Regional Partner Executive

Regional Partner Executive

**Responsibilities**

**Regional Partner Executive**
An exciting opportunity exists to truly catapult our APAC business by driving growth in the region through our Partners. The Regional Partner Executive plays a key role in the TCM Partner Ecosystem and contributes significantly to accelerating the overall sales growth of the organization.

The focus of the regional partner executive will be to run our partners in the region and develop them into Finastra advocates, to help drive and grow our pipeline in one of our key growth regions.

This role is responsible for the management, development, monetization and expansion of our TCM partner ecosystem (SIs, VARs, ISVs, OEMs, Influencers, Advisors, etc.) across all Treasury and Capital Markets solutions and relevant market segments. As part of a Global and Regional Partner team, this role will make Finastra a destination for our partners, by inspiring and motivating them to engage as a customer value accelerator and a force multiplier to Finastra's sales and services organizations.

**Responsibilities & Deliverables**

Your deliverables will include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Run and manage the development of the partner ecosystem in APAC and accelerate growth of our TCM business through Partner relationships within the TCM Partner Ecosystem across the Region.
- Work collaboratively with regional sales leadership to define and align regional partner strategies in support of sales territory planning and strategy
- Run your assigned portfolio of regional partnerships, through regular cadence and aligned partner metrics, by leveraging internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams, to accelerate annual recurring revenue (ARR) pipeline growth and increase the Partner Bookings contribution
- Work in lock-step with regional sales leadership to support the attainment of regional sales ARR targets through co-sell and strategic partnership initiatives such as driving MSP growth and modernization initiatives
- Formulate strategic regional view and drive Finastra's Partner Program Strategy across your Region, leveraging all relevant internal stakeholders to build pipeline and scalable partnership opportunities in accordance with TCM CAM allocation and market penetration
- Identify and recruit partners within the region to fill the whitespace and drive actionable implementation plans that enable Finastra to accelerate growth in the market and partner ecosystem
- Ensure partnership model and route to market is profitable for both Finastra and its partners, enabling partners to act as an extension of Finastra's own sales and delivery teams
- Be focused on measurable execution
- Establish clear performance metrics across partner types, solution areas, partner maturity levels etc. in order to steer the business both tactically and strategically with responsibility for key regional revenue metrics
- Personally develop and maintain meaningful relationships at partner's executive level, key account teams and Finastra stakeholders.
- Act as the Finastra ambassador for the overall relationship(s) within the portfolio of regional partners and collaborate across Finastra and partners' leadership to
- Contribute adequately to team goals and targets set for the region

**Experience**
- 10+ years successful Enterprise Software sales experience, Alliances, Channels and/or transferable experience.
- Experience managing a portfolio of Partners and driving Annual recurring revenue (ARR)
- Demonstrable experience building pipeline through Partners and driving channel sales.
- Extensive relationship and consultative selling experience.

Required Skills and Experience:

- Creating and developing successful relationships at a Regional level and managing and resolving any channel conflict with a win win outcome
- Strong drive and ambition, and high-level ability to collaborate and lead by influence
- Experience working within the FSI markets would be beneficial
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with executive presence
- Results driven personality able to maintain strategic business focus
- Ability to effectively define, plan, schedule and control multiple initiatives simultaneously, with the ability to prioritize in a complex, multi-tasking environment
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve goals and to drive results
- Demonstrates accountability and commitment by making sound decisions
- Ability to guide, lead and influence both internally and with key partner stakeholders
- Experience of working in a multi-country / multi-cultural environment.
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical thinking
- High levels of energy, resilience and emotional intelligence
- Hardworking and passionate, demonstrating a problem solving approach with a 'can do' attitude

**Education**
- Bachelor's degree and relatable experience.

**Physical Demands**
- Ability to receive, express, or exchange detailed information through oral and wr