organised
Show initiative and be able to pick up and run with new projects quickly, take on responsibility
Ability to work under pressure, manage numerous projects simultaneously across multiple time zones and deliver within set timeframes
A proactive communicator with excellent verbal and written English communication skills
Confident and proactive in the adoption a