Channel Account Manager

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**About the job**

The Alliance and Channel Team is looking for a Channel Account Manager - Singapore & Philippines

The Channel Account Manager is a quota-carrying, revenue-producing role, responsible for building, maintaining, and managing productive and profitable relationships with current and prospective channel partners (SAS Solution and SAS Service Providers) within an assigned territory to successfully achieve channel sales targets.

**In this role you'll**:

- Analyze assigned territory to identify coverage gaps, based on SAS channel product family portfolio and total addressable market opportunity.
- If applicable, with management support, identify, and selectively recruit new high-potential Partners.
- Build strong relationships with key Partner stakeholders ensuring SAS significance and commitment.
- Understand Partner’s business model and prepare business cases to incent Partner investment.
- Set sales targets and key result areas for Partners appropriate to the market opportunity & business plan, ensuring coverage across partner portfolio is sufficient to exceed CAM assigned sales target and objectives.
- Collaborate with assigned Partners to develop annual joint business plans that define strategies and activities to exceed revenue goals; identifying and resolving Partner performance participation issues before they impact performance.
- Coordinate the onboarding and the overall ongoing enablement process with Partners to maximize Partner self-sufficient, and value, in selling and delivering SAS.
- Work with Partners to leverage benefits of distribution program, SAS Global Campaign Initiative, and other key initiatives in support of partners.

**Work Location: Singapore or Philippines**

**Required Qualifications**:

- Typically requires five years of experience in channel sales or channel program management (preferably at a technology company), or SAS related direct sales experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Business or related discipline, and/or the equivalent in training and related experience.
- Equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
- For this role, it's important to know the local market and industries, stakeholders, customers, and partners in ASEAN region.
- Knowledge of channel business model and development methods
- Relationship and partner management skills
- Experience recruiting, qualifying, managing and developing partners for a channel
- Knowledge of all company products and services. Excellent oral and written communications skills, including effective presentation skills
- Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to manage channel conflict
- Proven time management skills. Ability to lead, balance, and self-manage multiple simultaneous projects and activities
- Proficient in CRM tools, MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to challenge and coach resell partners to develop pipeline and close deals in a timely manner with forecast discipline and accuracy.
- Ability to interact with executives
- Attention to detail, commitment to quality, results driving, and customer focused
- Knowledge of SAS selling and licensing procedures
- Strong team-selling skills
- In depth knowledge of all company products and services
- You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

**Diverse and Inclusive**

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture - it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.#SAS