Sage Hiring for Director of Alliances for HR & Payroll at Remote Full Time

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Job Description The Alliances Director is responsible for a portfolio of Software Partners This growing program and is crafted to accelerate Sage’s HR & payroll growth and our pace of innovation. This role includes engaging the ecosystem, establishing and evolving partnerships, and delivering business outcomes. In this role you will form collaborative cross-functional relationships with product and industry teams and with sales to identify and initiate partnerships. This role will be out a partners team within HR and Payroll that will include ISV’s, VAR’s and Implementation.

Key Responsibilities Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of existing Software Partnerships
• Identify and establish new partnerships
• Develop relationships across product, industry, sales and services to align on target partners and implement cross-functional partnership motions
• Network within the ecosystem and build relationships with partner counterparts and leadership
• Define, measure and evangelize business outcomes
• Collaborate on team-wide initiatives to improve or expand existing partner programs
• Lead team-wide scalability initiatives such as implementing repeatable processes for leading partnerships, entering new partnerships, and for driving business outcomes

Requirements:

• 10 years partner/alliances in the HR and/or payroll management
• Strong relationship building skills and excellent communication skills
• Adaptable and resilient with experience in a fast paced, quickly evolving environment
• Self-motivated, with a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and high energy
• Collaborative critical thinker, with methodical approach and organizational skills to manage parallel opportunities concurrently
• High level of integrity and a desire for high quality