Director, Cloud Partner Business Development

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Cognite´s Director, Partner Business Development will lead the development of strategic cloud  partnerships regionally through driving these areas of focus;

Expand Relationships, Drive Adoption and Deliver Joint Value

• Develop and implement business plans with strategic cloud partners in the Americas that will elevate Cognite awareness, achieve maximum adoption of CDF across all partner projects and drive joint pipeline development for multi-year opportunities.
• Identify and cultivate key relationships within our strategic cloud partners, securing executive sponsorship and alignment in key verticals focused on solution alignment and commitment to joint outcomes.
• Nurture and develop partner pipeline, managing early stage lead qualification through sales maturity developing all inbound partner leads, preparing for handoff to direct sales teams. 
• Support partner regional customer events, representing the Cognite portfolio and the partner alliances and high-level technical alignment. 
• Align the strategic partner business goals, KPIS and strategy to manage and progress commercial strategy to deliver shared revenue goals.
• Working with the Global Partner & Alliance team to leverage predefined content drive the appropriate go to market with strategic partners to align Cognite capability with the partners market offerings.
• Manage coordination and lead handoff with Direct Sales team, and other internal cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Advisory CS, Marketing, Legal, Operations, Finance) and other teams in respect of the strategic plans. 

Ensure Best Practice Adoption

• Working with the Partner & Alliance team, and other functional areas to oversee enablement plans with strategic partners, ensuring we are executing the appropriate capability building cross sales and delivery teams in line with the strategic GTM plan.
• Where appropriate, deliver training/onboarding for business development, in line with the specific strategic partnership GTM plan.
• Contribute to the shaping and development of partner program by providing feedback from strategic partners on content delivered and requirements going forward

Who You Are

• 10+ years in the Software industry, including developing strategic partner relationships to drive high growth recurring revenue
• High-tech SaaS partnership experience with Microsoft and/or AWS
• Commercial acumen that can interpret partner business requirements and develop commercial solutions to drive mutual benefit
• Communication skills ability to develop and construct a compelling narrative to engage partner in a variety of discussions
• Proven ability in influencing and working with senior individuals in large organizations across multiple industry sectors
• Strong empathy and relationship skills
• Experience in fast pas