Associate Managing Director, SAP Alliance

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Managing Director to join our Alliances Organization.

Responsibilities :

• Oversee the day-to-day relationship and activities of the alliance; direct the alliance management, enablement, and solution development; provide support for pipeline development and management; provide direction to alliance marketing resources, and support ongoing marketing/demand generation activities
• Manage the firms participation in the alliance partners formal program including training, certifications, awards, software usage rights and opportunity registration; conduct alliance relationship mapping and drive progress on multiple leads; thereby increasing the size of the Alliance Influenced Pipeline
• Drive partner-of-choice positioning with the alliance partner, govern and oversee all aspects of relationship between KPMG and alliance partner, coordinate and deliver joint business reviews with the alliance partner; provide the service networks with access to product management, development, support, and training resources from the alliance partner
• Oversee and drive the enablement of the alliance including completing the joint offerings, developing sales kits; client success stories, training, and communications plans; leverage these assets to identify and support lead management with the sales team; partner with member firms to drive recruitment, training, and enablement of resources
• Lead development and approval of a joint business plan, support the risk management process relating to alliance contracts and agreements and gain commitment and engagement from affected individuals; review and communicate pipeline results and bookings reports; assist with fiscal planning to ensure is accurately captured and shared for his/her member firm
• Support global relationships with KPMG member firms and alliance partner, provide stakeholders with updates on the alliance partner organization strategy and business performance; accountable for developing the joint go-to-market and drive the sales growth for the Americas business region; bring support to the countries on building their alliance program; collaborate on solutions/offers based on the global strategy and organize regular updates with global and local country leadership

Qualifications :

• Minimum of twelve years of recent experience in services or consultative business development with at least two years of experience managing a strategic alliance with SAP
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in Business or a related field or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated success in building and nurturing win-win alliance relationships; strong networking and influence management skills that translate into building commitment and driving actions across organizational boundaries
• Highly credible communicator with excellent organization and project management skills and track record of delivering result
• Experience working in or demonstrated understanding of the source-to-pay, contract lifecycle management and third-party risk management domains beneficial
• Ability to travel as necessary; up to forty percent
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)