Partner Sales Manager (Public Sector)

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As the Partner Sales Manager you will work in alignment with Appians Public Sector Sales leadership to develop a State and Local Government market partner strategy for driving incremental revenue. You will target recruit and manage partnerships with mid-tier and small integrators as well as select large integrators who focus on the State and Local Government market.

To be successful in this role you need:

• To achieve and exceed partner-sourced revenue goals by actively managing a portfolio of assigned partners

• To develop and execute joint business plans with key partners aligning their go-to-market strategies with Appians priorities and ensuring program compliance

• To serve as the primary enablement resource for assigned partners educating them on Appians value proposition solutions sales methods and competitive positioning to build partner competency and self-sufficiency

• To connect Appian sales marketing and solution consulting teams with partner leads to jointly develop customer opportunities from qualification to closure

• To maintain accurate sales data and report on partner performance

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree

• 5 years of professional experience preferably in enterprise software sales

• 3 years previous partner/channel enterprise software sales experience strongly preferred

• Experience with the State and Local government market either within a software distributor or system integrator company

• Working knowledge of business process automation with a history of qualifying client solution areas and orchestrating multi-departmental solution sales

• Excellent written / verbal communication and presentation skills

• Confident competitive thorough and tenacious attitude

• Able to work independently but within a team environment

• Ability to travel within assigned region

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About Appian

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