Partner Account Manager

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Job Description:

As the Partner Account Manager, you will be a trusted adviser to the Partner and develop a mutually beneficial relationship in alignment with HPE business priorities. You will drive end-to-end revenue, HPE profitability, and pipeline through joint business plans and data-driven sales efforts across partners. You will successfully determine Partner priorities, industry trends, IT landscape, IT investment strategy, HPE priorities, and HPE Technology to differentiate HPE from competitors.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Partner (e.g. Value-Added Reseller (VAR), Distributor, SI, ISV, Managed Service Provider) on where to play within emerging trends in Partner's ecosystem in alignment with HPE business priorities.
• Work with the Partner to create a mutually beneficial plan.
• Articulate both HPE global and local business strategies to effectively sell with, sell to, and sell through the Partner, creating a scalable selling ecosystem.
• Demonstrates business and sales leadership by building mutually beneficial relationships with one or many Partners to grow HPE market share.
• Coordinates and executes HPE activities with the Partner, leveraging HPE specialists when needed, including sales cadence, education, marketing, executive briefings, proactive forecasting, business planning, and client engagements. Drives HPE marketing strategy through the customer.
• Drives and implements HPE strategy, programs, and systems with and on behalf of the Partner to assure accelerated financial outcomes and build partner loyalty to HPE, tailoring solutions to fit the needs of the partner's customer profile.

About You:

• University or bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Sales or Account Management preferably in a partner sales landscape
• A can-do attitude with ability to work autonomously to drive and achieve results.
• Knowledge and awareness of current technology trends and related HPE strategy and ability to articulate to Partner.
• A strong drive to understand HPE products and how they can deliver value to customers in contrast to HPE's competitors.
• Ability to influence the partner to take actions that create increased value.
• Strong relationship and partnering skills among all types and levels of the business.

Experience with Salesforce highly regarded

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Specialist

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.