Partner Sales Manager

About Temenos

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) is a global leader in banking technology. Through our market-leading core banking suite and best-in-class modular solutions, we are modernizing the banking industry. Banks of all sizes utilize our adaptable technology – deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or as SaaS – to deliver next-generation services and AI-enhanced experiences that elevate banking for their customers. Our mission is to create a world where people can live their best financial lives.

For more information, please visit www.temenos.com.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Regional Partner Director with a dotted line to the ME New Business Sales Director, the role finds and onboards new Sales Partners (Introducers, Resellers, Distributors) in the Middle-East; with the objective to drive partner channel sales across Temenos multi product portfolio. You will be responsible for managing the ongoing relationship with the existing sales partners, ensuring they remain engaged, empowered and educated to promote Temenos to their market. You will also act as the liaison between the partner and the Temenos sales & solutions groups.

OPPORTUNITIES

• You will prospect companies to explore Sales Partnership (Introducers, Resellers, Distributors) opportunities, define and assign targeted accounts, markets, products, explored routes to market.
• You will engage with prospective partners, present them with the Temenos value proposition and evaluate the company based on defined KPIs and criterias and communicate with them throughout the discovery process.
• You will define mutual business cases/ business plans with estimated ROI. You will define market-focused brand awareness strategies as well as go-to-market programs and execute those to generate pipeline.
• You will assume the ownership of opportunities and support the partners throughout the sales cycle until closure.
• You will define procedures to organize the partner’s team to manage / monitor the healthy growth of our mutual business. (setup weekly cadence calls, reviewed pipeline, support the partner to engage with clients, provide the partner with technical and sales trainings).
• You will assist partners throughout forecasting, sales planning, and managing RFP and Pre-Sales processes.
• You will cooordinate the involvement of various internal teams such as solution pricing, product teams, professional services, support and legal in relation to the sales opportunities brought by the partner.
• You will be responsible for the organization of sales enablement sessions to partners.
• You will act as the partner channel interface into Temenos with key focus on driving to sales execution and expanding Temenos` reach into identified markets.
• You will perform such other duties, functions and services, consistent with status or vocational ability, as may from time to time be required.
• You will be responsible for the following key activities: Identify potential new local Sales partners to on-board. Rollout locally MEE partner strategy. Train & evangelise partners. Manage local Sales partners relationship and identify key sponsors. Integrate Partner Strategy dimension in day-to-day local activities. Act as a liaison with the Partner Director to support a two ways local partner strategy integration. Monitor local pipeline and drive partner sales across Temenos` multi product portfolio. Deliver regular management reporting. Define local annual business plan.
  
  
  

• Sales skills:
• You should have a deep knowledge of the financial services industry, the trends, challenges, and innovations.
• You should have a proven track record of success in selling complex technology solutions to the financial services sector.
• You should be culturally aware and experience of working in a globally matrixed organization.
• You should be ambitious with an entrepreneurial spirit, energy, and a passion for continuous learning and improvement.
• You should have a passion for selling!
• You should have experience of successfully selling in Middle-East, especially GCC.
• You should have international experience and a global mindset.
• You should be able to travel extensively.
• Channel Partner management skills:
• You should be able to manage sales/distribution partner’s life cycle and related activities from its start to a sustainable and meaningful relationship position, producing measurable qualitative and quantitative results.
• You should be able to structure partner relationships within relevant go to market, integrating partner potential, market opportunities and dynamics under constraint. Developing consistently and complimentarily the sub-region partner ecosystem avoiding channel conflicts while optimizing Temenos` long term revenue.
• You should be able to think strategically and building long term relationship to reverse traditionally opportunistic sub-region strategic partner behaviours.
• Technical skills:
• You should have a strong knowledge of banking applications and operations, including business processes (retail banking, corporate banking, payment solutions, etc..) as well as core banking and related solutions prevalent in the MEE market.
• Experience:
• You should have experience with sales in the specific MEE sub-region in question and proven track record of relations with established market partners and alliances, such as Deloitte, EY, TechMahindra, CapGemini, Accenture, etc.
• Languages:
• You should speak English and Arabic.
  
  
  

• Care That partner relationships are maintained and engaged.
• Commit To liasing with the partner and the Temenos sales & solutions groups.
• Collaborate With all stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Challenge Continuously seek smarter, better ways of working.
  
  
  

• Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
• Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if youre getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
• Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
• Study leave: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development