Strategic Partnerships Director

1 day ago


Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia Industrial and Financial Systems Full time

About the Role

The GSI Partner Account Director is responsible for managing relationships and driving engagement with our Indian GSI partners that are critical to our success. We are seeking a highly experienced professional to lead our partner community in India, enhancing partner commitment to leverage their capabilities for successful IFS software sales and deployments.

The ideal candidate will have 15+ years' experience in partner or vendor management, preferably in the technology sector, with a strong understanding of relevant IT markets and the GSI landscape in Big 5 markets. They will be able to drive complex sales processes and negotiations, communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders, and foster strong relationships at all levels of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive revenue from and with our globally managed Partners (sell with/sell through/sell to) taking IFS in region to 50% partner revenue contribution by FY26
  • Support the hyper growth and delivery of IFS as it continues to expand and grow doubling in size every 3 years, leveraging partners to scale quickly and effectively through their ability to prime projects and grow regional and global practices.
  • Foster strong relationships and cadence between the Indian GSI Partners and IFS market units, resulting in account deals in target industries and geographies.
  • Allow Sales to focus on sales execution and the IFS end customer by finding and supporting the right Partner to go to market in specific industries and geographies.
  • Build, grow and shape a sustainable partnership route to market that drives the partner to develop demand with IFS
  • Deliver successful regional partner cadence and joint account planning opportunities on a planned and agreed cadence.
  • Work with sales and account teams in region to keep/maintain pipeline opportunities in CRM
  • Keep leadership regularly informed of the partnership performance to include areas of growth, engagement and general concerns related to accounts/projects
  • Regularly attend meetings, conferences, partner and project connects virtually/in person
  • Build and maintain relationships at all levels of the organization(s)
  • Support new business development efforts across industry & products
  • Ensure partnership performance and alignment with business goals
  • Collaborate with sales, product, marketing and development teams in support of partner
  • Utilize consultative approach focused on listening, learning, problem solving and influencing
  • Communicate effectively and with impact conveying IFS's mission, value proposition to a variety of audiences leveraging persuasive storytelling skills and cultural competencies


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