Strategic Alliance Manager
at It is an edtech startup that helps people upskill
Role : Strategic Alliance Manager
Experience : 3 to 5 Years
Location : Gurgaon
The candidate for this position will excel at creating and closing new opportunities by
onboarding companies as financing partners with Edwisor. By using a consultative approach to
selling, this person will use their expertise to identify and qualify leads, leading to sales
opportunities with both new and existing customers.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Meet and exceed sales targets of getting financing partners such as banks, NBFCs,
fintech players etc.
- Should be willing to make calls to cold and warm leads
- Manage relationships with existing partners and build relationships with new partners to
resolve issues, improve processes or product offerings, negotiate financing rates etc.
- Manage email and telephonic communication with prospective clients
- Learn and maintain in-depth knowledge of our products, industry trends, and competition
- Ability to gather and use data to inform decision making and persuade others
Skills and Experience :
- 3 - 5 years of experience working with fintech or NBFCs or banks in roles where you have forged partnerships with clients (B2B side)
- Knowledge of how fintech lending works, subvention rates, documentation processes, calculation of margins etc is highly desirable
- Should have professional proficiency in English and Hindi
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Highly motivated, driven, and self-starting individual with enthusiasm to learn and pursue a career in sales
- High sense of ownership and bias for action with willingness to get hands dirty
Subodh Popalwar
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Job Summary
We are currently looking to hire an energetic, highly motivated, can-do attitude individual who enjoys networking and establishing relationships, to join our team as Partnerships & Alliances Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing commercial and strategic relationships with organizations in accordance with the company's overarching objective, goals, and strategies.
Roles and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities will include:
● Developing and implementing partnerships and alliances strategies
● Identify potential technology and business partners for Valuebound
● Conducting market research and competitor analysis for partnerships ● Discover potential partnership opportunities and collaboration areas ● Reach out to the identified potential partners and engage with them ● Pitching the relevant stakeholders with strong partnership offerings
● Negotiating partnership agreements and contracts
● Managing, nurturing and extending partner relationships
● Regularly updating the partner portal (in case of technology partners) ● Tracking and reporting on partnership performance and ROI
● Collaborating with sales and marketing teams on partnership initiatives ● Developing joint marketing and promotional activities with partners
● Identifying and addressing partnership challenges and issues
● Contributing to partnership program growth and success
● Staying updated with industry trends and partnership developments
Key Requirements
● Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field ● Prior experience in a similar role
● Strong track record of success in building strategic partnerships
● Familiarity with CRM tools (preferably Hubspot) would be an add-on ● Highly goal-oriented, assertive, problem solver and keen learner attitude ● Demonstrate the ability to communicate, present and influence credibly at all levels of the organization
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Strategic Partnerships Head - Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform
About Merito :
Merito is a curated talent platform where we identify, assess, and connect candidates for matching job opportunities. We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done. The company is founded by a team consisting of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.
About Our Client :
Our client is headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online. Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, they are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.
Since the launch of its first version in December 2020 they have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through the platform.
We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.
Job Description :
As a Strategic Partnerships Head you'll be responsible for forming partnerships with affiliates, brands and agencies to meet customer acquisition goals - whatever it takes for the company to grow 100X.
Key Responsibilities :
- Responsible for forming partnerships with affiliates, brands and agencies
- Formulate partnership deliverables that meet business growth objectives.
- Market research to identify most impactful partnerships.
- Manage end to end cycle for striking deals with potential partners.
- Lead the complete strategic partnership team
The successful applicant will be :
- 5+ yrs of experience at early-stage startups; experience in influencer marketing and brand partnerships.
- Excellent communication skills and negotiation skills and the ability to close deals.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to hire and grow team members
- Very strong orientation towards meeting targets and looking at data-driven insights.
- Experience in influencer marketing and brand partnerships.
- Likes to connect and actively engage with key influencers and decision-makers inside an organization.
- Interested in working on the business side of a SaaS start-up and ready to dig into work and learn all aspects around it.
Sizzle is an exciting new startup that’s changing the world of gaming. At Sizzle, we’re building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube streams.
For this role, we're looking for someone that ideally loves to watch video gaming content on Twitch and YouTube. Specifically, you will help reach out to gaming streamers via social media, discord, and direct messaging. You will educate them on our service and help in getting them signed up.
You will:
- Create social media posts targeting streamers
- Handle direct outreach to gaming streamers (e.g. direct message) on Twitter, Discord, TikTok, Instagram or other channels
- Can access all social media sites without restrictions
- Help with other marketing tasks as directed
You should have the following qualities:
- Gamer that plays a lot of games and watches a lot of streamers
- Very well-versed in social media
- Has excellent written English and knows how to write exciting posts
- Is involved in community management, especially Discord
- Enjoys cold outreach and generating interest in a new product
- Has a good attitude
- Willing to work hard and deliver results
Work Experience: 0 years to 3 years
About Sizzle
Sizzle is building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube videos. Sizzle works with gaming streamers and esports teams and leagues to help them manage their social channels. Sizzle is available at http://www.sizzle.gg/" target="_blank">www.sizzle.gg.Roles & Responsibilities
1. Build and develop commercial relationships with our key targeted B2B partners (e-rickshaw, battery dealers and distributors).
2. Establish a systematic approach for partner outreach and B2B relationship management.
3. Strategize newer ways to grow current partnerships & form new ones.
4. Understand the current market trends and build & grow relationships accordingly.
5. Negotiate and finalize the partnership deals.
Desired Skills
1. 3+ years of relevant work experience.
2. Successfully built and managed B2B partnerships in the past.
3. Excellent at Opportunity Analysis and Business Planning.
If you are someone
1. Who is resourceful, and able to effectively negotiate and close the B2B deals. You prefer traveling and visiting B2B partners.
2. Understand internal dynamics and partner profiles to create a win-win situation.
3. Energetic, hunger to learn.
4. Comfortable getting your hands dirty and high on execution.
This Opportunity is for YOU!
About IQnext
We're revolutionizing the way buildings are managed, shifting them away from traditional facilities management to a smarter, data-driven approach. IQnext is an integrated, centralized platform that is disrupting buildings and real estate infrastructure with its new-age cloud-based solution, delivering long-term sustainability and operational efficiency that is scalable across portfolios.
Job Summary
We are looking for channel professionals who have previously developed and driven revenue from a network for Reseller Channel Partners.
Opportunity
In this role, you will be responsible for driving new sales and the growth of IQnext through reseller and system integrators. You will gain knowledge and experience in the new and growing industry of SaaS and cloud.
Impact
You will work with leads to generate IQnext's revenue engine through channel sales. You will work closely with the founders and you'll also have support from our growing Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and Engineering teams to maximize the value and success of your efforts.
Responsibilities
- Identify, appoint & onboard Channel Partner/System Integrator who can sell IQnext Products to their prospects/solutions.
- Generate revenue through the appointed channel.
- Prepare and execute detailed business plans with their defined partners based on customer segments and territory.
- Ensure that the partner workforce is enabled with product knowledge and is constantly engaged through regular interactions.
- Be an extended arm of the direct sales team by feeding them leads & opportunities through the partner network and setting up interlocks to ensure effective co-selling.
- Ensure that partner leads/opportunities are captured in the CRM and that a weekly/monthly/quarterly pipeline is built along with the forecast.
- Coordinate with partner operations and internal to ensure partners' issues are resolved on priority.
Desired Candidate Profile
- Passionate about sales and technology
- Has proven sales experience of a minimum of 2 years in Channel (CCTV, Access Control, A/V Systems, etc.)
- Proven track record in appointing channel partners and generating business from them
- Has excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Proficiency in sales pipeline planning and forecasting
- Is extremely motivated to succeed and is a problem solver
Job Benefits & Perks
- Incentive on sales
- Medical Insurance
- Access to the e-learning platform
Our client acts as a single-stop technology enabled platform, connecting the educational ecosystem which includes stakeholders such as schools, students, teachers, etc. Their main USP is acting as a consolidator of various products and services in the educational industry, such as news updates, video teaching, online examination, database for search & compare, counselling, admissions, competitions, job portal etc.
Headquartered in London, our client also has an office in Gurugram, India. So far in their journey, they have, approx., 2K+ admission partners, 50K+ users, 30K+ engagement resources, 2 Lakhs+ monthly reach and their marketplace partners include Apsara, Faber Castell, Amar Chitra Katha, RobinAge etc.
As a Regional Manager– Sales, you will be responsible for increasing the company's Partner School network by taking the packs in market.
What you will do:
- Developing market awareness viz company products and expanding the distribution base continuously
- Looking for innovative and new ways to distribute product and services
- Identifying and appointing Channel Partners for market expansion
- Ensuring success of Regional Conclaves/Events
- Promoting Competitions & Championships in the assigned territory
- Enumerating industry-wide policies and processes for academic assessment
- Staying abreast of industry trends and market development of academic assessment
- Managing team and achieving individual target
- Providing quality assurance reviews and addressing areas that need attention
- Keeping an eye of the new developments and trends in line with the company’s vision document and priority
- Meeting and exceeding revenue target by product. The target must be accomplished viz quantity and value
- Expanding network of clients (Schools, Channel Partners & Consultants)
- Developing and sustaining strong, productive customer relationships with K-12/School Agents/Consultants
- People Management including hiring with identified timelines
- Reviewing performance and taking appropriate action for redressal where needed
- Planning event calendar in assigned region
- Understanding the requirements of the market and providing inputs to be able to make product offerings as per the market expectation
- Defining and following discounts norms. These norms too must be approved by Reporting Manager
- Ensuring profitable revenue
- Adding new clients individually and through the team
- Establishing independent relationships with various K-12 & higher ed institutions
- Ensuring continuous engagement with them to understand changes if any and maximising opportunity
- Understanding the needs and expectations of the market and appraising the Product/ Service team to ensure timely availability
- Confirming hire plan and hire according to need in the specific timelines and ensuring that self-time is given to appropriate activities
- Monitoring work of the sales team by using daily reports etc
- Working with marketing team as required and supporting the success of the project
Desired Candidate Profile
What you need to have:- Flexibility and creativity in developing the business
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to deal with frequent and changing deadlines
- Ability to perform individually as well
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- Highly motivated and target driven with a proven track record in sales
- Excellent selling, negotiation and communication skills
- Prioritizing, time management and organizational skills
- Ability to create and deliver presentations tailored to the audience needs
- Relationship management skills and openness to feedback
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field
- Familiarity with BRM and CRM practices along with ability to build productive business professional relationships
- Stay abreast with customer needs, market trends and procedures at all time.
- Manage promotional programs to increase sales and revenue.
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