Global Partner Seller (Embedded)

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This role is part of Service Now’s Global Partner and Channels (GPC) organization, dedicated to enabling & accelerating rapid growth through NOW’s partner ecosystem.

As a Global Partner Seller – Embedded (GPS-E), you will be responsible for leading the sales efforts for large, embedded IT solutions in collaboration with our largest Service Providers (think partner’s managed services platform powered by ServiceNow). The ideal candidate will have executive gravitas, a strategic mindset, think like a CxO, and have a proven track record of qualifying, creating, and selling comprehensive IT solutions especially in managed services space.

Critical to this role:

Strategic Vision and Leadership:

• Develop and execute a strategic sales plan to drive growth through existing and new large, embedded managed services solution offered by the partner that can be re-platformed or build on ServiceNow.
• Pro-actively identify whitespace areas to penetrate NOW as the de-facto platform in Partner’s IP (Products, platforms etc.) to help drive wallet share expansion and TAM penetration
• Provide visionary leadership to shape the thinking of partner execs to achieve mutual long term growth objectives via an embedded motion on NOW.
• Collaborate with partner executive leadership and targeted business unit owners to align on the long-term roadmap around managed services platform/solutions.
• Experience in identifying & evaluating potential opportunities for large Embedded pursuits & leading the journey from identification to launch & revenue realization with the partner.
• Engage Cross functionally with pre-sales and BU verticals for opportunity discovery.

Large Embedded Solution Development & Sales:

• Oversee the entire sales cycle from identifying, qualifying to closing large complex deals, ensuring a consultative and solution-based sales approach
• Present and demonstrate solutions to partner C-level executives & decision makers, articulating the value of ServiceNow & ROI
• Lead Partner EBCs by working closely with cross functional teams, including workflow BU’s, technical consultants, marketing, and enablement to showcase NOW capabilities around very targeted use cases as part of the embedded solution/managed services roadmap and to dive deeper technically as needed.

GTM Commercial Models and Deal Execution:

• Collaborate internally across finance, deal desk, pricing and other teams and with the partner to define the deal construct including any unique commercial model (pricing and others) to establish deal commitment.
• Coordination with your partner to co-develop and bring innovative solutions to market inclusive of solution identification, market potential, solution design, build, launch & track success.
• Ability to rally a diverse team behind a common goal & lead without necessarily having reporting relationships with the cross-functional team involved.
• Ability to evaluate the different pursuits like a VC & channelize investments of ServiceNow resources based on potential.
• Entrepreneurial or Startup mindset to work with limited resources and creatively deploy available resources for maximizing revenue.

Performance Management:

• Achieve sales targets and key performance indicators
• Monitor and report on sales performance, market trends & customer feedback
• Continuously improve sales processes and strategies to enhance efficiency & effectiveness
• Identify new Embedded pursuits in unexplored units

In order to be successful in this role, we need someone who has:

• Demonstrable track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets especially in managed services
• 12+ years experience in IT sales with a focus on large, embedded solutions and strategic partnerships in the GSI space.
• Proven track record of aligning with the partner to re-platform existing large managed services platform on a SaaS solution.
• Proven track record of successfully selling complex IT solutions to C-level executives and large enterprises
• Excellent communication, negotiation & presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with strategic partners
• Deep understanding of IT markets, technologies, and trends
• Ability to travel as needed to meet with partners

Experience that will help you stand out:

• Experience of consultative selling into BPO organizations & Platform or Product teams, within IT Services Majors like Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro & TCS, while positioning at least 1 or 2 out of these 4 areas : Finance & Accounting , SCM, Procure 2 Pay & HR Ops.
• Ability to have convincing conversations with Senior executives in BPO organizations about the benefits of transforming their existing software assets, platforms, products & SP assets to the ServiceNow platform.
• Previous pre-sales experience engaging with BPO leadership in large SIs, and top tier consultancy partners.
• Experience leading tech adoption, driving build motion, launching & monetizing assets on software platforms or stacks.

Work Personas

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Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements. 

Accommodations

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