Lead Partner Account Technology Strategist

Citrix

• $134K — $201K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Solid understanding of Citrix's competitive domain and technologies.
  • Ability to navigate complex technical and political situations effectively.
  • Demonstrated flexibility and capacity to quickly learn new technologies.
  • Broad understanding of DaaS, Application Delivery, Server Virtualization, Enterprise Browser, and Enterprise Mobility Management.
  • Exhibits a positive attitude and effectively represents Citrix to partners and customers.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining detailed documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Empower partners with resources and training to sell Citrix solutions.
  • Conduct webinars, bootcamps, and joint sales activities to engage partners.
  • Manage licensing provisioning and setup of demo environments.
  • Deliver product training and aid in the development of Citrix offerings.
  • Articulate trends in the industry to partners and customers.
  • Facilitate demos and respond to RFI/RFP processes as part of sales efforts.
  • Assess customer needs and architect tailored solutions utilizing Citrix products.

Benefits

  • Access to healthcare, life insurance, and disability benefits.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Opportunities for annual bonuses and sales incentives.
Full Job Description
Job Description/Responsibilities:

Partner Enablement
  • Provide resources and training to empower partners to sell Citrix-based solutions.
  • Conduct joint sales activities such as webinars, bootcamps, conferences, and videos.
  • Manage provisioning and configuration of NFR licensing and demo environments.
  • Deliver product feature training and support Citrix-based offering development.
  • Articulate industry trends and insights.
  • Serve as an external spokesperson and evangelist for Citrix's vision and associated technologies.

Pre-Sales Activities
  • Facilitate product demos, presentations, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), and respond to RFIs, RFPs, and RFEs.
  • Architect solutions tailored to partner and customer needs.
  • Assess the potential application of Citrix products to meet customers' business needs.
  • Build complex, multi-product proof of concept solutions for customer evaluations as part of a sales engagement process.
  • Assist with overcoming technical and competitive objections and accelerate the technical evaluation component of the sales cycle.

Post-Sales Engagement
  • Enable partner to run technology assessments in customer accounts
  • Ensure active product use and reduce churn through strategic support
  • Coordinate and align cross-functional resources to ensure customer needs are met
  • Serve as a point of contact for support escalations

Strategic Technology Advisor to Partner
  • Build relationships with services leads and C-level technology executives in the partner organization and hold regular meetings with them.
  • Align partner goals and services offerings with Citrix's broader strategic objectives
  • Develop joint value proposition
  • Drive the generation of RFEs
  • Collaborate with partner product teams to develop and influence partner-focused roadmaps
  • Drive the expansion of use cases and increase adoption of Citrix-based services


Qualifications (knowledge, skills, abilities)
  • They must have a solid understanding of Citrix's competitive domain and technologies.
  • Ability to diffuse complicated technical and political situations with partners and customers.
  • Must be flexible, dependable, and capable of quickly learning new products and technologies.
  • The individual should have demonstrated a broad understanding of one of the following areas of focus: DaaS, Application delivery, Server Virtualization, Enterprise Browser, Enterprise Mobility Managemen and Networking.
  • Exhibits a positive attitude, represents Citrix to business partners as well as customers in the best possible fashion, and fosters interest in our offerings
  • Prioritizes and manages many diverse tasks
  • Completes paperwork and uses internal Citrix account management applications in a timely fashion (expenses, CRM entries, feedback questionnaires)
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as excellent presentation skills
  • Strong work ethic, attitude, and follow-through ability
  • Possesses a high level of specialized sales and product solution knowledge


Requirements (Education, Certification, Training, and Experience)
  • They must possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of Sales Engineering, Consulting, or Customer Success experience in high-tech, indirect sales, and procurement environments with a record of success in driving customer adoption of technology
  • Ability to travel within assigned territory


Other Qualifications

The following certifications are beneficial but not required:
  • Citrix Certified Expert Virtualization (CCE-V), Citrix Certified Professional - Virtualization, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on Citrix Cloud Certified (CC-VAD-CC), Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service Integration with Microsoft Azure Certified (CC-VAD-MA) or Virtual Apps and Desktops Service Integration with Amazon Web Services Certified (CC-VAD-AWS)
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator, or Azure Solutions Architect
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Updated Security Certifications


Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance.CA generally ranges: $153,216-$229,824All other locations fall under our General State range: $134,400-$201,600Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others. This requisition has no specific deadline for completion.

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