Acronis is revolutionizing cyber protection—providing natively integrated, all-in-one solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. We are looking for a Strategic Partner Account Manager to join our mission to create a #CyberFit future and protect all data, applications and systems across any environment.
As the Strategic Partner Account Manager, you will bring experience in Account Management and have a passion for Data Protection and Cyber Security. Your main goals as a Strategic Partner Account Manager will be to drive Annual Recurrent Revenue growth through account planning with dedicated partners, increase adoption of new services, retain a partner and create a best-in- class partner experience which is the key differentiator of Acronis. This individual will work in close collaboration with the sales managers and leaders at each of our service providers with the specific objective of increasing Acronis’ revenue, customer base and market share within their business. The Strategic Partner Account Manager role is ideal for a top seller with strong strategic and tactical sales management skills. It requires a sales lead who can balance short-term sales activities with long-term strategic initiatives. The impact of decisions and actions taken locally may be felt globally due to the scale of Acronis’ largest service provider partners.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Establish, manage and grow Acronis’ presence within existing and new service provider partners
- Grow incremental revenue/sales through the management of sales initiatives
- Responsible for recruiting, training and on-boarding new/prospective service providers
- Deliver monthly, quarterly and annual partner forecast/pipeline and business activity to the Acronis sales management team
- Create, implement, execute and manage marketing and promotional campaigns and activity through each SP partner
- Effectively introduce, educate and train service providers on upgrades, new products and new solutions
- Conduct Quarterly Business Reviews and Quarterly Business Planning Sessions with assigned SP partners
- Communicate across multiple departments (sales, marketing, finance, business development, engineering, virtualization business and operations) to ensure effective account penetration management, and corporate communication.
- Identify and target strategic partners within your assigned region
WHAT YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
- 3+ years of strategic large account management experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
- Self-starter and independent, high-energy culture we are looking for impact players
- Hybrid position, need to be very aggressive at establishing relationships with new providers
- Proven history of success achieving annual revenue targets in excess of $2.0M.
- Strong verifiable software background, infrastructure/systems software or storage software sales experience
- Solid strategic business development, planning and acumen, along with strong tactical implementation sales skills
- Must have the technical understanding and competency to deliver a sales and product training on the Acronis software solutions, based around product positioning and client technical requirements
- Excellent Sales forecasting and modeling skills
- Must be able to develop, implement, execute and manage an annual MSP business plan
- Proven track record of succeeding in a highly-leveraged channel sales environment, where leadership of the channel drives sales from an inside sales/lead development team
- Outstanding written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Detail oriented, with excellent planning and follow-up skills
- Working knowledge of MS Office and Management of daily activities through CRM applications including Sales Force
- Displays exceptional personal and business ethics and moral character
- Regional travel is required in the role. Must be willing to travel on a frequent basis, up to 50% of the time
- Strong internal customer focus with desire to learn all aspects of the business
- High level of discipline, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while still maintaining a high-level of accuracy
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Outstanding organizational, problem solving, and multi-tasking skills
- Team-player and positive attitude, eager to do more and help out, views challenging situations as opportunities
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work with minimal supervision
- Passion and commitment to succeed by working hard and never giving up
WHO WE ARE
Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), enterprise IT departments and home users. Our all-in-one solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. We offer the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with our unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.
A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.
Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities we serve. Mutual trust, respect and belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of our team. Each member of our “A-Team” plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business. We seek individuals who excel in dynamic, global environments and have a never give up attitude, contributing to our collective growth and impact.
Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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