Partner Sales Executive

Partner Sales Executive page is loaded## Partner Sales Executiveremote type: Hybridlocations: Melbournetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R- The Red Hat Commercial Sales team is looking for a Partner Sales Executive to join us in Melbourne. In this role, you'll promote sales, ensure customer satisfaction, and manage partner engagement in our Emerging customer segment across APAC. You will develop and maintain relationships with our internal Ecosystem team across the region, as well as with key partners, regional & global system integrators (SIs) and ISVs. As a Partner Sales Executive, you will serve as a Red Hat ambassador and a subject matter expert for business-related challenges of our commercial customer base and articulate the value of Red Hat solutions to your partner sales counterparts.**What you will do:*** Drive Red Hat’s revenue and customer value by connecting aligned partners with the right capabilities to solve customers' needs to sales opportunities, through joint account planning, lead sharing, and marketing/demand-generation activities* Attain pod quota for new acquisitions, expansion, and renewals by forecasting and driving partner deal pipeline progression, deal status, and performance* Develop joint account plans with Partner Account Managers and partners to drive customer demand and consumption; identify whitespace/acquisition targets and expanding existing accounts to new use cases and workloads* Deliver and integrate partner expertise into sales cycle activities to facilitate solution selling; identify and integrate partners into account/territory plans* Interlock with the Red Hat Ecosystem team to identify partner capability / capacity gaps in account base* Work with Partner Account Managers to identify key sales counterparts at partners* Collaborate with Red Hat and partner marketing for demand-gen within pod* Work with Customer Success, renewals, and partners to ensure customer “time to value” and renewal* Advocate within Red Hat organization to include partners in opportunities and drive client value* Liaise with Partner Account Managers to drive pipeline velocity and alleviate friction points, highlighting needs to connect partners to Red Hat resources or programs**What you will bring:*** 5+ years of experience working in a solutions sales role* Demonstrable success selling remotely via phone and other digital tools* Excellent leadership & communication skills, with ability to engage a diverse set of stakeholders in a matrixed organization* Strong understanding of customers within assigned territory, including customers' business, industry trends, competitive landscape, and Red Hat differentiators/ value proposition* Strong understanding of partner ecosystem and how to sell together with channel partners* Ability to articulate the value of Red Hat solutions, Red Hat’s differentiation, and the Red Hat opportunity to partner sales counterparts* Ability to cultivate long-term relationships and develop advocates across client and partner organizations* Strategic orientation and value engineering skills to position and sell solutions to client needs with and through partners**About Red Hat**is the world’s leading provider of enterprise software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. 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